Garrison Church of Christ

06/22/2024

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL---SUFFERING----Joni Erickson told of the day she became paralyzed in a diving accident. It left her a quadriplegic. Before her accident, she participated in a Young Life group where they often sang the old hymns that are gradually fading from our memories. Shortly after her tragic injury, she was lying in her hospital bed unable to move. Everyone had left. She spoke of how she felt overwhelmed, distraught, helpless and alone.
That night, a high school classmate hid behind a couch in the hospital waiting room so she could stay after visiting hours. She then crawled on her hands and knees to avoid being seen by the nurses at their station and sneaked into Joni's room. She popped up beside her bed at Joni's most distressed moment. Joni whispered, "You're going to get into big trouble if they find you here."
Her friend lowered the rail of Joni's bed and crawled in beside her paralyzed friend. As she lay there she began to sing, "Man of sorrows, what a name, for the Son of God who came..." Joni said, "That wonderful hymn, sung by my friend at that moment, brought incredible comfort to me when I needed it most. I was reminded that Jesus understood. On that cross, He too was unable to move."
Then Joni added, "Recently we had a high school reunion and I was disappointed that my friend was not present. I learned that she didn't make it because her son had committed su***de. I called her and said, 'If I could stand, I would be there and crawl into bed with you.'" Then, over the phone, Joni began to sing, "Man of sorrows, what a name, for the Son of God who came..."
That familiar song bridged a gap of time and miles and brought much-needed comfort to her deeply hurting friend. May the words of that beautiful spiritual song do the same for us now. "Man of sorrows, what a name, for the Son of God who came, ruined sinners to reclaim, Hallelujah, what a Savior!"
Keep looking heavenward!
Steven Clark Goad

05/05/2024

ANITA M. MUNDORF
'Our wonderful Spirit ~ ~ Filled preachers of God's Word!'
Dr. Swindoll
- Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
- The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
- We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
SERIES: 'The Cup That He Drank' ~ Dr. Charles Swindoll
1. For every Disciple of Christ .. There is a purpose to be fulfilled.
2. For every purpose .. There is a hard cup to be drunk.
3. In every allotted cup .. There is some pain to accept.
4. For every pain ..There is victory to be claimed.
~ Scottish minister George Matheson wrote the hymn, 'Oh Love That Will Not Let me Go'. He was almost blind by the time he finished school. He was completely blind by the time he began his ministry. For forty years he ministered totally blind. Overflowing crowds came to hear him preach, and especially to pray. It is said that great preachers confessed to reluctantly hearing his sermons, "for we are tempted to plagiarism".
In his journal, Matheson wrote: "My soul, reject not the place of thy prostration! It has ever been 'the robing room for royalty'.
~ Ask the great ones of the past what has been the spot of their prosperity; they will say, “It was the cold ground on which I once was lying.”
Ask Abraham - he will point you to the sacrifice of Moriah.
Ask Joseph - he will direct you to his dungeon.
Ask Moses - he will date his fortune from his danger in the Nile.
Ask Ruth - she will bid you build her monument in the field of her toil.
Ask David - he will tell you that his songs came from the night.
Ask Job - he will remind you that God answered him out of the whirlwind.
Ask Peter - he will extol his submission in the sea.
Ask John - he will give the palm to Patmos.
Ask Paul - he will attribute his inspiration to the light that struck him blind.
Ask one more — the Son of Man. Ask Him whence has come His rule over the world. He will answer, “From the cold ground on which I was lying — the Gethsemane ground - I received my scepter there.” . . 'As you can notice here, God's power is perfected in weakness. The devil is defeated by his own schemes when he attacks God's own people and they begin to rely more and more on their Heavenly Father.'
Our wonderful Spirit ~ ~ Filled preachers of God's Word!

Paul the apostle---2 Corinthians 12:7—9 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

07/21/2023

WHAT IS THE WORD OF GOD LIKE?
Scripture uses various descriptions when referring to the Word of God given to man. Each of the descriptive words reveals the person of God, his concern for us and how he is meant to fulfill our life's needs. Jeremiah 23:29 "Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?"
Hebrews 12:29 "For our God is a consuming fire." Therefore his words are filled with fire. God's Word will burn away everything that is not eternal. It causes us to realize the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal [2 Corinthians 4:18]. It will burn to death the desires of the flesh when properly applied to our heart. Psalm 119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
On the day of Jesus' resurrection his use of Scriptures caused a wonderful burning in the hearts of the two hungry listeners going to Emmaus. Luke 24:32 "And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"
The fiery Word of God will some day remove this heaven and earth along with all evil works. We will have a new home [2 Peter 3]. His fiery Word will also try the works of all. Some will lose every thing that related to their life here and their own soul, whereas believers will only lose some of their temporary investments, but will be saved [1 Corinthians 3:15 ].
Have you experienced the fire of God's Word? Jeremiah did. Jeremiah 20:9 "But if I say, "I will not mention him or speak any more in his name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot."

06/24/2023

“In Christ there is no more a veil between us and God. Our hope is forward looking—before us is life and peace. Behind us is separation from God.” —Michael Knapp

05/20/2023

1 That we are seen, O God, by Thee—� This is our happy lot—�Presented faultless to Thine eye,� And all our sins forgot.�
�2 Each hour of joy, this is the light� Which shines on all our ways;�And in affliction's deepest gloom� Its power it still displays.� �
3 Then cheerfully through life we pass;� And if we're called to die,�The valley's shade we will not dread,� For Thou wilt still be nigh.

05/17/2023

Be grateful. There are hardworking people out there.

05/16/2023

05/16/2023

TUESDAY
5—16—23

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

01/06/2020

GARRISON CHURCH OF CHRIST KY