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The Jenkins County Times
Friday, April 14, 2023 - Page 3
Pastor Bill Kent,
Memorial Baptist Church
Sylvania, GA
Words of Life
Lenora's stomach hurt twenty-four hours a day and she
didn't know why. She went to the Hospital and the doctor
ordered a series of tests to find the cause of the pain. After
several hours, they found the problem and scheduled
surgery in a few weeks. In the meantime, she took pain
medication and tried to wait patiently. On the day of the
surgery, Linda smiled when she woke up after surgery in
the recovery room. Her stomach didn't hurt anymore, and
the doctor expected her to live many more years.
In a spiritual way, we need a diagnosis from Doctor
Jesus. The Lord is the source of physical life and spiritual
life. We depend on God for every breath. "For in Him we
live and move and have our being, as also some of your
own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring'" (Acts
17:28). The Lord gives us life on earth and wants to also
give us eternal life. "For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life," (John 3:16).
Long ago, God showed the Prophet Ezekiel a vision of how
the Lord brings individuals, churches, and nations back to
life when it seems hopeless. "Then he said to me. Son of
man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed
say, our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are
cut off! Therefore, prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the
Lord GOD: Behold, O My people, I will open your graves
and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring
you into the land of Israel,"
(Ezekiel 37:11-12). See PASTOR page 5
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SANDHILL BAPTIST CHURCH
SPRING REVIVAL
The Sandhill Baptist Church will host a Spring Revival
at 7 PM nightly April 18-19, 2023. The guest ministers
will be Rev. David Godbolt (Tuesday night) and Rev. R.L.
Johnson Jr. (Wednesday night). Join us to celebrate this
amazing event. The pastor is Rev. Danny R. Bennett.
SCARBORO BAPTIST CHURCH
May 21 Graduation Sunday during 11 a.m. service
June 25 Sunday 5 p.m.
Vacation Bible School REGISTRATION & KICK-OFF
JUNE 26-29 VBS -
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 5:30 p.m. -8pm.
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Words of
Encouragement
By Joshua Johnson,
Special Contributor
for
The Times
Pastor Oak Hill
Baptist Church, Millen
“Kindness
& Goodness”
Galatians 5:22 - “The
fruit of the Spirit
is... KINDNESS and
GOODNESS'
There is a reason that
kindness and goodness
sit together in this verse.
These two fruits of the
spirit grow together,
like grapes on the same
cluster. Kindness and
goodness are almost the
same word in the Bible’s
original language (Greek),
and they both mean to
have moral integrity,
to “be good”. Where
these two fruits differ
is goodness speaks of
good found within, and
kindness speaks of good
from within.
In this we have a problem.
The clear teaching of the
Gospel is that we are not
good. Romans 3:12 says,
“There is no one who does
what is good, not even
one”, and Romans 3:23
says, “For all have sinned
and fall short of the glory
of God.”
How can we be good if
we are not good?
else I know” or “better
than I used to be” - we
use a sliding scale. God’s
definition of good is to be
good like He is - perfect.
So how can we be good
if we are not good? The
simple answer is that
God makes us good when
we place our faith in
Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Jesus told a man named
Nicodemus that we must
be bom again - which
means being made new
(John 3:3). When we tmst
in Jesus, God makes us
new by transforming us -
giving us a new heart and
making us good.
Our new heart is like
good soil that can grow
God’s good fruit - the fruit
of the spirit. Two of the
fruits grown in our new
heart are goodness and
kindness. Goodness - we
are now good within our
heart, able to love God
and obey Him. Kindness
- because we love God,
we can love others, being
kind and showing good
to others from within our
hearts.
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But you might say, “I’m
good - I’m a good person!
If someone lost their
wallet, I would return it to
them! ” That is a good deed,
but that doesn’t make you
good. God’s definition
of good is different from
our definition of good.
Our definition of good
is “better than someone
The fruits of goodness
and kindness help us fulfill
the Great Commandment
- “love the Lord your God
with all your heart, mind,
and soul, and love your
neighbor as yourself.”
Are the fruits of goodness
and kindness found in
your life?
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East Burke Baptist Church
Sunday Services 11am.
Pastor: Jordan Clayton
Hwy 24 Sardis, GA
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Oak Hill Baptist Church
Sunday School: 9 am.
Sunday Morning: 10 am.
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Choir practice - Bible Study
Youth Group -
Kids Mission Group
3233 Oak Hill Church Rd.,
Millen, GA 30442
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
478-982-1616
www.oakhillmillen.com
Scarboro Baptist Church
4204 Scarboro Church Loop
Millen, GA 30442
706-466-4494
Pastor: Perry Heam
Sunday School: 10:00 a m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a m.
Sunday Evening Service: 6:00 p m.
Wednesday Evening Service: 6:00
p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd,
Statesboro, GA
Sunday Eucharist
8:15 a.m. and 10:30am.
Father Charles Todd, Rector
Jonathan Murphy, Music Director.
912-489-4208
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