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Southside Church of Christ

800 Elmira Avenue Durham, NC 27707

info@sside.org | www.sside.org

919.688.3535

STAFF

Orlander R. Thomas Senior Minister

William A. Stephens Minister Emeritus

Candice P. Blount Church Administrator

Quentella Williams Executive Assistant

John Merriweather Online Campus Minister

Dineen Merriweather Online Campus Director

DEACONS

John Alcox

Anthony Green, Sr.

Arthur Hackney

John Mathis

Chester Mayfield, Jr.

Roger McDougal

Joe Williams

Keith Wright

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

W E E K L Y W O R D

You Matter

By RICKI FULLER

Beloved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, you are important to GOD!

There is no question about that at all. When He breathed life into His created image, He immediately loved His creation then and He loves you now (Genesis 1:27-28; Psalm 139:13,14)!

GOD’s Love is so wonderful yet enigmatic or hard for us humans to understand as proclaimed by Apostle Paul in Ephesians 1:314. Think and pray about these words that demonstratively declare the truth that you do, in fact and in reality, matter:

“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure So, we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins He has showered his kindness along with all wisdom and understandin has now revealed to us his mysterio regarding Christ which is to fulfill h good plan And this is the plan: At the rig he will bring everything together und authority of Christ everything in heav on earth Furthermore, because we are with Christ, we have received an inhe from God, for he chose us in advance, makes everything work out according plan God’s purpose was that we Jew were the first to trust in Christ woul praise and glory to God.

And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him ” With this reality about you in mind, please go forward in your life believing, speaking and living like you matter!

First of all, you matter to GOD (FatherSon-HolySpirit).

Secondly, you matter to yourself (prayerfully, and if not, throw away negative self-thoughts [I Peter 2:6,7]).

Thirdly, you matter to others who believe, love and follow Christ! And, beloved, all of this is sealed by the Holy Spi rit Who lives in you (This is so awesome!)

In every aspect of your life, you preciously matter!