The Mountaineer- May25

MSMBC Mission Statement The divine mission of the Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church is to be a positive and effective witness, corporately and individually, for our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 1:8). We are called to win lost souls unto the Lord through preaching the gospel, and to build up and to mature believing souls through preaching, teaching, prayer and fellowship.

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Scripture references for MSMBC Mission Statement Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 9:31; Romans 1:16; Ephesians 4:11-16

Responsive Reading Call to Worship Devotion Mission Statement Responsive Reading Praise & Worship Intercessory Prayer Greeting of Guests Offertory Statement Announcements Worship in Song The Preached Word Invitation To Christ Benediction

Jeremiah 29: 11-13 (NKJV) MINISTER For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

CONGREGATION Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

ALL And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

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Greetings! “Thanks, be unto God for His unspeakable gift” (2 Cor. 9:15). God’s unspeakable gift to mankind is our Savior, Jesus the Christ, the LORD. He, and He alone, is the ultimate answer to reaching lost mankind. Grace and peace be bestowed upon each of you from the Lord.

It is my pleasure to write a few lines unto you, members and friends. We have come into the month of May, the fifth month of the year. Even now, at its beginning I want to thank the Lord for His grace given into my life. He has blessed me to live to experience my senior years. He has brought me from humble beginnings to levels of respect and honor which I could not have achieved by my own efforts alone. He has granted me favor. Bless His name.

The patterns and practices in this world are understood to derive from the mindset and thoughts of unsaved humankind. The center of the thoughts and mindset of unsaved humankind is selfishness. James (4:1) says conflicts and wars which manifest in the world, and among believers, are found in the lusts residing within our hearts. Black people are persecuted and abused because there is the feeling within the Majority people of superiority, and entitlement.

My anger is especially stirred when Majority believers twist and pervert the Word of God to justify their ill treatment of those who are different from them. I cannot believe that God is pleased when any group minimizes our common humanity. When whole groups are demonized and portrayed as enemies without any recognition of the shared divine image. All persons are created in the image of God. God never created classes of human beings to be ranked and rated greater than others.

There is but one heaven above where all true believers, regardless of physical description will go. There is but one hell to which all non-believers, regardless of physical description, will go. How is it that Majority believers, who read and study the same Bible, can be comfortable with segregating the minority groups away from their spaces? It defies logic and reason.

I believe far too many are blinded by their selfishness which, according to the gospel, is the first challenge to be met by any Christ-follower (Matt. 16:24). This is the challenge which was met and overcome by the good Samaritan, as Jesus told the story. He forgot about his ethnic and racial selfishness and sought out how to help a man who had fallen among thieves (Lk. 10:25-37).

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WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 2025

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Thomas just enjoyed writing poetry based on The Story Behind the Hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”: The Legacy what he learned from the Bible. He was an ordinary man, who delighted in the of a Famous Hymn

extraordinarily powerful words of Scripture. He On an ordinary day in 1923, Thomas Chisholm wrote over 1200 poems. scribbled out the poem, Great Is Thy Thomas delighted in artfully repeating the very Faithfulness. words of Scripture, in this case, the prophet Jeremiah’s words from Lamentations, which Passed from friend to friend, to composer, to say, publisher, to evangelist, and eventually to the countless people in church pews well past the The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; time of Thomas’ death, this short, simple song his mercies never come to an end; became world-famous. they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

This man and his four stanzas provide us with a remarkable illustration of God’s Word in the (Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV) book of 2 Corinthians, when he tells us, “My The perseverance and prominence of the power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinhymn Great Is Thy Faithfulness throughout thians 12:9 ESV). the last century can only be accredited to Thomas Chisholm was not out to win the world the power of God’s Word, which does not or make a splash. He didn’t go to college, failed need strong people to defend it, only faithto finish out his preaching ministry due to ful men and women to love it and proclaim illness, and worked an ordinary job as an it. insurance agent.

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We like to write articles as a team—one person writing, another editing, another proofreading, and all of us making sure we stick to the truth and say it well.

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According to the dictionary, the word sought means to go in search of.

To go out seeking for something or someone. When trials and tribulations come into your life, are you seeking God? Are you seeking friends and family first and then seeking God? Is God your first thought or your afterthought? Isaiah 55:6(NIV) states, “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”

In all aspects of our lives, we need to be seeking God. Are you only seeking God when the clouds come, or do you only seek Him when the sun shines? I am here to tell you that God is the same God during the storm that He is when the sun shines. God is the same whether we are happy, sad, up, or down. God never changes. Hebrews 13:8(NIV) states, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” In everything, we should be seeking God. If you need to seek God in the midnight hour, He is there. If you need to seek God at the graveside, He is there. If you need to seek God on your job or in your home, He is there. God is waiting on us to seek Him. Psalm 105:4(NIV) states, “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”

No one knows your story better than God. God knew the ending of your story before your story even began. You can trust God to handle any and everything you go through. All of your fears and doubts, God can handle. Psalm 34:4(NIV) states, “I sought the Lord, and he answered me, he delivered me from all my fears.” Friends and family may mean well but they can lead you astray. God will never lead you off track. You can trust God. Have you sought the Lord?

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.”

“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

“I trust in God. I know He cares for me, on mountain peak or on the stormy sea, tho billows roll He keeps my soul. My Heavenly Father watches over me.”

To God be the Glory!

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On March 30, 2025, Senior Mission, under the leadership of Sister Jackie Robertson, conducted our first 5th Sunday Mission Emphasis Day for 2025 .

The Senior Mission project was the God of Hope Ministries. Ms. Lydia Hill, the God of Hope Ministries Administrator, expressed her sincere appreciation to Mt. Sinai and provided a list of items for us to donate.

Mt. Sinai’s congregation generously donated 2,959 items to the God of Hope Ministries.

Additionally, $2,300 was generously donated to support the Foreign Mission.

Special thanks to Pastor Mays for spiritual guidance; Mt. Sinai Church family for generous donations; the deacons for collecting money; and Junior Mission Sister Tiffany Fowler, Kennedy Jobe, Kourtney Jobe, Courtney Fowler, Brandi Hennington and Zo

Mays for assisting the 5th Sunday Mission Emphasis Day. We are grateful for the Mission sisters who arrive diligently each 5th Monday morning to prepare donations for transport empty the barrels, sort the items, tabulate, and assemble items in boxes. Special thanks to Brother Ron Owens, who assembles the boxes, secures the trailer and transports donations to the facility. He is a faithful supporter of the 5th Sunday Senior Mission Emphasis Day, for whom we are grateful.

The Senior Mission gives glory and praise to the Lord, and we thank Him for allowing us to conduct our mission and to be a blessing to others. The Bible says in Proverbs 22:9, “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” Sister Jackie Owens serves as Coordinator, and Sister Joyce Brisco, Co-coordinator.

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