Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Fanners of the Flame
Week 7 continues to explore the stories of 2 Kings, continues into Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. We haven’t had a meeting in a while, but there is one coming up next week. There should be plenty to talk about now in the comments!
May 17th: II Kings: 20, 25, I Chronicles: 17
May 18th: II Chronicles: 34, 35
May 19th: Ezra: 1, 3, 4
May 20th: Ezra: 5, 6, Nehemiah: 1
May 21th: Nehemiah: 2, 4, 5
May 22th: Nehemiah: 6, 8, 9
“Darling, I love what you’ve done with this room”. Girlfriend, I love your new hair style. It makes you look ten years younger”. “Wow, I really love the new Blue Bell banana-nut ice cream”. It is absolutely amazing how today’s society has devalued the word “love”. In this world’s system, love has been attached to so many frivolous things that it’s full impact is not easily recognized.
Dear Ones, here at Friendship, we are getting the “love” message. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE” (Capitalization is for emphasis). The way of the Kingdom is the way of love. “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the prop0itiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another” (1 John 4:7, 8; 10, 11).
The “love” message is simply this: We are loved! We are loved by our heavenly Father with an immeasurable, unconditional love. He loved us while we were estranged from Him and He loves us now that we are reconciled unto Him. “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren” (1 John 3:14 (a) ). I praise God for the “brotherly love” that is exemplified here at Friendship. Am I saying that we all are perfect and that we are doing it right all of the time? No, not at all. What I am saying is this: God dwells in us and His love is perfected in us. We are being fully developed and we are growing into the maturity of godliness.
Dear Ones, let brotherly love continue. You are loved!
Pastor J. Amos Jones
This week’s kickstart bible reading begins with the book of and ends with the book of Samuel. Great stories are heard here and lessons abound as well.
May 10th: I Kings: 3, 8, 9
May 11th: I Kings: 10, 11, 12
May 12th: I Kings: 17, 18, 19
May 13th: II Kings: 1, 2, 4
May 14th: II Kings: 5, 6, 7
May 15th: II Kings: 8, 18, 19
Romans 8:3-4: For that which the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending His owns Son in the likeness of the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit.
Philippians 3:3: For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Sprit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh.
Funeral Services for Sis. Laura Miller, mother of Bro. Craig Miller will be held on Saturday, May 8, Viewing: 10:00 A.M. Services: 11:00 A.M. at
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 127 Avenue E, Sugar Land, Texas 77478. Rev. Eddie Thomas, Officiating.
Interment will be at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, 12800 Westheimer, Houston,Texas 77077
Services have been entrusted to Gooden Funeral Home, 1716 Avenue E, Rosenberg, Texas 77471, (281) 342-9169.
Condolences and words of comfort may be made to 16325 Denver Miller Rd, Sugar Land, Texas 77498, 281-277-2829.