I attended Woodland Christian Church in Timpson this morning. This has been my “home church” for 11 years now. The service started at 10:45 AM. Melodious music was playing before the service. Roy Platt (the preacher) said “Good morning” to everyone. He then made announcements about Vacation Bible School preparations. He said that if anyone had any updates to the prayer circle to contact Kimberlee, and he had the men of the church come forward for an announcement. They said that they are in the process of trying to choose elders for the church and for everyone to be in prayer for this.
We had the opening prayer. Then we sang: Oh the Glory of His Presence. Mr. Green led us in another prayer at this point. Next we had our weekly greetings. On the overhead screen, it said “Greet somebody you haven't greeted”. Next a segment was played from the VBS video. The VBS this year is titled Crocodile Dock and will be from July 6-10. Chris and Kristen put on a skit for VBS next. Then it was time for Children's Story Time. The small children of the church came forward and Roy read the story of David and Goliath. He ended it with the first part of Psalm 23 on the screen. “The Lord is my shepherd”.
Next we had a special by Larry Hicks. He sang: One of the days I cross that river to my home on the other side and I will be with Jesus forever, no more tears will fill my eyes). We than began worship. We sang “Just Over In The Glory Land”. Bill speaks and says that we are looking forward to and excited about Jesus coming back. We then sang “In Moments like these.” Bill asked us: “How many of you told your spouse that you loved them yesterday? How many of you told Jesus that you loved him?” We than sang “Lord, Be Glorified. Bill said that we are here to Glorify God and we should tell him how much we adore him. We than sang “Father, I Adore You” and “Kindness-Open Up The Skies Of Mercy.” Bill prayed and thanked God and told him we loved him.
We had communion meditation next by Butch Trala. Elizabeth Burns (his granddaughter) came forth and read James 4:1-4. Butch drew a diagram for us that had God and the world on a line with a big gap between them. He wrote Christ next to God and had a line going from God to Christ to the world. Butch said that blood represents death and that the shedding of blood represents the death of the body. Next we sang “Fill My Cup Lord” George Weaver gave the communion prayer and we took communion. While we were taking communion, the song “Holy, Holy, Holy” was playing in the background. This was an instrumental version. Stephen Amos gave the offering prayer and they passed the collection plate. Next was Roy Platt (the minister). Roy said that we are electing elders because it is the right thing to do. He said that he will be giving a lesson series over the next 4 weeks over elders. He said that having elders in the church makes us better Christians. He also encouraged everyone to help with vacation Bible School.
Roy's sermon was about whom you can trust. He started out by reading 2 Peter 1:16-21. He said that these verses are reiterating what happened at the transfiguration. Moses and Elijah were standing with Jesus (the living word). God's voice came from heaven and said “This is my son” referring to Jesus. When he said that it means we shouldn't listen to anyone else. Roy read again verse 19: “You will do well to pay attention” and said that we should underline it in our Bibles. He said that these guys didn't just make all this up. He asked, “Who can you trust?” Roy said that trust is an emotional world. He asked if we can trust the government. He said that we can not throw all of our trust into government. Government can't pay all of their taxes. He asked if we could trust financial companies. No, we can't even trust our own money. Can we trust our employers? Roy talked about how he used to work at Pepsi and was on time everyday and never called in, yet he was let go. He asked if we could trust our friends and referred to Psalm 38:11.
He asked if we can trust our family members. Sometimes growing up he would do bad things and his mom would say that she was disappointed in him. He said that Proverbs has a lot of advice about family. He asked if we can trust in our health. He said we can't trust it because we can be healthy and all of a sudden sick. He read Psalm 60:11 next. Roy said that God's word can be trusted. He quoted Psalm 118:6-7 and Proverbs 10:3. He said that we can trust God because God does not lie. He said that we must go through Jesus Christ to get to God. He quoted Matthew 24:35 and Isiah 40:8. Roy said that we can trust God. When Jesus comes we will be absolutly astounded by how he comes. Roy said that there is nothing on this Earth we can trust like we can trust God. He said the best remedy for hard times as well as any time is to begin the habit of trusting God for everything now. Roy said that he measure of someboy's worth is not how much money they have in their portfolio. He said the book of James says not to show favortism because someone has more. He said for us not to trust in what we can do but to trust in God. He said that we are in the process of setting aside men we can trust and lead us into a higher calling.
We sang the song of invitation next which was: Near The Cross. Roy said "Thank you for your attendace and attention today" and dismissed us. We had a closing prayer by Tom Amos and sang the song "Revive Us Again".
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