168 Colonial Drive, Jackson, MS 39204
Senior Adult and Education Ministries
AUGUST 6, 2020
{Copied from Dr. Jim Denson article, 8/3/20 Activists burned a stack of Bibles in front of the federal courthouse in Portland Friday night. A statue of Jesus was beheaded recently at a Miami church. A recent faculty survey at Harvard University found that 79.7 percent consider themselves "very liberal" or "liberal"; 18.9 percent say they are "moderate"; only 1.46 percent call themselves "conservative" or "very conservative." Unsurprisingly, 67 percent of white evangelical Protestants believe Christianity's influence on American life is decreasing. Two-thirds say their beliefs are in conflict with mainstream American culture.}
For those of us who are old enough to remember history and to learn from it, this sounds an awful lot like Nazi Germany under Hitler. Burning Bibles was one of their main intimidations of Jews and Christians alike by attacking the God of the Bible. God help us and our leaders to repel these attacks of Satan and stand up to such intimidation, lest we also suffer the fate of the Jews under Hitler. Joshua 24:15 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Reread and study God's Word in Ephesians 6:10-20. The Bible teaches that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against Satan and his followers. Some of his followers are showing how they are his, because the Bible says Satan is out to kill and destroy. We are witnessing that in many of our major cities in this land. His followers are showing they belong to him by their actions. We need to be able to stand strong in our faith and in our convictions. Thankfully we have some leaders who recognize the true enemy and will stand against killers and those who would destroy and will stand up for law and order in this country and rebuke such evil hatred.
So let us put on the whole armor of God - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, Salvation, Prayer - that we may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil and against all the spiritual forces of evil. Pray as never before for yourself, for your family, for your neighbors and fellow citizens and for our leaders. May we be prepared to boldly proclaim Jesus and to stand firm.
Mission Emphasis for July is Blair Batson Children's Hospital. We will collect food items for the waiting areas as we have done every July and January for years. They are in great need as more and more parents are staying with their children during this pandemic. Drop your food contributions off at my office and we will deliver them August 6.
Our Mission emphasis for August is the VA Nursing Home. We are collecting caps, socks, blankets and t shirts for the men and women there. We will collect those items in August.
Since our Sunday School is not meeting at present, I am asking that you keep your Sunday School literature for the summer quarter which we have not used at all and use it when we restart Sunday School. We have received the fall literature and will keep it in the church office until we need it. I have cancelled the Winter literature order. There is no need to keep ordering literature when we cannot use it.