Bulletin for November 30, 2025
Devotional Verse
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His Name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:4–5
2025 Church Theme
Living in reverential awe of God—“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children, to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them.” Psalm 103:17–18
Announcements
Next Sunday is Communion Sunday, please prepare your heart.
December 13th: Men’s Bible Study 8:00am.
December 13th: White Elephant Gift exchange.
December 14th: Christmas Fellowship Dinner.
December 14th: Nashaat Ibrahim will be preaching in the morning service, giving us a report on his recent trip and outlining plans for his mission outreach in 2026.
Order of Worship
Hymn: 249 O Come, All Ye Faithful (1,2,3)
Hymn: 277 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1,2,3)
Hymn: 279 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (1,2)
Humor in the Pew and Pulpit
An 18th-century vagabond in England, exhausted and famished, came to a roadside Inn with a sign reading: “George and the Dragon.” He knocked.
The Innkeeper’s wife stuck her head out a window. “Could ye spare some victuals?” He asked.
The woman glanced at his shabby, dirty clothes. “No!” she shouted.
“Could I have a cup of water?”
“No!” she shouted.
“Could I at least sleep in your stable?”
“No!” she shouted again.
The vagabond said, “Might I please...?”
“What now?” the woman screeched, not allowing him to finish.
“Do ye suppose,” he asked, “that I might have a word with George?”
Great Preaching from the Past
George Whitefield on Jeremiah 6:14, “They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
“Give me leave, then, to address myself to several sorts of persons; and O may God, of his infinite mercy, bless the application! There are some of you perhaps can say, Through grace we can go along with you. Blessed be God, we have been convinced of our actual sins, we have been convinced of original sin, we have been convinced of self-righteousness, we have felt the bitterness of unbelief, and through grace we have closed with Jesus Christ; we can speak peace to our hearts, because God hath spoken peace to us. Can you say so? Then I will salute you, as the angels did the women the first day of the week, All hail! Fear not ye, my dear brethren, you are happy souls; you may lie down and be at peace indeed, for God hath given you peace; you may be content under all the dispensations of providence, for nothing can happen to you now, but what shall be the effect of God’s love to your soul; you need not fear what sightings may be without, seeing there is peace within. Have you closed with Christ? Is God your friend? Is Christ your friend? Then, look up with comfort; all is yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. Everything shall work together for your good; the very hairs of your head are numbered; he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of God’s eye. But then, my dear friends, beware of resting on your first conversion. You that are young believers in Christ, you should be looking out for fresh discoveries of the Lord Jesus Christ every moment; you must not build upon your past experiences, you must not build upon a work within you, but always come out of yourselves to the righteousness of Jesus Christ without you; you must be always coming as poor sinners to draw water out of the wells of salvation; you must be forgetting the things that are behind, and be continually pressing forward to the things that are before. My dear friends, you must keep u a tender, close walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. There are many of us who lose our peace by our untender walk; something or other gets in betwixt Christ and us, and we fall into darkness; something or other steals our hearts from God, and this grieves the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Ghost leaves us to ourselves. Let me, therefore, exhort you that have got peace with God, to take care that you do not lose this peace. It is true, if you are once in Christ, you cannot finally fall from God: “There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus;” but if you cannot fall finally, you may fall foully, and may go with broken bones all your days. Take care of backslidings; for Jesus Christ’s sake, do not grieve the Holy Ghost -- you may never recover your comfort while you live. O take care of going a gadding and wandering from God, after you have closed with Jesus Christ. My dear friends, I have paid dear for backsliding. Our hearts are so cursedly wicked, that if you take not care, if you do not keep up a constant watch, your wicked hearts will deceive you, and draw you aside.”
From the Mission Field
Persian Peoples of the Western Diaspora---November is a month to remember to be grateful to God for all that He has done, and among the Persian peoples of the Western diaspora, there is a lot to be thankful for. First of all, since 3.79% of their population are now evangelical believers, the Persians of the Western Diaspora are no longer classified as an unreached people group! Second, the influence of this body of Christ is spreading around the world and even back into their home culture, where Persians are following Christ at an astounding rate. God is truly at work among Persian peoples worldwide! In light of this, pray for the health of the Persian Church and ask for the Persians of the Western diaspora to have a heart for the thousands unreached people groups around them. Pray for them to take the hope of the good news of Jesus to them — all to the glory of God!
Just Common Sense
“Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness; for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them.” Thomas Fuller
Weekly Bible Reading Schedule
Monday: 2 Corinthians 12–Galatians 2
Tuesday: Galatians 3–6
Wednesday: Ephesians 1–4
Thursday: Ephesians 5–Philippians 2
Friday: Philippians 3–Colossians 2
Tip for Witnessing
“Truth lies in character. Christ did not simply speak the truth; he was truth; truth, through and through; for truth is a thing not of words, but of life and being.” Frederick W. Robertson
Quotable
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor.” C. H. Spurgeon
