Things are always looking up at Harding Street!

January 10, 2019 – What a day, glorious day - TODAY!  God is alive and well.  Sunday is the Lord's Day.  We will gather together to worship Him in spirit and in truth; family and friends, members and guests assembled in the name of Christ Jesus to sing, pray, offer our gifts, hear a message from the word of God, and remember Jesus’ life, death, burial, and resurrection in the Lord’s Supper.  I’m so glad to be a member of the Harding Street Church of Christ at 906 E. Harding Street with you.

We enjoyed a wonderful feast on Tuesday evening (8^th) for our monthly Area-wide Fellowship and Singing.  What a joy it was to see so many smiling faces from so many congregations in our area.  We are not alone in our commitment to Christ.  Thank you to every Christian brother and Christian sister for planning and preparing such delicious soups, stews, breads, desserts, and drinks for our family and our guests.  You are the very best of the Lord’s church at Harding Street.  I am so proud to be your minister and friend.  God is blessing us with all that we need as we seek first His kingdom and His righteousness in life and living (Matthew 6:33).

Remember our theme for January on Sunday mornings: “God’s Power through the Principles of Prayer.”  Last Sunday we looked at the DEMAND that we pray. Prayer should be first (1 Samuel 12:19-25).  Prayer is a command (1 Thessalonians 5:17).  Prayer is the way to blessings (James 4:2), the cure for worry (Matthew 7:7-11), and the pathway to peace (Philippians 4:6).  THIS SUNDAY we will look at the DESCRIPTION of prayer.  Our text will be 1 Timothy 2:1-4.  Just what does it mean to make “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and the giving of thanks for all men?”  What do these things mean?  Paul writes to his son in the faith concerning the desire to “lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence (dignity)” and that the church should pray for this.  He says that this is “good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”  We’ll consider these things during the sermon time on Sunday, Lord willing.  Hope you can come and hear.

Every Harding Street member is asked to pick up and fill out a “Member Profile Sheet” located on the table in the lobby.  Fill it out and place it in the plastic holder on the table as soon as possible.  We need your help in all areas of ministry here at Harding Street as we “abide in faith, hope, and love, these three, but the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13).  In all that we do we want to “let all things be done decently and in order” (1 Corinthians 14:40).  To be “steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work or the Lord, knowing that our labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58) is our prayer, plan, and practice.  Working together in the name of Christ our Savior will show our community and the world Jesus living in us.

We’re reviving our website.  Our website www.hardingstreetcoc.com will soon be up and running.  We plan on using our site extensively in the coming days to promote the gospel of Christ here and around the world.  Just wait and see.  You’ll be able to read about the past, present, and future of the church of Christ at Harding Street.  We’ll have our calendar posted on the site, news concerning our ladies, our youth, and our education programs, as well as the many other events and activities at Harding Street.  We plan to have a special page for our local and world missions.  Anyone will be able to visit our website to download and hear the gospel sermons right from our pulpit here at Harding Street.  You’ll be checking our website out every morning, noon, and night.  To God be the glory in all that we do.