January 30, 2022

209 South Brown Street

Tom Bean, Tx 75489

Phone: (903) 546-6620

Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com

Website: tombeancoc.com

MONTH

January

ANOUNCEMENTS

Kerry King

 

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER

                             Greg Counts              Kerry King              

                

PRAYERS TODAY

            MORNING                                                   EVENING

AC Quinn                                                   Kerry King

            Charlie Counts                                           Greg Counts

 

SCRIPTURE READING

Kerry King

PRAYER LIST

Don Baker – is recovering from heart surgery at home.  He is doing better.

Brenda Williams (AC’s daughter) will have a pacemaker installed soon.

James Campbell (Frank’s son-in-law) is having severe back problems. He had a CT scan and is waiting treatment plans.

Ruby Slone has been in TMC with Covid but is now home.

Beryl Miller (Carla’s Mother) has been diagnosed with Covid.  She is doing some better.

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Remember in Daily Prayer:

Cancer: Frank Roden, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s boss’ wife), Debbie Brown (Jan’s cousin), Sue (Charlie & Helen’s friend), Roger White, Barry Petrie.

Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller

Others: Charlie Counts, Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Lisa Courtney (hole in her lung), Steven Wilkerson (Lexy’s great grandfather) is on Liver Transplant list, Carol Moore, Billy Clinton, Daniel White (Jan’s nephew – seizures), Kirkland Hance (epilepsy).

 

Serving Our Country:

Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford

 

Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:

Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts

 

Pantry Item:  Assorted Soup

 

Men Serving Next Month - February: 

Announcements & Scripture Reading – Greg Counts

Lord’s Supper – Kerry King & Greg Counts

 

Men Serving Next Week Feb 6, 2022

Prayers:

Morning:                                   Walter McMillen – Don Hickerson

Evening:                                   AC Quinn – Greg Counts

Do We Also Have Eyes Which Do Not See?

By Dan Jenkins

When Jesus said, “Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest” (John 4:35), His disciples really had trouble understanding what was being said. They were in Samaria and the apostles, because of their Jewish background, had never seen that Samaritans had souls. Jews avoided, as much as they could, any contact with this mixed race in Samaria. Jesus’ use of the word “already” shows that He saw Samaria as a field ready to be reaped for God.

These apostles had to be shocked at the words of Jesus, but in just a few months they saw what Jesus saw.  They saw souls, even those in Samaria. Just before His ascension, Jesus gave His plan to evangelize the world using these words: “You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). It appeared that some heard these words this time and understood them.

The church began in Jerusalem and when persecution arose, the Bible shows that they went to Samaria. When the Samaritans believed and obeyed the gospel, these apostles then knew His plan that involved from Jerusalem to Samaria. The apostles were part of the beginning of the church and before them were the white fields of Samaria.  What happened? Luke describes the response using the word “multitudes.” The apostles seemed to have understood His great commission. They sent Peter and John to them that they might lay hands on these new Christians so that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

However, their view of white fields was limited. Some of those early Christians went to Antioch in Syria, and some Greeks, likely proselytes, became Christians (Acts 11:19-20). But most in the church still did not see the white fields. It is true that Peter said on Pentecost that the promise of the Spirit would be given to as many as the Lord called, but he failed to see that it included those who were far off—the Gentiles.

It was the miracle of the Spirit coming on the household of Cornelius that started opening their eyes. God had shown that He accepted any person in every nation who feared God and did His will (Acts 10:34-35). The great commission of Jesus was to preach to every creature. The church was so slow in seeing this.

What is the application of what we have just said? It is for each of us to lift up our eyes. We have no right to pre-judge others before we teach them! We are now focusing on mission work here at Palm Beach Lakes.  Remember that world evangelism begins at your front door and goes around the world. Is it possible that we are not seeing our white fields? As you walk away from the church building, you are in His mission field!

 

January 23, 2022

209 South Brown Street

Tom Bean, Tx 75489

Phone: (903) 546-6620

Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com

Website: tombeancoc.com

MONTH

January

ANOUNCEMENTS

Kerry King

 

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER

                             Greg Counts              Kerry King              

                

PRAYERS TODAY

            MORNING                                                  EVENING

Walter McMillen                                         AC Quinn

            Charlie Counts                                           Don Hickerson

 

SCRIPTURE READING

Kerry King

PRAYER LIST

Don Baker – is recovering from heart surgery at home.  He is doing better.

Brenda Williams (AC’s daughter) needs to have to have a pacemaker installed but will have to be weaned off of heart meds before that can happen.

James Campbell (Frank’s son-in-law) is having severe back problems. He had a CT scan and is waiting treatment plans.

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Remember in Daily Prayer:

Cancer: Frank Roden, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s boss’ wife), Debbie Brown (Jan’s cousin), Sue (Charlie & Helen’s friend), Roger White, Barry Petrie.

Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller

Others: Charlie Counts, Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Lisa Courtney (hole in her lung), Steven Wilkerson (Lexy’s great grandfather) is on Liver Transplant list, Carol Moore, Billy Clinton, Daniel White (Jan’s nephew – seizures), Kirkland Hance (epilepsy).

 

Serving Our Country:

Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford

 

Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:

Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts

 

Pantry Item:  Paper Towels

 

Sympathy For Lost Loved Ones: 

Jerry Harris, long time member of Tom Bean passed away Thursday.  He served many years as an elder and will be missed in our worship.

 

Men Serving Next Week Jan 30, 2022

Prayers:

Morning:                                   AC Quinn – Charlie Counts

Evening:                                   Kerry King – Greg Counts

Oh, Remember, Dear Children

By Josh Blackmer

It is important to remember, to keep in one’s mind the lessons learned and memories of things gone by. Precedence is set and examples are given for us to guide us in a better way and better practices. In that same way, the writer of Psalm seventy-eight would have us remember and teach future generations. “I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they should teach them to their children, that the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, that they may arise and tell them to their children, that they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments, and not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God” (Psa. 78:2-8). It is in this Psalm that the intent of the Shema is outlined in further detail. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged” (Deut. 6:1-2). 

Both passages place an emphasis on teaching future generations so that they do not repeat the same wrongs. We have been given that same information to pass down to future generations that they too would learn to fear God and keep His commandments. It is imperative that we teach those things. I would ask you this question though. How much of your faith does your child know?  Have you told your children of the time you prayed to God earnestly for something and He answered your prayer? Have you told them of the time where a Biblical principle was applied in your life and you saw the outcome? Have you told them of the changes you made in your life because of God and His mercy? I challenge you to make faith real for your children by sharing yours with them. It is one thing to read about people that lived thousands of years ago.  It’s quite another for them to see your faith now. 

Moses warned the people to do the commands in the land where they were going “so that” future generations would fear and obey the commandments of God. If we aren’t obedient to God’s word, we cannot expect future generations to be.

 

 

January 16, 2022

209 South Brown Street

Tom Bean, Tx 75489

Phone: (903) 546-6620

Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com

Website: tombeancoc.com

MONTH

January

ANOUNCEMENTS

Kerry King

 

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER

                             Greg Counts              Kerry King              

                

PRAYERS TODAY

            MORNING                                                   EVENING

Don Hickerson                                           Kerry King

            AC Quinn                                                   Greg Counts

 

SCRIPTURE READING

Kerry King

PRAYER LIST

Don Baker – is recovering from heart surgery at home.  He is doing better.

Brenda Williams (AC’s daughter) needs to have to have a pacemaker installed but will have to be weaned off of heart meds before that can happen.

James Campbell (Frank’s son-in-law) is having severe back problems. He had a CT scan and is waiting treatment plans.

Barry Petrie (Linda’s son) has kidney cancer and is scheduled for surgery Jan 17^th.

AC Quinn is waiting results of his stress test.

Jerry Harris is in TMC with Covid.

Ruby Slone has been exposed to Covid.

Roger White (Jan’s cousin) has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Kirkland Hance is soon to be discharged from the military.  He has been diagnosed with epilepsy.

Florene Griffin is now in the Homestead Nursing Facility.

Emily Dickison’s grandmother passed away.

Gary Gibbs passed away.

 

Remember in Daily Prayer:

Cancer: Frank Roden, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s boss’ wife), Debbie Brown (Jan’s cousin), Sue (Charlie & Helen’s friend).

Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller

Others: Charlie Counts, Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Lisa Courtney (hole in her lung), Steven Wilkerson (Lexy’s great grandfather) is on Liver Transplant list, Carol Moore, Billy Clinton, Daniel White (Jan’s nephew – seizures).

 

Serving Our Country:

Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford

 

Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:

Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts

 

Pantry Item:  Bleach

 

 

Men Serving Next Week Jan 23, 2022

Prayers:

Morning:                                   Walter McMillen – Charlie Counts

Evening:                                   AC Quinn – Don Hickerson

Wherefore and Therefore; “What-for” and “There-for”

By Dan Jenkins

 

Sometimes we struggle to find the greatest benefit from reading the Bible and understanding what is being said. It may be because we are reading it too fast and not noticing the impact of individual words being used. An illustration can be found in slowing down and asking why the words “wherefore” and “therefore” are found and why they are there.

The word “therefore” is found 1,355 times in the NKJV of the Bible. The older King James Version often uses the word “wherefore” instead of the word “therefore.” Slow down as you read and after you read the word ask, “What is the word therefore ‘there-for’?” What is its meaning? God has made a statement and then has drawn a conclusion based on what He just said or is about to say. The same is true of the translation of the word “wherefore.” When you see it, ask yourself, “‘What-for’ is this word here? Why is God using this word, and what is He trying to say?”

This way of clearly studying the Bible can be seen in the way Jesus uses the word when discussing the great care God gives to the birds. He then adds, “Therefore do not fear, for you are of more value than sparrows” (Luke 12:7). Jesus used the word “therefore” 92 times in His teachings, and Paul uses the word nearly 150 times in his writings. As you read the Bible and come across these words, take time to look at the context where they are found. Read the verses before these words and the words after them and focus on why God chose to use them. This simple way of reading the Bible will deeply enhance your appreciation for truth.

The fact that these words are used emphasizes the truth that our relationship to God is not based on emotions. There is a Divine reason God chose to use them. For example, God did not just arbitrarily give the Sabbath command as some ritual action for the Jews to do. He told them, “Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt…therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day” (Deut. 5:15).

Paul used the word five times in reference to the use of tongues in 1 Corinthians 11. Slow down as you read and ask each time, “Why is this word ‘there-for’?” God gives commands for us to obey, but often shows why He wants us to keep them by using the word “therefore.” Paul’s writings show this again and again.

Finally, remember that Christianity, properly understood, is so logical. I understand we walk by faith and sometimes do not fully comprehend why God says what He does, but notice the use of these words. Slow down as you read and appreciate His truths and the basis on which it is given. Remember “there-for” and “what-for.”

 

 

January 9, 2022

209 South Brown Street

Tom Bean, Tx 75489

Phone: (903) 546-6620

Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com

Website: tombeancoc.com

MONTH

January

ANOUNCEMENTS

Kerry King

 

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER

                             Greg Counts              Kerry King              

                

PRAYERS TODAY

            MORNING                                                   EVENING

Charlie Counts                                           AC Quinn

            Walter McMillen                                         Don Hickerson

 

SCRIPTURE READING

Kerry King

PRAYER LIST

Don Baker – is recovering from heart surgery at home.  He is doing better.

Frank Roden’s son and grandson had tested positive for Covid, but are now doing better.

Brenda Williams (AC’s daughter) needs to have to have a pacemaker installed but will have to be weaned off of heart meds before that can happen..

James Campbell (Frank’s son-in-law) is having severe back problems. He had a CT scan and is waiting treatment plans.

Barry Petrie (Linda’s son) has kidney cancer and is scheduled for surgery Jan 17^th.

AC Quinn will have a nuclear stress test on Jan 6^th.

Jerry Harris is having problems with his arthritis.

Jerry Dickison needs our prayers.

 

Remember in Daily Prayer:

Cancer: Frank Roden, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s boss’ wife), Debbie Brown (Jan’s cousin), Sue (Charlie & Helen’s friend).

Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller

Others: Charlie Counts, Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Lisa Courtney (hole in her lung), Steven Wilkerson (Lexy’s great grandfather) is on Liver Transplant list, Carol Moore, Billy Clinton, Daniel White (Jan’s nephew – seizures).

 

Serving Our Country:

Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford

 

Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:

Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts

 

Pantry Item:  Honey

 

 

Men Serving Next Week Jan 16, 2022

Prayers:

Morning:                                   Jerry Harris – AC Quinn

Evening:                                   Kerry King – Greg Counts

He Is Our God!

It is difficult for us to wrap our minds around the concept of an omniscient God. Because God’s knowledge is perfect, there is no fact so obscure as to be beyond His awareness. This is a far cry from Hollywood’s rendition of God. Some are just not comfortable with attributing to God qualities which are super-human. Even religious people seem bent on taking the punch out of God’s power. Famous scholars have sought to explain away Bible miracles as merely natural events. They say that the ancient Israelites merely crossed over the Red Sea on swampy ground – that the Egyptians were unable to follow in their heavy chariots without getting stuck in the mud. Others have suggested that Jesus did not actually die on the cross, but that He merely passed out under the stress and later revived in the coolness of the tomb. It would be better if such critics would reject the Bible altogether than cast shadows on its reliability. After all, if the Bible teaches falsehood in one area, how can we rely on it in other areas?

God knows all things – past, present, and future. By comparison, we are limited to what we are able to learn from the past and what we can experience in the present. God’s perfect knowledge can be disquieting to the one who prefers to dwell in darkness. But, “There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do” (Heb. 4:13). We cannot hide from God.

On the other hand, the perfect knowledge of God can be quite reassuring to the one who has placed his or her trust in Him. The God who knows every time a sparrow falls to the ground and can name every star in the heavens is certainly able to watch over His people. He knows our needs better than we and is aware of our requests even before we are able to put them into words. He is the God who created the heavens and the earth. He is the God that we must serve and worship. Because we are limited in resources, we do not understand everything that happens in this life. But, we can trust in the wisdom of our all-knowing God who says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Is. 55:8-9).

He is our God and we must acknowledge and accept Him for who He is without trying to bring Him down to our own level in our thinking. He is the all-knowing, highly exalted, self-existent, eternal King over all things and He is our God!

— Glen Elliott —

                                                                 January 2, 2022

209 South Brown Street

Tom Bean, Tx 75489

Phone: (903) 546-6620

Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com

                                                                    Website: tombeancoc.com

MONTH

January

ANOUNCEMENTS

Kerry King

 

SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER

                             Greg Counts              Kerry King              

                

PRAYERS TODAY

            MORNING                                                   EVENING

AC Quinn                                                   Walter McMillen

            Jerry Harris                                                Charlie Counts

 

SCRIPTURE READING

Kerry King

PRAYER LIST

Don Baker – is recovering from heart surgery at home.  He is doing better is having some trouble with his right knee.

Charlie Counts had a checkup on his incision.  He will have to keep the drain for a little while longer.

Frank Roden had a procedure last Monday to stop bleeding in his bladder.  He also has had his meds change hopefully to keep it from happening again.

Brenda Williams (AC’s daughter) will be treated with heart medication and possibly have to have a pacemaker.

James Campbell (Frank’s son-in-law) is having severe back problems. He is still waiting for a treatment plan.

Barry Petrie (Linda’s sone) has kidney cancer and is scheduled for surgery Jan 17^th.

AC Quinn will have a nuclear stress test on Jan 6^th.

Jerry Harris went to his arthritis doctor Thursday.

Jerry Dickison is in TMC and needs our prayers.

 

Remember in Daily Prayer:

Cancer: Frank Roden, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s boss’ wife), Debbie Brown (Jan’s cousin), Sue (Charlie & Helen’s friend).

Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller

Others: Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Lisa Courtney (hole in her lung), Steven Wilkerson (Lexy’s great grandfather) is on Liver Transplant list, Carol Moore, Billy Clinton, Daniel White (Jan’s nephew – seizures).

 

Serving Our Country:

Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford

 

Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:

Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts

 

Pantry Item:  Dish Washing Liquid

 

 

Men Serving Next Week Jan 9, 2022

Prayers:

Morning:                                   Charlie Counts – AC Quinn

Evening:                                   Walter McMillen – Don Hickerson

Words—the Basis of Faith

By Dan Jenkins

Paul’s words to young Timothy were so descriptive of the trials he would have to face. Those verses in 1 Timothy 4 were given to Timothy because of what was happening. The gospel was soon to be preached to every creature under heaven, and the future of the church was so promising.

Paul warned Timothy that the Holy Spirit of God had clearly revealed that some would depart from the faith and begin following false teachers and the lies they taught (1 Tim. 4:1). Their teaching was that Christians must refrain from eating certain foods. What was the truth about this matter? The Holy Spirit revealed through Paul that such was false teaching for “…every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer” (1 Tim. 4:4-5).

Timothy’s task was to take this truth and instruct the brethren. If he did this, he would be a good minister of Jesus Christ, for he had been nourished in the words of faith and had carefully followed them (1 Tim. 4:6). Notice how the truths of God are described. They are based on the words of faith.

Look again at the contrast. Some had left the faith by following those who had departed from the faith. When they spoke, they did not speak the words of truth, but they were “…speaking lies in hypocrisy.” Timothy’s task was to stay faithful to the truth and instruct his listeners to stay in accordance with the words of faith.

Faith is based on words. If there are no divine words to describe what one believes, then his faith is not based on what God said. We express ideas using words. We express heavenly ideas by using heavenly words. If there are no Biblical words to describe one’s faith, then it cannot express an idea which has its origin in heaven.

There is more to be added to these thoughts. Paul instructs Timothy saying, “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me” (2 Tim. 1:13). The words of faith become the basis of the “pattern of sound words.” A pattern shows what must be done and become the basis of duplicating precisely what was in the pattern. The reason forbidding the eating of certain foods was false teaching is because such teaching does not follow the pattern. This pattern is expressed in words, sound words.

Now make the application. Timothy was instructed to take the things he learned from Paul and deliver them to faithful men who then could deliver them to others (2 Tim. 2:2). Timothy was to take the words of faith and teach as a pattern to be followed by using sound words. This pattern was then to be given to others. God help us to find the words of faith!