Hello from Bessie Road Baptist Church. We thank you for taking your time to read about us. If you do not have a home church we invite you to come and visit. It would be an honor to have you. Also, you can listen to us live on the internet at 11:00 am and 6:00 pm Sundays at www.bessieroadchurch.org and on WTBI radio 91.5 fm at 1:30 pm each Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday evening at 6:30 pm in our fellowship building, we will have a guest speaker, Julie Ann Scott with Doterra. Doterra is essential oils that are used for improving our health. Julie has been using these products for twenty-seven years. We invite anyone who is interested in learning more to come and join us.
Carol Woodard, Peg McKamey’s sister, will be in our morning and evening service Sunday, July 18th. Carol will sing for the morning special and in the evening service she will bring the message in song.
The McKameys will be with us on Friday July 23rd for a love offering concert at 7:00 pm. Please come and join us for a blessing as the McKameys share their message in song.
The A.N.C.H.O.R.S. will have a car wash and hamburger sale on Saturday, July 24th 10:30-3:30 at Advanced Auto in Moonville. Please drop by and help them in their fundraising effort.
Our Unfinished youth will travel to Central on July 24th to assist Central Independent Baptist Church with their VBS kick-off. The youth will also help with VBS, July 26-30th. They are excited about helping Brother Will Finley and his church family.
This past Sunday morning, Pastor Robert Griswold brought the message, “A Life Lived unto God”, from Galatians 2:19-21. Jesus is the fulfillment. He is alive and well today. This day and hour it shouldn’t matter what the world is doing. As born-again children of God, we are millionaires through Him. If the stock markets go down, it does affect a Christian retirement. The Lord has given us a retirement plan that is out of this world! Life lived for Christ will be a self-denied life (Philippians 3:7). A self-denied life is devoted life to Christ. It is the proof that we love the Lord. It is the proof of concern. Get concerned about what is going on in the House of the Lord. Come and be a part of what is going on. We have to live life to God not to this world. Jesus came to do the will of the Father and we must too. Life lived for Christ will be a misunderstood life (I Peter 4:4). This world thinks we are crazy, absolutely lost our minds. They are criticizing you. We come to worship One that can’t be seen. People can’t understand why we serve God who we haven’t seen. Out actions prove our love. A life lived for Christ will be an influenced life, not a stumbling block (Acts 16:28). What kind of influence are we? Paul had an influenced life. The jailor was going to kill himself but Paul told him, do yourself no harm, we are still here and that is why the jailor was saved. The average church member doesn’t have enough influence to get their own children to church. Life lived for Christ will be a preserved life (Acts 27:25). If not for good Godly men and women, this world would have already been destroyed. Their prayers have kept us going. Many wandering children would be in hell today if not for praying parents. We are pilgrims passing through. What you obtain from God is all you can take with you. Families have stayed together because of praying men and women. Life lived for Christ will be a convicted life (Acts 4:13). This world thinks us foolish but when you speak they know you have been with God. Conviction gives courage to stand for the truth. It’s hard to stand for Jesus when you are among enemies but when you have been convicted then you can obey Him. Conviction comes to sinners who need to accept Jesus as their personal Savior. When the Holy Spirit shows up there is conviction because He is trying to keep you from hell. When you stand before the Lord, will you have a problem knowing who you lived for?
Looking ahead; August 7-14 Unfinished Mission Trip and August 15 Homecoming
Please help us to pray for the sick, lost, bereaved, and our military. Until next time, may God richly bless you and your family and know that Jesus loves you!
