The Encourager. March 17, Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm. Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am

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1 The Encourager Church of Christ 140 West 15th Street Front Royal Virginia FrontRoyalChurchofChrist.com SimpleBibleLessons.com We Welcome Our Guest! We are so glad you ve come for worship today! Our prayer is you will be blessed by your time with us. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have concerning our worship. March 17, 2019 Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am Wednesday Service 7:00 pm Personal Bible Study SimpleBibleLessons.com Online Correspondence In Home RSW Jail Ministry Correspondence 2nd & 4th In House Food Pantry By Appointment Minister John Stephen Smith ministerfrcoc@gmail.com

2 Our Sick and Beverly Figgins All missionaries Our Homebound Request for Prayers Adam Selb Our Military John Woodall list: Mary Steele RSW Jail Ministry Hazel Clark Sharon Derflinger Bob Baleskie Joel Jones Haywood Seal Bobby Jo Henderson Kenny Henderson Jr. Angela Hollins A.D. Carter Tommy Strickler David Bean Robert Robinson Jr Albert Jenkins Linda York Kim Wines Ella Sullivan Rick Steele Tim Gunter Ray Stelzl Ruth Brooks Scott McCool Jamie Shell Marty Jones Jamie James Dolores Williams Carol & Doug Ritenour Doris & Donald Jones The Lord s church Those Battling Cancers: Ann Derflinger Jerry Eubanks C.R. Newlin Priscilla L. Vita Torres Jeff Pingley Wendy Willoughby Robert Jenkins Nancy Barnes Audrey Herring Serving Today Song Service Bob Baleskie David Born Bill Adams Danny Derflinger Peter Diaz David Born Scripture Reading Art Candenquist Our Pantry needs: Dry Cereal Check the front bulletin board for new up and coming information Linda Adams 3/6 Josiah Pepin 3/9 Janet Jones 3/11 Mason Diaz 3/15 Karol Derflinger 3/24 Bob Baleskie 3/25 Cindy Callaway 3/27 Nancy Barnes 3/31 No Recorded Anniversaries for the month of March.

3 Model By carson van arsdall It's about that time when ladies' spring fashions will be paraded. I wonder what the models eat. Certainly, they are not having a BIG MAC or the all u-can-eat bar. The subliminal message is slim is closely related to physical beauty. Many years ago at Tabriz, Iran. We had a satellite tracking site at the university campus. WE lived in the METROPOLE HOTEL and an army truck with an Iranian sergeant was our driver. One morning he asked us to come over and watch him collect his lottery winnings, he then went to an adjacent kiosk and bought black and white pictures of large fully clothed women staring smiling into the camera. He thought this was the most. He showed them to us and I noticed there was not one who could have fit into a size 4. This is the Middle East where Health care is non-existent as it was in Biblical times. Women are required to do lots of manual labor and bear strong and healthy children; this is very dangerous. Simliac and Gerber are unknown. Women must nurse their children or find a "wet" nurse. God intervened in Exodus 2:7 by providing the real mother to continue to nurse Moses at the age of three months. Genesis 24:16-19 HCSB Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, Please let me have a little water from your jug. 18 She replied, Drink, my lord. She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, I ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink. (Camels can drink 27 gal in 10 minutes) Here we have a young woman who is willing to draw this March 17, 2019 water in the heat of the day to be kind to a stranger. This would have been physically demanding even for the strongest man. These qualities impressed the servant sent to find a wife for Isaac. Genesis 29:16-18 HCSB Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel. 17 Leah had ordinary eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. 18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, I ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.. Genesis 29:31 HCSB When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive. Leah could have been by our standards of fashion a small and very slim woman while Rachel was Jacob's dream of what a woman should be to bare lots of children and be a very physically fit person to handle the running of a large household. Again this was the day of none of the modern conveniences we have to keep the home running smoothly and also have our spare time "to find ourselves." Again, the Lord knows best and blessed Leah and Jacob had to learn the lesson of patience. My 6-month visit was during the reign of Shah Pahlavi (married three times). His first wife bore no male heirs. Likewise for the second wife but she brought into the capitol city of Tehran the fashions of style and dress from Paris and New York. Many of the Iranian women with affordable means copied the Shah's wife with her European dress and hair styles but beyond the major cities the women still remained covered from head to their feet. Proverbs 31:10 NKJV Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.

4 Today, Fellowship Meal and Men s Meeting! March 23rd Card making with Maureen from 10 to 2. This is will be held at the Diaz s. Signup sheet on bulletin board. April the 13th a sewing classes making a spring table runner, here at the building at 10:00. Brown Bag lunch. Sign-up now for this class. Please, check on the Nursey sign-up sheet during worship and sign up today. Please check the teacher s quarter sign-up sheet and sign up today. Next Tuesday s Ladies Bible Class will be a Brown Bag Lunch. Please turn off all cell phones or put on vibrate. During worship services. Ladies that are interested in the Sewing Class in April, sign up and get your material list at the Information Center. George and Maureen new grandson, is Owen Scott Bailey, not Oliver. March 17, 2019 Simple Navigation PROVERBS 3:5-7 LEAN Proverbs 3:5 LEARN Proverbs 3:6 LEAVE Proverbs 3:7

5 BSGFAA Lesson 241 The Sermon on the Mount: Charity, Jesus Matthew 6 Prayer, Fasting, Riches Bible Quiz: 1. When King Ahaziah sent the captain with fifty men to Elijah, what was the meaning of the fire which consumed them? 2 Kings 1:10 2. Why did King Ahaziah, son of Ahab, die? 2 Kings 1:16 3. God said the descendants of Abram would be as numerous as and. Genesis 13:16; 15:5 While Abraham was asleep, what did he see passing between the pieces of animals? Genesis 15:17 4. Yes or no, does God require Christ s followers to assemble? Hebrews 10:25 5. Discuss the faith of people in Hebrews These people of faith listed in Hebrews 11 were seeking (a) an earthly country or (b) a heavenly country. 7. Describe the results of discipline. Hebrews 12:11 8. Describe the unchanging nature of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 13:8 9. Where was Jesus when He spoke the Beatitudes? Matthew 5:1 10. Jesus came to (a) abolish or (b) fulfill the Law of Moses. Matthew 5:17 According to the Dictionary: 1. Anointing the head was a custom particularly of the rich Jews. It was refreshing and also, prevented many skin diseases caused by the hot and dry air of Palestine. 2. Few trees were remaining in Palestine. Dried grass, weeds, and flowers were used for fuel. 3. Synagogues were Jewish buildings for community assembly and worship which seem to have come into use during the Babylonian exile. According to the Scriptures: 1. The magnificence of Solomon 1 Kings; Ecclesiastes 2. God first Matthew 22:37 Questions: 1. When an individual does an act of charity or prays or fasts, he should do so (a) sounding a trumpet, (b) before men to be noticed by them, (c) in secret, or (d) putting on a gloomy face. Matthew 6:1-6, Yes or no, did Jesus teach the disciples how to pray in His Sermon on the Mountain? Matthew 6: Yes or no, will the heavenly Father forgive those who do not forgive other people? Matthew 6: Where should an individual store up treasures? Why? Matthew 6: Yes or no, can an individual serve God and riches at the same time? Matthew 6:24 6. A person should seek first (a) food, (b) drink, (c) clothing, or (d) Jesus Kingdom. Matthew 6: In teaching the disciples not to be anxious, Jesus did not use the example of (a) birds, (b) pharisees, (c) human life span, (d) lilies, or (e) grass. Matthew 6:26-32 Application: On what to seek first Matthew 6:33

6 Matthew 7 The Sermon on the Mount: Jesus BSGFAA Lesson 242 Judging Others; Prayer; Way to Heaven Bible Quiz: 1. For what gift did Elisha ask of Elijah before Elijah was taken? How would Elisha know if his request had been granted? 2 Kings 2: What was the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham which was to be kept by Abraham s descendants? At what age were newborn baby boys to be circumcised? Genesis 17: A person should confess when becoming a Christian. (a) sins, (b) Jesus Christ, or (c) the Holy Father. 4. What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 5. What is it meant by love the brethren, treatment of strangers and prisoners, the marriage bed, and love of money. Hebrews 13: How should we treat our leaders? What is the responsibility of the leaders? Hebrews 13:17 7. What did Jesus say a person should do if his right eye or right hand makes him stumble? Matthew 5: To whom did Jesus say that the Father sent the sunshine and rain? Matthew 5:45 9. Yes or no, did Jesus teach the disciples how to pray in His Sermon on the Mountain? Matthew 6: In teaching the disciples not to be anxious, Jesus did not use the example of (a) birds, (b) pharisees, (c) human life span, (d) lilies, or (e) grass. Matthew 6: According to the Dictionary: 2. Fish and bread were the most common foods of the people of Galilee. 3. Parable means I place beside: in order to compare. It is a story from every day life, which could be true, used to teach a spiritual lesson. Jesus frequently used this method of teaching. Questions: 1. By what standard of measure will each individual Christian be judged? Matthew 7: What two examples of a father and son did Jesus give to explain how the Father in heaven gives to those who ask Him? Matthew 7: In the sermon on the mount, how did Jesus tell His disciples to treat others? This teaching is often called the Golden Rule. Matthew 7:12 4. (broad or narrow? The way to heaven is and the way to hell is. How many will find the way to heaven? Matthew 7: Teaching from the mountain, Jesus said false prophets could be recognized by. How many false prophets did Jesus say there are? Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus said those who will enter the kingdom of heaven must (a) only believe, (b) call Jesus Lord, (c) pray often, or (d) do the will of the Father. Matthew 7:21 7. Discribe the wise and foolish builders. Matthew 7:24-27 Application: on treatment of others Matthew 7:12

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