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Antioch Baptist Church
3501 Hwy 828
Farmerville
318-368-3591
Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.
Bethel Temple Pentecostal Church
2144 Hwy 33 N.
Marion
Sunday School -11 a.m.
Sunday Worship -12 p.m.
318-608-6766
Canaan Baptist Church
502 Canaan Church Rd.
Spearsville
Sunday School -10am
Sunday Worship -11am
870-312-3440
Bro. Brian Williams
Conway Baptist
Church Homecoming
4323 HWY 549
North of Farmerville
Dean Baptist Church
2309 Hwy 827
Marion
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.
Wed. 6:30pm
318-292-4463
Downsville Baptist Church
9535 Highway 145
Downsville, LA 71234
318-334-7777
Dr. Alan Miller, Pastor
Evergreen Baptist Church
1380 Par Rd. 4410
Bernice
318-285-9484
Farmerville Methodist Church
301 Anthony Street
Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11a.m. Nursery Available
GLOW Kids – Wednesdays @ 5pm
Youth Meeting – Wednesdays @ 5:45
318-368-3840
Rev. Hank Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Farmerville
400 N. Main St.
318-368-3848
Pastor Kurt Auger
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship -11 a.m., 6 p.m.
Weds. – 6 p.m.
“Controlled by the Love of God” ~ II Corinthians 5:13-19
There’s a big difference in a life lived controlled by the love of God and a life lived striving to display the love of God. The big difference is the one providing the action. The first is being controlled by the power of God’s love living in you; the second is relying upon your own power.
Paul had come on the scene traveling and preaching, spreading the gospel. He experienced all sorts of difficulties, rejections, beatings, arrests, but he kept on going. Some people called him crazy for doing so. They thought he must be out of his mind for continuing his work (vs 13).
Like Paul, Christians will be misunderstood in the world today, even sometimes considered crazy. We will be criticized, we will be disliked, we will be rejected, and we will make people mad because we cannot accept the new normals of today.
Why persevere? Paul explains that we do it because the love of Christ controls us (vs. 14) so that we who live might not live for ourselves but for Him who died and rose again on our behalf (vs. 15).
In the love of Christ, we no longer see things the same way; we see people and circumstances through the eyes of Christ and God’s redeeming work (vs. 16).
Paul is explaining that the Christian life is driven, not by the person’s love of the Lord, but by the Christ-love that is now living in them. In vs 17, he says if we are in Christ, we are new creatures; the old has passed away, and the new has come.
How often, when things go sideways in our lives, do we ask God, “Why is this happening to me?” That is the response of someone whose life is being lived for self. Whereas the life controlled by Christ asks, “How, Lord, can my life glorify You through this?”
The Church must keep proclaiming the Truth because our Christ-instilled love for others demands we share the Good News of reconciliation between God and man through Jesus Christ (vs. 18-19). We are different from the world because we are being controlled by the love of Christ.
Join our worship service each Sunday at 11 AM, 400 No. Main. If unable to attend, services can be accessed via Facebook at FBC Farmerville; on our website, fbcfarmerville. com; and on Roku, FBC Farmerville, LA at 11 AM. Pastor, Bro. Kurt Auger; Minister of Music, Bro. Ronnie Parks
First Baptist Church
Marion
3097 Taylor St.
Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 10:30 a.m.,
11:30 a.m.
Sunday Night – 6 p.m.
Wed. – 7 p.m.
318-292-5411
Pastor Bubba Hoggatt
The choir special, “How Great is our God” was beautiful.
Bro. Bubba‘s message was.” Growing through Going”.
Matthew 28: 16-20.
We are expected to tell others about our God. These scriptures command us to be witnesses for Christ. Verse 19 says “ go”. In the original it actually means “as you are going”. If you notice, in conversations a person brings up, it is usually a subject about which they are passionate. We will talk about what is important to us. When our hearts are filled with Him, we will speak of Him.
1) Direction Matthew 28:19
Everywhere we go we should in someway share Jesus. It may be a word of praise, comfort, or something deeper. If someone is offended, it isn’t you that is offended, but the Holy Spirit. The mission field is everyone we meet who isn’t a Christian. It could be a telemarketer, someone in a checkout line, a waiter in a restaurant, or anyone, anywhere. It could be someone who really wants to know how to be saved, or you may be just planting a seed. The Holy Spirit will do the rest. We are just required to go and speak.
2) Injection. Matthew.28:19-20.
Often people don’t want you in their space speaking about Jesus. If they do get saved later, they will love you. We must speak if we are going to inject ourselves into other people’s lives.
3) Protection. Matthew28: 18, 20.
Even if you lose your life for Jesus, as many have done, you will be in the will of God. He who lives within us, is more powerful than all the world. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to witness.
Haile Church of Christ
270 Mina Parker Rd., Marion
Sunday Worship – 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m.
Weds. – 6:30 p.m.
Hopewell Baptist Church
1578 Lem Rd., Spearsville
Sunday School – 10am
Sunday Worship – 11am
Sunday Night Worship – 5pm
Wednesday Night Bible Study – 6:30pm
Lakeview Missionary
Baptist Church
10078 Hwy 15, Farmerville
Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11 a.m., 6 p.m.
Weds. – 6 p.m.
Liberty Baptist Church
325 Liberty Baptist Church Rd.
Linville
318-292-4177
Liberty Missionary Baptist Church Spearsville
Bill Styron, Pastor
Sunday School – 10am
Sunday Worship 11am
Sunday Evening – 6pm
Wed. – 6pm
318-558-1581
Litroe Church of God in Christ
357 Riley Trestle Rd Marion LA 71260
My Father’s House
4774 Hwy. 151 Downsville
318-278-9301
Mt. Patrick Baptist Church
1232 Patrick Church Rd. Bernice
New Hopewell Baptist Church
113 Plum St., Bernice
Rev. Greg Williams
Sunday School -9:45am
Sunday Worship -11:15am
Wed. -6:15pm
Bible Study Teleconferencing # 605-562-8401 Access Code 6708350
Christ Ass. Union Food Pantry every last Thursday of month 1-5pm. Will need copy of license/ID and a bill proving address (Union Parish Residents Only)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic
600 E. Water St., Farmerville
Saturday Mass (Spanish) -7 p.m.
Sunday Mass (English) -11:30 a.m.
1st Weds. Mass – 6 p.m.
Confessions Saturdays 6:00 – 6:45 p.m.
318-368-9239
Spearsville Baptist Church
259 Spearsville Rd, Spearsville, LA 71277
318-778-3291
Redeemed Church of Marion
3062 Taylor Street
Sunday Worship – 10 a.m.
(318) 201-5306
Pastors Richard and Mickie Hinkle
Pastor Richard Hinkle would like to invite you to Redeemed Center of Marion. We are located at the former Marion High School Gymnasium on 3062 Taylor Street in Marion. We meet each Sunday at 10:30 for praise and worship, as well as an uplifting Word that will inspire and encourage you to rediscover your purpose in life..
Rocky Branch Baptist Church
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship -10:45 a.m., 6 p.m.
Weds – 6:30 p.m.
Associate Pastor Stephen Murry
News: Brenda Pace
Hebrews 11:1: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It is important that we build our faith, so we can be strong. Hebrews 11, reminds us of faith lived out. But without faith, it is impossible to please Him… Faith is necessary to approach, know, even please God. Throughout Hebrews 11, we find witnesses of their faith in God. This is both inspiring as well as demanding of the way to walk. We begin with Enoch, who walked with God; Abraham, believing God no matter what, Joshua, using trumpets to bring down a wall and so many more … All of these are now in Heaven, cheering us on, encouraging us to walk in faith as well. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. – Hebrews 11:39-40. Their faith was fulfilled in Emmanuel – “God with us”.
As Christians, we have God with us. We, too, are to keep the faith … running the marathon, while focusing on the finish line >>> Heaven. Let us grow in the Lord. For many, by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age … who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil – Hebrews 5:12-14. Let us grow in the LORD! Make Your life count for Jesus!
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening – 6:30.
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Sunday School – 9am
646 Hicks Frazier Rd.
Farmerville
Sunday Worship 10am
Wed. Bible Study 6pm
Rev. Adrian Nelson
Zion Hill Baptist Church
899 Cypress Creek
Farmerville
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church
1409 Zion Hill Church Road
Dr. Tommy L. Carr, Pastor