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Sunday Morning Bible Study - 9:45am

10/21/2026

10/18/26 "From Age to Age the Same", "At Your Name Yahweh! Yahweh!"...

Hey allHere are 2 of the kittens that we rescued. If anyone would like to adopt one or both please let me know. They ...
10/20/2026

Hey all
Here are 2 of the kittens that we rescued. If anyone would like to adopt one or both please let me know. They are so sweet and fun!!

Favorite Scriptures - A Devotional SeriesPart 5 — Philippians 4:6"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer an...
10/20/2026

Favorite Scriptures - A Devotional Series
Part 5 — Philippians 4:6
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." (NKJV)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (NIV)

Reflection
Paul wrote this letter from prison, which makes the command land differently than if it came from someone comfortable. "Be anxious for nothing" isn't theoretical advice from a man with nothing to worry about — it's the conviction of someone who had every reason for anxiety and found something sturdier instead.

What's striking is the detail of the alternative: not just "pray," but prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving, together. Gratitude isn't tacked on as a nice addition — it's part of the mechanism. Naming what you're thankful for while you bring your worries to God reframes the request itself; you're not approaching an absent, unmoved God, but One who has already shown you, His care.

This verse doesn't promise the removal of hard circumstances. It promises a different way of carrying them — turned into prayer instead of left to fester as anxiety.

Going Deeper
"Supplication" (desi (NIV)s) refers to specific, particular requests — not vague worry, but naming the exact thing you're afraid of and bringing that precise fear to God. The verse that follows (v.7) promises peace that "surpasses understanding" — not peace because the problem resolved, but peace that doesn't make logical sense given the circumstances.

Carry This Today
Take whatever is generating anxious energy in you today and turn it into a specific, named prayer — paired with something you're genuinely thankful for. Let the shape of your worry become the shape of your prayer instead.

Prayer
Lord, I bring You what's making me anxious today, and I thank You for Your faithfulness in the past. Replace my anxiety with the peace that only comes from You. In Jesus' name, Amen.

10/19/2026

Psalm 99:1-5 God is King!

10/14/2026

10/11/26 "The Prayer w/Lead Me Lord" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee...

Favorite Scriptures - A Devotional SeriesPart 4 — Luke 12:25"And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his statu...
10/13/2026

Favorite Scriptures - A Devotional Series
Part 4 — Luke 12:25
"And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?" (NKJV)

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? (NIV)

Reflection
Jesus asks this question in the middle of a longer teaching about anxiety over food, clothing, and daily provision. It's almost a rhetorical jab — gentle, but pointed. Worry feels productive while we're doing it, like we're solving something. Jesus exposes that illusion in a single question: has your worry ever actually changed anything?
A cubit was roughly eighteen inches — Jesus picked something obviously outside human control to make His point unmissable. No amount of anxious effort adds even a fraction of that to your height. The same is true of most of what we worry over: the outcome doesn't move, only our peace does.

This isn't a dismissal of real concerns. It's an invitation to notice how much energy worry consumes for how little it produces, and to redirect that energy toward trust instead.

Going Deeper
Some translations read "add a single hour to his life" instead of "stature" — the Greek word helikia can mean either height or lifespan, and scholars are divided. Either reading lands the same point: worry has no power over the things it fixates on most.

Carry This Today
Notice today when worry creeps in, and ask Jesus's question of yourself honestly: what is this actually accomplishing? Let the answer loosen your grip and turn your attention toward the One who holds what worry cannot change.

Prayer
Lord, show me where I'm spending energy on worry that changes nothing. Teach me to trust You with what I can't control, and to walk in peace instead of anxious striving. In Jesus' name, Amen.

10/13/2026

"Lord, I believe; help my unbelief" Mark 9:24

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127 Church Street
Madison, AL
35758

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 12pm

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