May 10, 2026
Naturally, we are quick and committed to do whatever is necessary to care for the needs of our flesh. When hungry, we eat. When sick, we seek mediations and doctors. When weary, we rest. Oh, that the Lord would give us such a concern for our souls. If He does, we will be quick to feed on the Bread of Life to satisfy our hunger and thirst for righteousness. We will seek the Great Physician and look to the Balm of Gilead for our sin sick souls. We will rest our weary souls in the Only One who is able to satisfy God’s holy law and justice by the sacrifice of Himself. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Jn. 3:6. ~GE
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Lord, Help Me
Matthew 15:25
“Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.” “Lord, help me” is one of the simplest and most honest prayers a person can pray. It comes when strength runs out and answers aren’t clear. There’s no pretending in it, just a real need for God. This short prayer reveals humility. It admits we can’t do life on our own. And that’s not weakness; it’s where true strength begins. Whether in crisis or everyday moments, “Lord, help me” keeps the
heart dependent on Christ. And when it comes from the heart it never goes unheard. ~David Eddmenson
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The believer is perfect in Christ, but in himself is a poor feeble creature, ever liable to fall. Oh, the blessedness of having One who can manage all his affairs for him at the right hand of the Majesty in the Heavens: One who upholds him continually by the right hand of His righteousness: One who will never let him go: One who is able to save to the uttermost: One who is the same yesterday, today, and forever: One who will bear him triumphantly through all the difficulties and dangers that surround him and finally, present him faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy. Blessed forever be the grace that has made such ample provision for all our sins in the Blood of a spotless victim and the intercession of a Divine High Priest. ~Scott Richardson
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We believe that the work of regeneration, conversion, sanctification and faith, is not an act of man’s free will and power, but of the mighty, efficacious and irresistible grace of God. ~C. H. Spurgeon
Believers on the one hand are nothing but sin, and on the other hand they have no sin. This is one of the great mysteries of the gospel that keeps God’s people humble, yet hopeful. It causes them to have no confidence in the flesh, yet to come boldly before the throne of grace. It is the reason they can mourn and rejoice at the same time. It shows them their inability to satisfy any part of God’s law, and it frees them from the condemnation of the law. It causes them to bow in humble worship as mercy beggars, yet they hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. They are nothing, yet have everything. They are hell deserving, yet heaven bound. They are in abject poverty, and they are infinitely and eternally rich. To the natural man, these things are a contradiction. The child of God…they are his life. ~GE
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Someone said, “If I knew I were one of God’s elect, I would come to Christ; but I fear I am not.” To you I answer - Nobody ever came to Christ because he knew himself to be of the elect. It is quite true that God has of His good pleasure elected some to everlasting life, but they never knew it until they believed on Christ. Christ nowhere commands the elect to come to Him. He commands all men everywhere to repent and believe the Gospel. The question for you is not, “Am I one of the elect?” but “Am I a sinner?” Am I in need of Christ to wash away my sins? Am I in need of His righteousness to clothe my nakedness? Is He my one and only hope for salvation?” Christ came to save sinners. ~Robert M. McCheyne
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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. Ps 122:1-4.
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Upcoming Bible Conferences
May 8-10 Hurricane Road Grace Church, Ashland, KY
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July 10-12 Canada Conference, Burgessville, Ontario
CALL TO WORSHIP
Sovereign grace o’re sin abounding
Ransomed souls, the tidings swell
’Tis a deep that knows no sounding
Who its breadth or length can tell?
Heirs of God, joint-heirs with Jesus
Long ere time its race begun
To His Name eternal praise
O what wonders love hath done!
Who from Christ our souls can sever
Bound by everlasting bands
Once in Him, in Him forever
None can pluck us from His hands.
O such love, my soul, still ponder
Love so great, so rich, so free
Say, while lost in holy wonder
Why, O Lord, such love to me?
(Tune: “Jesus Calls Us” p. 374)
NURSERY
This Week 10:00 Ruth 10:45 Christine
Next Week 10:00 Christine 10:45 Laura Grace