WECLOME To The

Vandalia

Church of Christ

Weekly Bulletin

MAY 4, 2008

We are a Nation Blessed

 

Why?  We as Christians, are able to meet together and openly worship God.  There are millions of  Christians throughout the world who are not as fortunate as we.  Each week we spotlight a country where Christians are persecuted for their faith in Christ.  Pray for these brothers and sisters around the world who diligently serve the Lord despite persecution.

 

This week’s country:

 

Tibet. 

 

“Therefore let him who thinks

he stands take heed lest he fall.”

 

I Corinthians 10:12 NKJV

Service Times:

 

Sundays

Bible Study for all ages

9:30 a.m.

 

Worship Services

10:30 a.m.

5:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday

Bible Study for all ages

7:00 p.m.

Brotherhood

~by Jimmy Jividen, Abilene, TX

           Every child of God is my brother or sister.  If God is his Father I am his brother.  I do not choose him because he is desirable; I just recognize him because he has been chosen by God.

 

           He, like I, is an important and necessary part of the Family.  He is not to be put out or down.  We are not to make him feel that we “dutifully” put up with him.  Paul used the analogy of the physical body to show the importance of even the weakest and most unattractive child of God:  “...It is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body, which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor…” (1 Corinthians 12:22).

 

           I love my brother because he is family.  If he is discouraged, I exhort him.  If he is in need, I share with him what I have.  If he does wrong, I tell him his fault.  If he is hurting, I care.  That’s brotherhood!  I know, by treating him like a brother, I am honoring Christ.  Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to me”  (Matthew 25:40).

 

           God’s children are special people.  We hold them in high esteem and give them special treatment because “they are brethren” (I Timothy 6:2).

You Did It Unto Me

 

An agonizing cry from the valley below,

A sinsick heart, low bent soul,

Who will hear, and who will go

Who will venture to the valley below?

 

Their cries beat against the Church’s walls,

An eerie echo drifts down its halls;

It takes a caring heart to hear the calls

To answer the need of the wailing walls.

 

To your own self, please be true,

Let your love of God do the talking for you,

And when you’re finished, you will know

You helped rescue them from below.

 

Remember this poem and forget it not—

Help your brother remove each dark blot.

And in the end, you will see

You did it unto them, You did it unto me!

 

~Earl W. Nester~