Announcements

Men's Life meets Tuesday, 3/25 at 6:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. This series is called 'Straight Paths, a Study in Wise Sayings' and will cover the book of Proverbs. Breakfast is included!!

Women of Faith Conference is coming to Little Rock April 4 & 5. Anita Renfroe will be there - she's hilarious! If anyone is interested in carpooling, please contact Beth Layton (beth.layton@hotmail.com). Tickets are available for $45 (I believe). If you don't yet have your ticket, contact the church office.

Parent's Night Out is April 11th.

VBS will be July 7-11 and the theme is "Outrigger Island". If you are interested in helping with VBS this year, please try to attend the state training on Monday, April 7th at 5-9 PM. Contact Jill or Sheryl in the church office at 327-6565 to register for training.

Janet Gathright is looking for volunteers to help with the April 13th service at UCA. She is needing approximately 30 people. If you are interested, please contact Beth.

Current Series

NOTE: For the month of April, we will be studying Stewardship to go along with the Journey of Faith sermons.

We are currently studying the book of James.

The book of James was written by James, the oldest half-brother of Jesus. James was an early influential church leader focused on reaching lost Jews.

James was one of the first books written in the New Testament, around 49 AD. It is a How-To book on Christian living, sometimes referred to as the Proverbs of the New Testament for its practical application. This book is very non-hypocritical, very hard-hitting, and very straight-forward. It was written to the persecuted Jews who left Jerusalem and were living among the Gentiles.

Sum it up:

LIVE YOUR FAITH - DON'T BE HYPOCRITES!!

Next Sunday

Next Sunday we will begin a church-wide study on Stewardship to go along with Bro. Mark's Journey of Faith series.

We will pick back up with our study of James on May 4th.

Notes from Sunday (3/16)

This week we discussed temptation. The scripture we studied was James 1:12-18.

Temptation is an enticement to do something wrong. Temptation itself is not a sin. (Jesus was tempted, but He never sinned!!)

Speaking of Jesus being tempted, how did He handle temptation?
1. Scripture!
2. He knew his enemy!

v. 13 - Temptation comes from within. Temptation becomes desire, desire becomes sin, and sin ultimately becomes death.

Sources of Temptation:
Satan (Matt 4:1)
Within (Matt 18:7-8)
Friends (Mark 9:42)
Following the crowd (Matt 7:13-14)
Pride in ourselves (Gal 6:1)
Persecution (1 Thes 3:4-5)
Riches (1 Tim 6:9-10)

So, how do we deal with temptation?

1. Scripture
2. Prayer (Matt 26:41)
3. Avoidance
4. Christian friends
5. Remember - GOD IS WITH YOU!!! (1 Cor 10:13)
6. Be alert! Recognize temptation for what it is and know it is coming. (1 Pet 5:8)

Finally, remember to count your blessings!! Some of the blessings we discussed were people in our lives (kids, spouse, parents, good Christian friends), financial blessings, employment, our country, and our right/ability to attend church.