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Is it Time for a Faith Check-up?
By MARY SULLIVAN
Special to the Augusta Focus
Our world is experiencing a
crisis of faith. chhj‘awpleplacc
much faith in the future. Many
have no faith their marriages
will survive, that political lead
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In a bumed-out, tuned-out
and wmed-off world, state
ments like “The rich get richer
and the poor get poorer” and
“Nothing ever tums out right”
clutter our thinking,
At the same time, many peo
ple view the values and promis
es of the Bible as condemning
and outdated. The poc})uku
approach is to accept and vali
iue all opinions, no matter
what they are. Nevertheless, the
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faith. We may not deny the
existence of God, but, because
of the materialism and
humanism of the world around
us, we convince ourselves that
aqflgldmis not involved in human
irs. We see a look
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the picture. Even for professing
Christians, religion can be
superficial. Many lack a basic
knowledge of the teachings of
the Bible or their denomina
tion’s beliefs. Far too many have
come to believe that every
of life is simply a matter
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Instead of relying on God, they
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their Then, because
emotions are so individual,
people are left confused and
grasping for anything that
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drawn from everyday life to
illustrate God’s promise to
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avenge His own
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7@_B) them speedily” (verses
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and living according to God's
instructions will inspire faith in
God and His promises. Faith
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It gives us the confidence we
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of Man comes, will He really
fi;ud&ithondxcwth?"(Vasc
8).
Faith is all too rare today, but
we can develop it if we under
stand the keys to faith. Take the
time this week to examine your
faith. Find a personal time w 0
talk to the Lord and then LIS
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Amen Corner
Urban Ministries
40th i JMK4I3 at the
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son 706722-8%135 e
ative Impressions ano t
organization for school agngt;u
dents is sponsoring a summer
music workshop on July 9-20
from 8:30a.m. o I:SOE.hm. at
St. Alban's Eglsoopal urch
located on 2321 Lumpkin
are interested in singing, piano
or dance For more infi)nngtion
m ma; contact Ms. Evlsfm
is @ (706) 231-2716 or M.
Carol Eunice (706) 951-4239
Water Branch
nst%sl?xd;dl in Evans GABaw;Pli
celebrate its 127th Church
Anniw::sa.r;oon Sunday, July, 8,
2007 @ 2:30 p.m. Reverend A.
W. Dock otP Berean Baptist
et
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public is invx%fio share in this
Joyous occasion. For more
moi)mlation, %lh&se all 706-
860-7091. e Reverend
Robert L. Ramsey is the pastor.
Trnity CM.E. Church
Jenkins Memorial C.M.E. Church
“A Relevant Christian Voice”
4218 Windsor Spring Road
(1/2 MiLE From Toßacco Roab)
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Rev. Timothy Green, Jr. .gt 2, sttt R
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Church — 790-1040
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in Augusta will hold its Annual
Lay Day on Sunday, July 8,
2007 at 4:00 p.m. Senator Ed
Tarver will be &c guest speaker.
Reverend Frank Seabrook
and the First Baptist Church
Family of Supleton, GA,
(1640 Gene Howard Rd.
Hwy. 296) invite all o their
Annual Homecoming Service
and Spring Revival. Home
coming Service will be held on
Sunday, July 15 @ 2:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be the
Reverend Lee Jones, r of
Peel Grove Baptist m, of
Videwe, GA, McKennie
Branch Baptist Church of
Mcßean, GA and Thid
Chapel Baptist Church of
Midville, GA. Spring Revival
will be bl ighdly beginning
Monday, July 16 and ending
Thursday, July 19, 2007. The
guests will be the Reverend Coy
Henderson and Poplar Spring
Baptist Church family.
Broadway Baptist Church,
2323 Barton Chapel Rd.,
Augusta, GA, will host a
Manna Truck Food Give-a-way
on Saturday, July 21 from 9
am. untl 2 p.m. Applications
must be oompletchgy July 19,
2007. Contact Elder Nancy
Ross @ 706-793-0047 for
more information. Dr. C.
William Joyner, Jr. is the pastor.
A Back to School Revival will
be held at Gos(fd Water
Branch Baptist Church, July
23-25 starting at 7 p.m. night
ly. The guest speaker will be the
Reverend Terrance Albrenton,
youth minister at Elizabeth
Baptist Church.
Youth Day Celebration The
Hammond Grove Word
Power Ministry will host their
Annual Youth Day Celebration
on Sunday JJ)"IS during
morning service at 10:15 a.m.
Reverend Bemard Jackson of
Holsey Memorial CME is
speaker for this occasion.
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all (706) 793-2342