Friendly Chapel Baptist Church

05/22/2026

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05/22/2026

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05/22/2026

Still Smiling

I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.
Acts 27:25, NIV

Scott Smiley is an American soldier who was blinded while fighting in Mosul, Iraq. In his book, Hope Unseen, he describes how he and his wife Tiffany learned to trust God with tragedy. Tiffany said, “The words that I read in the Bible prior to all of this became real. It was like oh, this is the peace that surpasses all understanding, you know, this is the hope that carries you through. So it all came to life for me. There’s still times where we’re like ‘Yeah, we wish Scotty could see.’ But God what has taught us through His word.... And going through this trial and this valley with the Lord, I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”1

Recommended Reading:
Acts 27:21-25

When we go through trouble, we struggle, but out of the struggle comes strength. And out of the strength comes a shout of praise. Express your faith when you are experiencing a time of trouble. The action of expressing your faith aloud is often the first step toward courage and victory.

A lot of people look at the events in my life as a huge tragedy, and I don’t necessarily. I think God has given me the ability to understand Him more and to understand His purpose through my blindness.
Scott Smiley

05/21/2026

The Opposite Occurred

On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred.
Esther 9:1

The book of Esther describes a plot to annihilate the Jewish people. It fails because of two brave people—Mordecai and Esther. The name of God is not mentioned in the book, but that’s the point. When God seemed absent and danger was near, the invisible hand of our Lord was working behind the scenes to save and deliver His people.

Recommended Reading:
Esther 9:1-5

Sometimes we face danger or sorrow, and we wonder if God is near. Yes, He is! His eye is watching, His hand is moving, and His grace is available. That’s why we can be thankful even in tense times. The devil may threaten to undo us, but in the providence of God’s grace the opposite will occur.

That’s why we’re called to be thankful. In coming days, we’ll look back and see all the times and places where God has been faithful to us. Be sure each day to think of all God has done for you and ask Him to give you a spirit of gratitude regardless of the circumstances.

The Lord’s wisdom is seen in arranging the smallest events so as to produce great results. Everything, the most minute … as well as the most magnificent, is ordered by the Lord.
Charles Spurgeon

05/20/2026

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Friendly Chapel Baptist Church (May 20th, 2026)
Wednesday Bible Study

Pastor: Lance Mitchell

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We are a church of the Lord's people. Our fellowship and love for one another are unique. Our purpose is to evangelize sinners, edify the saints, and most of all exalt the Savior. May the Lord continue to richly bless us as we move forward together for the greatest calling of mankind.

05/20/2026

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05/20/2026

Confession and Consequences

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 51:17

The darkest blot on the life of David was his double sin of adultery and accomplice to murder (2 Samuel 11). David took another man’s wife and then tried to hide his sin by having the woman’s husband killed in battle. And he remained quiet about his actions for almost a year. After the baby that was conceived was born, a prophet confronted David, and he confessed his sin. Psalm 51 contains the record of his sorrowful confession to God.

Recommended Reading:
2 Samuel 12:11-17

David’s words in his psalm reflect “a broken spirit ... and a contrite heart.” So we know that God heard his confession and forgave him for his horrendous sins. But what about the consequences of his sins? Confession does not remove consequences. The child that was born died, and several other tragic events happened in the lives of David’s adult children. God promises to forgive our sins, but He does not promise to erase the consequences of our sins.

It takes contrition and humility to confess our sins, but it takes the same attitudes to live with the consequences. Thankfully, God gives restoring grace to heal and repair.

Sin would have few takers if its consequences occurred immediately.
W. T. Purkiser

05/19/2026

Freed From Guilt

Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Psalm 32:4, NLT

Aerial photos are used to reveal the effects of a prolonged drought. One photo will show a lake during times of plentiful rainfall, followed by a photo taken during the drought. The change in the shoreline reveals the effects of evaporation.

Recommended Reading:
Hebrews 12:4-6

The psalmist David used just such an image to describe the effects of unconfessed sin in his life: “My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.” Psalm 32 is one of the most graphic portrayals of the movement from hidden sin to open confession found in Scripture. We don’t know exactly what sin David was guilty of hiding—perhaps it was his sin with Bathsheba, detailed in Psalm 51—perhaps some other sin. Whatever the sin, David was only freed from his torment of guilt when he confessed to God: “I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ and You forgave the iniquity of my sin” (Psalm 32:5).

New Testament Christians are provided the same relief: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.
Richard Sibbes

05/18/2026

Good Question, God’s Answer

Behold, these are the ungodly, who are always at ease; they increase in riches.
Psalm 73:12

A timeless question has plagued mankind: Why do the good suffer and the wicked prosper? That question surfaces in the Bible in two extended passages: Job 21 and Psalm 73. Job raised the question because he thought he was a righteous man who had been made to suffer. And the psalmist raised the question because it represented an apparent contradiction. Both writers resolved the question by encountering God and His purposes.

Recommended Reading:
Psalm 73:1-28

In the latter chapters of his book, Job encountered God and gained understanding about His sovereign ways (Job 42:1-6). The psalmist declared that the contradiction in God’s ways “was too painful for [him]—until [he] went into the sanctuary of God; then [he] understood their end” (Psalm 73:16-17). The “sanctuary” represents Job considering his questions in light of the sovereign purposes of God and the fact that God will balance the scales of justice in the end. For him, it was enough to put his trust in God and “draw near” to Him (verse 28).

Don’t let the carefree lives of those who don’t serve God be a source of frustration. Let Him be your only desire on earth (verse 25).

The humble Christian is far happier in a cottage than the wicked in a palace.
A. W. Pink

05/17/2026

Friendly Chapel Baptist Church
(May 17th, 2026) Sunday Morning Service

Pastor, Lance Mitchell

Message From: 1 Samuel 1:9-11
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We are a church of the Lord's people. Our fellowship and love for one another are unique. Our purpose is to evangelize sinners, edify the saints, and most of all exalt the Savior. May the Lord continue to richly bless us as we move forward together for the greatest calling of mankind.

05/17/2026

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