Ackerman Church of Christ

06/16/2026

Is there a time in our lives when we can actually say we know enough of God’s Word? I think you already know the answer to that question, yet at the same time it seems that we are quick to avoid opportunities provided to learn more and then to challenge ourselves in how much we really know.
Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6). If we were to feed ourselves physically in the same manner we feed ourselves spiritually, how healthy would we be? If entrance into heaven depended on our knowledge of God’s Word, would we be guaranteed entrance? And yet, Jesus said, “…the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day” (John 12:48). Do you know enough of God’s Word to enter into heaven?
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to meet with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we open the Word of God and study to know the way to eternal life!

06/11/2026

When birthdays come around, I have a tendency to say that it is just another day in the year. But birthdays, especially later in life, become a day to reflect on life. A song in our hymnbook that is rarely sung today puts life in perspective.
One sweetly solemn tho’t comes to me o’er and o’er;
Today I’m nearer to my home than e’er I’ve been before.
It is not a song meant to bring sorrow, but joy at being so much nearer our heavenly home. We need to remind ourselves daily that this physical home is not permanent. As much as I may enjoy it, I long for my heavenly home with God (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:4).
Question: are you ready for judgment day? This question is often answered with the statement “I think I am” or perhaps, “I’m not sure.” The apostle John tells us that we can know for sure (1 John 5:13). So, the question remains, are you ready for the judgment and will you hear the words “Enter in good and faithful servant?”
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to meet with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study God’s Word to remind us of how near we are to our heavenly home!

06/09/2026

From time to time while scanning through Facebook, I run across comments asking for the Lord’s help through difficult times. Really not an uncommon request. But I couldn’t help wonder if this individual had done anything to help themselves. We live in a world of people who call on the name of the Lord for anything and everything. Yet, as we take a closer look, we recognize how ungodly the world has really become.
Is it possible that many of the struggles we face in our lives today is because we have not really separated ourselves from the world to live completely for the Lord? Not just “believing,” but being completely, whole-heartedly committed to living for the Lord in everything!
Perhaps a better prayer to pray, while dealing with troubles, is for us to have the desire and will to serve the Lord better in all things, to be content with the struggles in our lives and rejoice in the knowledge that our Father in heaven is indeed watching over and seeing us through each and every struggle of our lives. May we increase in faithful living each and every day, leaving behind our worldly desires while focusing on heaven (Colossians 3:2).
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to meet with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study God’s Word to grow in faith in God and trusting His guidance in our lives!

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Love is known only by the action it prompts. Therefore, it is not how much we say that we love God, but how we show that we do. It is easy to “talk a good love” but it is difficult to show God by our actions. A vocal statement of love for God sounds hollow without obedience to Him.
We show love for God by our worship of Him if it is sincere. Loving Him enough to give up one hour a week to worship Him doesn’t sound like much love. To stay out so late on Saturday night that we cannot get up in time to worship shows wrong priorities.
We show our love better by practicing love for others. We do this by helping them, caring for them, having compassion for them and “going about doing good.”
We show our love best by obedience to Him. There actually is no love without obedience. “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments” (1 John 5:3).
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to worship with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we not only proclaim our love for Him but study His word to live our lives in obedience to Him!

06/02/2026

Perhaps you’ve read the account of the Israelites rebellion against God after receiving instruction to prepare to take the land of Canaan. Even though the land was a good land flowing with milk and honey, there was a negative seed planted regarding the size of the cities and people. The Lord punished the entire Israelite nation because of their grumbling and because they had put the Lord to the test and had not listened to Him.
Throughout the journey from Egypt to Canaan, the Israelites had “tested” the Lord in their complaints for food, water, a god to lead them, etc. It was truly a show of a lack of faith. Do we not struggle with the same problem today? We fall into this category when we grow anxious about life from day to day. Along with the rebuke for a lack of trust, God accused the Israelites of not listening to Him. When we choose not to read from His Word, we have chosen to turn our ears from His voice.
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to meet with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study God’s Word to better understand the way of life according to His love and His blessings for each of us!

05/29/2026

Most of us are familiar with the joke explaining that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years because Moses refused to ask for directions to Canaan. Sadly, the joke carries a shred of truth regarding man’s ego.
I have begun to recognize how ego (aka, pride and self) also plays a role in man’s rejection of salvation. Many times, when an individual refuses or rejects the Lord’s invitation to salvation, we place the blame on a lack of knowledge, or perhaps their upbringing. But, if we strip away all possible excuses, it really does boil down to pride. A refusal to do what the Lord has offered, because “I don’t want to” or “I don’t see the need to do so.” And there is that word that points to the main reason, the use of the pronoun “I.”
It was pride that led the rich young ruler to walk away from Jesus (Lk. 18:18-23). It was pride that led the Ephesians to riot in the streets against the preaching of the apostle Paul (Acts 19:23-41). And it was pride that eventually led the religious leaders to crucify Jesus (John 11:47-53; John 12:18-19, 42-43). And it is pride that keeps an individual today from accepting the invitation of Jesus Christ (Acts 7:51; 13:46). Pride and self go hand in hand and keep one from accepting Jesus Christ.
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to worship with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study God’s Word to help examine ourselves to be sure that pride is not interfering with our walk in the light of Christ!

05/26/2026

Two thoughts come to mind when reading the book of Leviticus. First, the reading of the demands regarding salt with sacrifices (Leviticus 2:13) may very well be a foreshadowing of the need for us as Christians to be the salt of the earth, as Jesus shared in Matthew 5:13. As Christians, we are to live our lives to glorify God, and in so doing, perhaps making the world more palatable for the Lord.
Second, the recognition of the very specific pattern the Lord gave to the Israelites regarding everything under the law. Just consider the specifics regarding the building of the tabernacle. If the Lord was that specific in the construction of the tabernacle, offerings, feast days, etc., then why is it that there are those in the religious world today who feel it is okay to do whatever, whenever and however we choose?
Some will suggest that Scripture is not as plain about the commands of worship today as in the days of Moses. Perhaps the problem can be blamed more on our lack of knowledge of God’s Word today, as well as our own personal preferences.
If you live in the Akerman, MS area, we invite you to worship with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study to know God’s plan for our lives, for worship and most important the plan for eternal life!

05/22/2026

Our relationship with the Lord is made manifest in our obedience to Him. Unfortunately, man has chosen for himself as to what is acceptable to God, even though God has made very clear what He will or will not accept.
Even during the days of Jesus, men determined the relationship with God according to their desires, instead of what God had determined. The Pharisees and lawyers rejected God’s purpose for them by rejecting the baptism of John. The Samaritan woman “argued” with Christ regarding the true place to worship God. On two separate occasions Jesus cleansed the temple of moneychangers. The religious leaders of the day argued against Jesus and His teaching because they were “children of Abraham.”
And now, some 2000 years later, we are no different. Religious leaders today teach whatever is acceptable to man and totally disregard what God has determined as truly acceptable.
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to worship with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study to know God and to do His will and to worship and serve Him according to His Word.
“There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12).

05/19/2026

Since the establishment of the Lord’s church in 33 A.D., there has only been one church and one body, no matter what man may say. A study of the many religious groups in the world today will show a founding date far later in history than the beginning date of the church we read of in the Bible. Scripture warns that there would be those who would depart from the faith. “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith…” (1 Timothy 4:1). And if there were those leading away from the faith, there would surely be those who would follow. “…and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths” (2 Timothy 4:4). Jesus warned of the coming of false prophets, “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15).
With all the religious confusion today, it may be easy to forget that Jesus built His church about 2000 years ago, exactly as He wanted it. When the Word of God, the pure seed, is planted today it will produce only Christians united in the ONE CHURCH established by Christ Himself.
If you live in the Ackerman, MS area, we invite you to worship with the Lord’s church each Sunday as we study God’s Word to know about the one church and the way it will impact our lives as we try to serve Him.