FAIRVIEW FAMILY NEWS



No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

A National Prayer

By

House to House Heart to Heart

“Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion: from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.  Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endow with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” ~ Proverbs 14:34

This year’s World Mission Forum, hosted by the Forest Park Church of Christ, has been postponed until 2021.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

~ John D. Rockefeller

You will value more

What you work for.

August 30, 2020 ~ 39 a.m. ~ $1,249.00

Dennis Brown had a MRI and CAT scan ~ he is waiting on the results.

Betty Dailey requests prayers for Rina Peroze.

Martha Hall is doing better and is back at Laurel Park ~ when she completes rehab, she will move into Bridgestone. Cards can be sent to her home address and her niece will get them to her.

Wyn Miller’s good friend, Scott,

passed from this life after being

diagnosed with multiple cancers

four weeks before he passed.

OUR MEMBERS:

Mildred Allaway, Frank Billingsley, Dennis Brown (chronic pain), Dean Bruce (back), Chappy Chapman (cancer/chemo), Wyman Clark, Dianne Free, Martha Hall (rehab), Connie Moon (colon), Vern and Betty Morris (shut-in), Betty Uebele

MILITARY:

Jayland Fowler, Makala Turner

MISSIONS:

Robert Martin ~ Pacific Islands

FRIENDS AND FAMILY:

Ted Brown’s Uncle Leroy (cancer, COPD)

Stephen Cargle (Steve & Wanda’s son)

Joseph Childs (Wanda Brown’s brother)

Vaughn Cosby (Ted Brown’s cousin/leukemia)

Rachael Dalton (Ben Born’s daughter/cancer)

Debbie Decker (breast cancer)

Jodie Edens (The Samples’ neighbor/aneurism)

Ivan Gonzalez (former member/spasms)

Christy Hall (Martha’s great-niece/cancer)

Donna Hensen (Steve & Wanda’s friend/heart)

Christian Johnson (Amber Weathers friend/brain mass)

Eric Lenning (Wyn Miller’s friend/leukemia)

David McFalls (cancer)

Mr. Meeks (Grandson of the Collins’ neighbor)

Elaine Puckett (Wyn Miller’s friend/brain cancer)

Ralph Stanley (Shirley Queen’s brother/hip rehab)

Patty Tumlin (Wanda Cargle’s mom/cancer)

Isaiah 65:22

They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase.

II Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

Fairview Church of Christ

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

September 6, 2020

Minister:

Jerry Whitmire

678-432-4953 Home

678-492-0383 Cell

Church Info:

1048 Swan Lake Rd.

Stockbridge, GA 30281

Phone: 770-474-7107

Fax: 770-506-0136

Email: frvwcoc@

Services:

Sunday

Bible Study . . . . 9:30 a.m.

Worship . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Worship . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Bible Study . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Worship Assignments

September 13, 2020

Announcements/Opening Prayer: [pic]Jeff Weathers

Lead Singing: Darrell Cooper

Lord’s Supper:

Bill Queen, Carlton Smith,

David Samples, Dennis Brown

Reading: Dennis Brown

Prayer: Ted Brown

Christian Attitude

I am grateful for who God is in my life and for what He’s done. I will not take for granted the people, the opportunities, and the favor He has blessed me with. I will look at what is right and not what is wrong. I will thank Him for what I have and not complain about what I don’t have. I will see each day as a gift from God. My heart will overflow with praise and gratitude for all of His goodness.

Author Unknown

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

~ Philippians 2:3-5

The churches of Christ greet you.

Romans 16:16

Labor Day

Tim Dooley

According to the United States Department of Labor’s website Labor Day, “is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.” Simply put it is intended to be a day of rest and recognition to the American workforce.

The Christian too has a Labor Day. One in which we will receive a rest and recognition for the faithful work we have done. When God completed his grand creation (Genesis 1-2) he rested on the seventh day and blessed and sanctified it as a day of rest. The Hebrew writer says that there remains a rest for the children of God. “For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest…” (Hebrews 4.10-11a).

Jesus calls us to this rest! “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11.28-29). But the ultimate rest here has reference to the eternal “Labor Day” of God’s children in his home. Sure Jesus took time to rest and relax while here on earth, but never was it for a protracted period. No in fact he said, “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4).

Notice what the voice from heaven said unto John, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them” (Revelation 14.13). But also pay close attention to qualifying statement here “…who die in the Lord…” Those outside of Christ when death comes will not enter His rest nor will they ever know rest, no not for eternity!

So just how is this to be accomplished? You must hear the word of God for “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10.17).

For we know that without faith it is impossible to please Him…” (Hebrews 11.6). We must be willing to repent of a sinful life because God “…now commands all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). We must be willing to confess that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God (Matthew 10.32-33). But none of these things have yet to say, nor do they ever say, that they put us into Christ. So how is it that we get into Christ so that we may “die in the Lord?” Notice carefully the inspired scripture of Galatians 3.27, “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

If you’ve not yet done these things, will you not do it now? God loves you and sent His Son to die for you so that you might have this opportunity. He wants you to rest with Him. And for those of us who are in Christ and long for that day of rest…Be Faithful!

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