Week of Prayer: Day 3

This is day three in the Week of Prayer for North American Missions. Today we meet Joshua and Brittany Brown who are church planters in North Carolina next door to Camp Lejeune.

Please pray for:

  • A team being sent out to plant Pillar Church of Fayetteville, near Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
  • God to call more church planters who can reach other underserved military communities.
  • God to raise up new leaders at Pillar Church of Topsail as current leaders are deployed or reassigned.

Click here to listen to the Brown’s in their own words as they describe the work they do deploying the Gospel.

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Week of Prayer: Day 2

In Southern Baptist life, this is the Week of Prayer for North American Missions. We handed out the prayer guides and talked about it at church yesterday so there is not a “Day 1” post, you haven’t missed anything.

Today’s focus in on Leo and Miosha Robinson in Flint, Michigan. You probably know something of Flint, Michigan from the news. The economic situation is bleak and there is little witness of the Gospel.

Pray for:

  • The development and discipleship of new leaders at Good Church.
  • People in Flint who have experienced pain and trauma, that Good Church would be able to meet them with the hope of the gospel.
  • The large number of teenagers in the neighborhood who are hearing the gospel for the first time.

Click here to learn more about Flint and the work the Robinson Family is doing there.

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Do Not Judge One Another

Food laws and celebrating holidays are still points of contention among believers nearly 2,000 after Paul told each of us to mind our own business. Respect the beliefs of others, being particularly careful around those “weaker in the faith.” If you eat, if you abstain, if you observe, remember that each will give an account to God personally.

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Fulfilling the Law

All the things Paul lists in Romans 12 that Christians should be doing… in Romans 13 we learn that all those, done in love, fulfill the law.

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Christians Be Like…

I gave this sermon a Gen Z title and somehow never mentioned it at church this morning. The ESV calls this passage Marks of True Christian while the Holman CSB simply says Christian Ethics. Whatever title you give it, this is what Christians need to be doing.

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We Are the Body

Paul elaborates more on these topics in other letters but in Romans 12 he addresses the spiritual gifts and different members working together as one body. The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible so we will take a look at 1 Peter 2 and 1 Corinthians 12 as well. Do not be conformed to this world, be conformed to the image of Christ!

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A Living Sacrifice

“Present your bodies as a living sacrifice…”
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…”

Just the first two verses as we begin Romans 12. Lots of good stuff in there.

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The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation

There was not a sermon last week. We had worship but I was taking whatever cold or flu-like thing is going around. This is the end of Romans 11, from verse 25 to 36.

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Obituary: Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller passed in the early hours of Friday, January 24th. She was an active member of this church and in the community for many years. Reprinted here is her obituary courtesy of Thomas Funeral Home in Calhoun.

Rachel Ray Miller, age 84 of Plainville, GA, passed away on January 24, 2025, at Morning Pointe Assisted Living.

She was born on October 8, 1940, daughter of the late Charles Robert Ray and Maudie Harris Ray. In addition to her parents, Rachel was also preceded in death by her husband Jack Miller; two brothers, Charles Ray and Jim Ray; and three sisters, Ruth Wilson, Eunice Carmack, and Ruby Ray. Rachel dedicated many years of her life to education, serving as a teacher at Gordon Central High School. She later found fulfillment in volunteering at Redmond Regional Hospital. Education was a cornerstone of her life, and she proudly earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Georgia. She was devoted member of Unity Baptist Church, Rachel valued her faith and the community she found within it.

Rachel is survived by her son, Jim Miller; and her brother, Roy Ray. 

Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 31st at 1pm from the Unity Baptist Church in Plainville. With Rev. Clark Bunch officiating. Burial will follow in Scott Cemetery with Rev. Mitch Phillips in charge of graveside services. 

The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon January 30th from 5 until 7 pm.

She will lie in state at the church on Friday, January 31st from 12 noon until the funeral hour. 

Rachel Ray Miller will be remembered for her dedication to her family, her passion for teaching, and her heartfelt service to others.

You may leave the family online condolences at www.thomasfuneralhomecalhoun.com

Thomas Funeral Home has proudly been entrusted with the care of Rachel Ray Miller.

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Grafting Gentiles

Romans 11 is not easy like Romans 10. As an apostle called to the Gentile nations, Paul laments again his own people Israel and hopes to save some.

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