Sunday

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moth and rust destroy

and where thieves break in and steal.”

~Matthew 6:19, NKJV~

The California Baptist University team is all packed up and ready for their 3 week trip to Romania!
Please pray for them as they get ready to get on a plane this afternoon. Pray that all of their flights will be on time so that they can make all of their connections and also pray that all of their luggage will make it here at the same time as them!
Pray for them as a team will they are here. Pray that they will be flexible and open to learning what the Lord wants to teach them during this time. Pray for us as we travel around the city and outside the city. Especially be praying for the team for the few days they will be here on their own and their time at camp when they will be away from every kind of modern convenience and technology!
Pray for us as we continue to plan on this side of things and that everything will come together and that glory will be brought to His name through everything that we do. Pray for my neighbors as the 7 girls will be staying with me in my apartment. Overall I’ve gotten along well with them, but we’ve had our moments.

Thank you so much!
aura

A HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE

It is reported that the German controllers at Frankfurt Airport expect pilots to know their gate location and how to get there without any assistance from them. This conversation is said to have taken place between the control tower in Frankfurt and a British Airways 747 (radio call Speedbird 206) after landing:

Speedbird 206: “Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the runway.”

Ground: “Guten morgan, taxi to your gate.”

The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.

Ground: “Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?”

Speedbird 206: “Stand by, ground, I’m looking up the gate location now.”

Ground (with impatience): “Speedbird 206, have you never flown to Frankfurt before?”

Speedbird 206 (coolly): “Yes, in 1944. But I didn’t stop.”

Things look different from the ground than they do in the air! (especially when the view from the air has crosshairs that get in the way 🙂 Our perspective makes all the difference in the world.

Which raises an interesting question — what is our perspective? Do we tend to look at things from an earthly point of view or from a heavenly point of view?

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2)

Erwin W. Lutzer once said that, “Worldliness is excluding God from our lives and, therefore, consciously or unconsciously accepting the values of a man-centered society.” If things in your life aren’t looking so good from “ground level”, perhaps it will help to take a look at things from a heavenly perspective.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

There will be no activities or services at FBC, Kentwood tonight.

There will be a bridal shower for K.K. Womack, bride-elect of Job Hulkaby, this afternoon at FBC, Kentwood.

Keep the Lord in the Lord’s Day.

Anna Lee