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Updates: Br. Steve Hunt had a successful surgery this evening. They plan to keep him tonight and if all goes well, he will likely be released tomorrow. Please continue to pray for him and Sis Darla. Also, Br Paul Trautner is doing better today. They've removed his various tethers and he was able to take some soft foods and get a bit of exercise today. If all progresses according to plan, he should be able to go home, perhaps, on Wednesday. I know the family appreciates your diligent prayers. I encourage you to continue. Br. Jon Winfrey will be speaking, God willing, on Sunday morning, February 7th, and Br. Josh Winfrey in the evening service on that day. Elder and Sister Gowens plan to attend their son’s graduation from Basic Training in Oklahoma that weekend. On 2nd Sunday in February, 2/14, Elder James Allen (AL) will be preaching in all three services. Br. Gowens is scheduled to be with Macedonia PBC in Cartersville, GA that weekend. Prayer List Doshia Brown – Recovering from knee replacement surgery. Alice Click – Recovering at St Joseph Hospital after gall bladder surgery. Joyce Leasure – Dealing with Lupus. T. J. Walden – Leaving for Basic Combat Training in March. Jared Gowens – Continuing Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Sill, OK through end of March. Pam Williamson – taking chemo treatments. Lavila Dobson – improving after receiving pacemaker and extended antibiotic therapy. Joyce Hatfield – recovering from hand surgery. Rick Leasure – job search and college. Randall Parker – finished final chemo treatment. Megan Handshoe – recovering from ACL surgery. Overton Harris – shingles. Nathan Ferrell (Gowens’ grandson) – recently hospitalized for issues related to mitochondrial disease. Gary Cunningham – surgery for colon cancer. Ida Tucker (Eld. Jamey Tucker’s 3 yo daughter) – suspected leukemia. Elder Lonnie Mozingo Jr – recovering from bypass surgery. Penny Dorton (wife of Eld Ricky Dorton) – recovering from bypass surgery. Elder Chris Crouse’s grandmother – in Nursing Home after suffering fall. Jan Hisel – expecting child. Sermons available by Elder Gowens: (available on CD or audio cassette) For online orders, please contact Elder Gowens for pricing. 10/25: Introduction to Daniel (Dan. 1:1-2) – Pts. 1 & 2 11/01: Every Christian’s Battle (Dan. 1:3-21) 11/08: The God Who Reveals Secrets (Dan. 2) 11/15: God & History (Dan. 2:30-45) 11/22: The Sin of Ingratitude (Deut. 32:6) 11/29: The Coming Dominance of God’s Kingdom (Dan. 2:44-45) 12/13: Faith that Survives the Fire (Dan. 3) 12/20: His Name is Wonderful (Is. 9:6) 12/27: Wise Counsel in a Wicked World (Ps. 37) 1/3/10: Between Two Worlds (Phi. 1:21-24) 1/10: Two Kings But One Sovereign (Dan. 4) 1/17: A Heavenly Party-Crasher (Dan. 5) New Address:Jared Michael Gowens' new address (until mid-March) is:Pvt Gowens, Jared 1602 Bateman Rd Fort Sill, OK 73503 Pastor’s Notes: Please remember to send cards and letters to Jared Gowens and T.J. Walden while they are away from home at Basic Training. Addresses will be posted on the bulletin board. A Cleaning List for 2010 has been posted on the bulletin board. Be sure to grab a slot for your family soon before someone else robs you of this blessing. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon thee, because he trusteth in thee.” Isaiah 26:3 |
Q & A with Elder GowensQ&A with Elder GowensQ: I hope you can help me with a passage of Scripture that has confounded me for the past two years…Exodus 4:24-26 seems to be extremely odd, or at least, out of place. It reads, And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision."I would really appreciate any insight you have on this.A: The significance of this surprising little side-note to the context of Exodus 4 involves an understanding of the importance of circumcision. God gave Abraham the rite of circumcision as the sign of the covenant. All Jewish fathers were required to circumcise their sons. Evidently, Moses, who had lived on the backside of the desert for forty years, compromised this basic requirement when his Egyptian wife Zipporah gave birth to a son. Moses has now been called into service and God expects him to comply with the provisions of the Law. It is evident by Zipporah's angry reaction (i.e. throwing the foreskin at his feet and calling her husband a "bloody man") that he had previously attempted to convince her of the necessity of performing this rite but had deferred to his unbelieving wife when she balked at his leadership. Now, God's longsuffering has come to an end and He is ready to slay Moses for his disobedience. It’s “do or die time” now for Moses and he knows it. Moses finally complies with this most basic requirement of the covenant and spares his own life, but his heathen wife is mad as a wet hen. :) I hope this helps a little. Internet Sermons Available at Sovereign Grace Publications Online
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We hope you will “bookmark” this page and visit it often. More audio messages will be uploaded in the future. Pvt. Gowens Graduates BCT with Class 503-10
Brother Jared Gowens will graduate Basic Combat Training with the Bravo Battery 1st Battalion 40th Field Artillery Bushmasters Unit,
Class 503-10, God willing, on February 5. He has been at Fort Sill, Oklahoma since November 3.
Pvt. Gowens is a member of the 138th Fires Brigade in the Kentucky Army National Guard. After BCT, he will stay on at Fort Sill for six weeks of Advanced Infantry Training. His operational specialty is 13Fox, Forward Observer. After AIT, he plans to return to Lexington and continue training and operations with his National Guard unit. His current plan includes furthering his education and working, while remaining on-call for any domestic or foreign deployments with the 138th. We congratulate this young man on this noteworthy accomplishment and pray that God would continue to guide and direct his life according to His will. May we all continue to pray for our uniformed personnel and their families. The sacrifices of personal freedom they make so that Americans may continue to enjoy the benefits of living in a free society are noble and honorable. Letters of ThanksFrom Chaplain Jesse Baldridge, Mayfair Manor Nursing Home“Dear friends, Thank you for leading our residents in worship each month. Our residents are richly blessed by your faithful service.” From Elder Gowens “Many hearty thanks to Lexington Church for your kind and generous love offering in December. I am both helped and humbled by your sacrificial love. May God reimburse each and every one of you a hundredfold. It is a joy to pastor such a loving and devout congregation.” Please Join Us For Public Worship every Lord's Dayat 10:30 am & 6:30 pm |
