Plantation Baptist Church of Dekalb, Texas

Plantation Baptist Church of Dekalb, Texas Plantation Baptist Church is affiliated with the SBC and Bowie Baptist Association. Welcome to Plantation Baptist Church! No one is a stranger! PBC Means…..

We hope that you will find whatever information you are seeking as you visit this web site. In addition, if you are visiting or reside in the New Boston-Malta-DeKalb area, we would count it an honor and privilege for you to visit and worship with us. PBC is a cooperating, mission – oriented Southern Baptist Church where Christ is honored, His Word faithfully taught and preached, and the brothers and sisters will love you and warmly welcome you as you enter the doors. Join with us on Sundays or Wednesdays or at any of our special service opportunities. Elsewhere on this site, you will find a listing of times and activities. If you want a place to plant yourself (and your family too), begin to grow in the Lord and learn His Word, or simply connect with other disciples of Jesus and have a church home, this is the place!! We will look forward to your visit with us. What does “PBC” mean to you? Is it simply Plantation Baptist Church? Or do these 3 letters describe the mission of the church? Everything done at “PBC” is designed to fit in with our overall mission and purpose. Every program…..every event…..every activity……every meeting…..emphasizes at least one part of our mission. Everything must be about ………

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PLANTING the seeds of the Gospel (1 Cor. 3:5 – 9)

BEGINNING to grow as His disciple (2 Peter 3:18)

CONNECTING to the community and to the world (Acts 1:8)
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This is our mission as the Body of Christ at Plantation Baptist Church. We want every member, through his or her words and actions, to carry out “PBC” in everyday life. PLANTING

• “What We Believe” Hyperlink to “Our Statement of Faith”

• “How To Become a Christian” hyperlink to “How to Become a Christian” document


BEGINNNING
Fellowship and God’s Word

Weekly Gatherings:

- Focus Studies – Sundays at 9:15 am Focus Study with coffee and donuts
at 10:30 am Celebration of Worship

- Bible Study and Prayer Meeting – Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm

CONNECTING

Local Missions --- Bowie Baptist Association, Mission Texarkana, Community Kitchen, Damascus
House
State Missions --- Texas Baptist Missions, SBC of Texas, Mary Hill Davis

National Missions --- North American Mission Board, Annie Armstrong

World Mission --- International Mission Board, Lottie Moon, Dideons International, IMB People Group

08/20/2026

1 Corinthians 1:27 “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.”

Ponder This
Years ago in New Jersey, there was a man who advertised that he was going to play a concert on an extremely valuable violin. People came from all over to hear him play. He tucked that instrument under his chin and began to play. You could hear the laughter of children as he played. You could hear the songs of the birds in the trees as he played. You could hear babies cry as he played. People were amazed at the music that came from that violin. When he had finished the concert, he took that violin and broke it on his knee. “Ah!” They were aghast. “Why has he done that?” Then he opened his case and brought out the expensive violin. He said, “The violin that I’ve been playing on is a fiddle I bought for a few dollars. It is not so much the violin that makes the music as it is the man who draws the bow.” To the world, you may be just a cheap fiddle, but God is the one who can make music out of your life. God uses common people! God can use you.

-When have you been deterred because you felt dismissed or discarded by the world?

-How has God used you in unlikely situations? How are you hoping He will do it again?

Practice This
Make a list of ways God has used the “foolish things” of the world “to shame the wise” throughout the Bible and history.

(Love Worth Finding)

08/19/2026

Daniel 3:18 “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

Ponder This
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said in essence, “Our God is able, and we believe He will. But if He doesn’t, it’s not because He’s not able, and we’re not going to bow before your filthy image.” (See Daniel 3:16-18. 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”)
Notice they had a settled faith. They didn’t say, “Well, let’s huddle about it.” Their minds were already made up. They had a sure faith: “Our God is able.” But they also had a steadfast faith to say, “Even if He doesn’t, even if we’re turned to bacon in that furnace, we’re not going to worship your idol.”

Are you ready to quit just because God doesn’t do the thing you ask Him to do? You’d better have an “if not” clause in your faith. It doesn’t mean your faith is weak. It means that it is stronger than ever. “God, I know You’re able. But if You don’t do it, Lord, I’m going to serve You anyway. I’m not going to make bargains with You.” Sometimes we don’t understand why God does things. A mature faith bows to the sovereign purposes of God.

-Where do you need to trust God, even “if not”?

-How hard is it for you to truly trust God if He doesn’t answer as you desire?

Practice This
Take time in prayer today to submit an area of difficulty before God. Ask Him to build your faith and help you trust Him, even “if not.”

(Love Worth Finding)

08/12/2026

Hebrews 11:31
“By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.”

Ponder This
The whole Bible is about a blood sacrifice. You cut this blessed book anywhere, and it will bleed. The blood of Jesus seems to stain every page. You can begin with Abel’s lamb, go right on through to Noah’s sacrifice to Abraham’s ram on Mount Moriah, then to all the smoking sacrifices on every Jewish altar till finally you come to Calvary where the Lord Jesus Christ hung in agony and blood. All of it is saying, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). The Bible says in Hebrews 11:31 that Rahab was delivered from destruction. This was because of the scarlet cord that hung in her window, representing the sacrifice of blood (Joshua 2:18). She did not perish. This reminds us of John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish.” And if you’ve trusted in the blood of Jesus, neither will you.

-How does it build your faith to see the way the Bible points over and over again to the sacrifice of Jesus?

-Who do you need to tell about the sacrifice of Jesus?

Practice This
Share with someone today about the sacrifice of Jesus.

(Love Worth Finding)

08/10/2026

Hebrews 11:30 “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.”

Ponder This
Many people are problem conscious. All they see is the problem. They see Jericho. Many of us need to take our eyes off Jericho and put them on Jesus. Here is the way of faith. Don’t dwell on your problems, dwell on your Lord. Be looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. Catch a vision of Him. Worship Him. Bow before Him and you'll find your faith growing. Learn to glance at your problems and to gaze at your Lord. Keep your eyes on Him. Don’t go around being negative or with a problem complex. Go around with your eyes, your hopes, and your affections fastened upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Set your affections on things above. Put your eyes upon the Lord and your faith will begin to grow.

-Are you more prone to focus on your problems or on your Lord?

-What habits can you develop to focus more on Jesus than on your problems?

Practice This
Take action today. Begin practicing some of the habits you identified to help you focus more on Jesus than on your problems.

(Love Worth Finding)

08/07/2026

1 Corinthians 15:55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”

Ponder This
I have no fear of death. You may say, “You’re lying.” I am not; God is my witness. I don’t look forward to the act of dying, but I have no fear of death, none.

There was a time when death laid his bony hands on the Lord Jesus Christ, drug Him into a dungeon, and put Him on a cold slab. Jesus was bound with the chains of death. One day passed. Two days passed. Three days passed. And death, that old monarch of terrors, laughed his hoarse laugh and clapped his bony hands saying, “I have Him.” But on the third day, Jesus broke those chains and rose. A look of fear came over the face of death himself. Jesus reached up, pulled death from his throne, and threw him to the dungeon floor. The crown rolled off death’s head. Jesus reached in and pulled the sting out of death, put his heel on the neck of death, put the crown on His head, and walked out of that tomb risen, living, and victorious as Savior. Because He lives, we live with Him. We no longer have to fear death. We have a Savior. Faith relies on the unbreakable promises of God. Faith recognizes the unshakeable power of God. And faith rests in the unmistakable peace of God.

-Do you have a fear of death?

-How does Jesus speak to that fear? If you have not trusted Him for salvation, how is He speaking to you today?

Practice This
Read 1 Corinthians 15 to be reminded how Jesus has defeated death.

(Love Worth Finding)

08/06/2026

Galatians 3:11 “But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ‘the just shall live by faith.’”

Ponder This
Martin Luther, who led the Protestant Reformation, had a dramatic experience. In 1517, he was saved. He saw the Word of God, he understood it—that salvation is a gift that you receive by faith—and he received Christ. He was born again, even though he had been a priest. One day not long after, he had a bout with the devil, and the devil said to him, “Oh, you say you’re a Christian. Do you feel your sin is forgiven?” Luther said, “No, I know my sin is forgiven because the Bible says so.” Luther didn’t rely on his feelings but on the unchanging Word of God. Likewise, you had better get out of the realm of emotion and get your faith in the unbreakable promises of God and the unshakeable power of God.

-Do you rely more on your feelings or on the Word of God to determine your standing with Him?

-How does the Word of God encourage you when you have doubts about your relationship with Him?

Practice This
Take time today to identify several passages that can serve as encouragement when your emotions lead you away from God.

(Love Worth Finding)

08/05/2026

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Ponder This
Are you training your children? The entry for the word train in the dictionary says this: to prepare for a contest, to instruct by exercise, to drill, to form to a proper shape, to discipline for use. You don’t learn how to play basketball by reading a book. You are trained. You are coached. Likewise, you have to train and coach your children. You have to pray. You have to teach. You have to plead. You have to show by example. Do you have your children in a Bible-believing church? Do you have them in Sunday School under a Christian teacher? Are you training in the home by precept and by example? We’re to train. If you teach a child and that’s all you do, you’ll teach him or her one thing, but somebody else can come along and teach them something else. But when you train, they get something through the pores of their skin into their very psyche. There’s a difference between teaching and training.

-What are some ways you were trained by your parents or that you seek to train your children now?

-What are some ways we must continue to train ourselves as adults?

Practice This
Write out a list of disciplines you want to develop in your life and the lives of your children, then make a plan for how you will begin developing those disciplines.

(Love Worth Finding)

07/31/2026

Romans 8:30 “Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”

Ponder This
There is an eternal, golden chain of redemption that cannot be broken. God predestined you, then God called you, then God justified you, and then God glorified you. You see, salvation is not your work, it is God’s work, and that’s the reason the Apostle Paul said he was “confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). This should cause us to say amen. What has been decreed by Heaven cannot be annulled by Hell. What has been settled in eternity cannot be undone in time. We were in the heart and mind of God before He spun this world into space. And we are the ones He has called.

-How would you live differently today if you really believed you were this secure in God’s hand?

-What usually keeps you from believing this?

Practice This
Read Romans 8:31-38 for further reflection on God’s matchless love for His people.

(Love Worth Finding)

07/30/2026

John 17:23 “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.”

Ponder This
How much does God love you? God loves you as much as He loves His Son, Jesus Christ. That’s hard for me to take in. When the Apostle John was speaking about this love he said, “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God” (1 John 3:1)! Do you know why John said, “What manner of love”? It seems like he was grasping for an adjective suitable to use. What colossal love, what stupendous love, what … I just can’t even think of a word. He just finally had to say, “what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God.” God loves you dear friend, and you are secure in God’s sovereign love.

-How hard is it for you to believe God loves you as a father loves a child?

-What makes this difficult? What helps you believe this?

Practice This
Make a list of various passages that describe the love of God for His people, starting with the two verses in today’s devotion.

(Love Worth Finding)

07/29/2026

Jude 24 “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.”

Ponder This
Jude began and ended this book by talking about the eternal security of the believer. If he didn’t do this, when you read what’s in between, you may start thinking that Jude was talking about people who had lost their salvation. An apostate is not somebody who has lost his or her salvation. An apostate is someone who has received the truth, rejected the truth, ridicules the truth, and literally tries to replace the truth. But this person has never been saved. He or she is like Judas, who was never born again. But people who are truly born again, true children of God, can never again be lost souls—not because they hold onto God, but because God holds onto them.

-How does it encourage you to remember that it is God who keeps you faithful and not your own effort?

-How does this reality provide more motivation for faithfulness to God?

Practice This
Write out a list of specific ways God has held onto you and refused to let you go throughout your life.

(Love Worth Finding)

Address

1630 County Road 3110
De Kalb, TX
75559

Opening Hours

Wednesday 6pm - 7pm
Sunday 9:15am - 12pm

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