Memorial Baptist Church - Poplar Bluff, MO

09/11/2026

Big things are happening! Check out our upcoming announcements below. Make sure to clear your schedule for Revival—we can’t wait to see what God has in store! 🙏🔥

09/11/2026

Today, we pause to remember. 🇺🇸

We honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the heroes who courageously served, and the families whose lives were forever changed.

May we never forget the courage, sacrifice, and unity shown on that day. As we remember, we pray for our nation, our first responders, our military, and all who continue to carry the weight of that loss.

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” — John 15:13

❤️🤍💙 We remember. We honor. We pray. We will never forget.

— Memorial Baptist Church

09/11/2026

Day 5: Come As You Are

The l***r came to Jesus unclean, desperate, and empty-handed. He brought no resume of good behavior. He did not negotiate for a partial healing. He came exactly as he was. He simply said, “You can if you will.” And Jesus responded with total grace.

We often compare our sins to others, thinking we are not that bad. We live in a l***r colony comparing sores. But God does not grade uncleanness on a curve. The question is not if your sores look better than your neighbor’s. The question is, are you clean before a holy God? Apart from Jesus, the answer is no.

Stop trying to clean yourself up. Stop waiting until you feel good enough to come. Jesus is still in the business of making dirty people clean. He invites you to come as you are. He will meet you with the same compassion and power. What is holding you back from coming to Jesus exactly as you are today?

“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)

Prayer: Thank Jesus that His blood cleanses you from all sin, making you completely new.

Challenge: Read the story in Luke 5:12-16 aloud to one other person this week.

To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media

09/10/2026

Day 4: The Rhythm of the Wilderness

News of the miracle spread everywhere. Great crowds gathered to hear Jesus and be healed. The ministry was exploding. The needs were immense. At that very moment, Jesus withdrew. He left the demanding crowd and went into the wilderness to pray.

Jesus refused to let the urgency of the crowd replace intimacy with the Father. He demonstrated a vital rhythm. Pour out for people. Pull away to be with God. Then go back with something worth giving. His strength came from solitude, not the crowd’s applause.

We often live on coffee and stubbornness, believing everything depends on us. We say yes to every demand until we have nothing left to give. But compassion does not mean you never stop. Even Jesus did not do everything. He did what the Father sent Him to do. Where do you need to withdraw from the noise to be with your Father?

“But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.” (Luke 5:15-16)

Prayer: Ask God for the wisdom to recognize when you need to pull away from busyness to pray.

Challenge: Set aside fifteen minutes of complete silence today to be alone and listen for God’s voice.

To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media

09/09/2026

09/09/2026

Day 3: The Word Overrules the Label

For years, people told the l***r what he was. They shouted “Unclean!” That word became his identity. Then Jesus spoke a new word. Jesus said, “Be clean.” His command overruled every other label. Immediately, the leprosy departed. The disease that controlled his life released him at Christ’s command.

Jesus did not just heal his skin. Jesus gave him his life back. He could return to his family and his community. He could worship with God’s people again. Grace restores what sin steals. Your past does not have the authority to define you if Jesus has made you clean.

Some people may insist on calling you by your old name. They remember the addiction, the affair, or the anger. But if Jesus has washed you, you do not have to answer to “Unclean.” Hell does not get to overrule heaven’s declaration. What old label are you still allowing to define you?

“And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.” (Luke 5:13-14)

Prayer: Confess the times you have believed the enemy’s labels over your identity in Christ.

Challenge: Underline every promise in 1 Corinthians 6:11 about who you are in Jesus now.

To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media

09/08/2026

Join Us in Prayer Today at 2:00 PM!

"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"-- Colossians 4:2 (KJV)

Taking time out of a full day to seek God together makes all the difference. Gathering as a church family to lift our hearts in unity brings real strength, refreshment, and peace. No matter where you are in your walk or if you're joining us for the very first time, our doors are wide open. Come sit, pray, and seek Him with us today!

09/08/2026

Revival Starts This Sunday!

​Join us as Marc Pritchett kicks off our revival series this Sunday at 10:45 AM! Nightly services run Sunday through Wednesday at 6:30 PM, featuring live gospel music from Frontline (formerly Master's Voice).

​Come ready for an incredible week—you won't want to miss it! 🙌✨

09/08/2026

Day 2: The Hand That Touches

The crowd backed away from the l***r. They saw a threat and reached for stones. But Jesus stepped forward. He saw a man. Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. He did not have to touch him to heal him. A word would have been enough. But Jesus knew the man needed more than clean skin. He needed a human touch.

For years, every person had recoiled from this man. Then he felt the hand of Jesus. It was the hand that formed Adam from dust. It was the hand that holds the universe together. That hand rested on a body that was falling apart. Jesus is not intimidated by our scars or shocked by our past.

You may feel defined by your failures or your pain. You might expect God to keep His distance. But Jesus reaches for the very thing everyone else avoids. He touches broken people. When was the last time you truly let Jesus touch the deepest part of your hurt?

“And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.” (Luke 5:13)

Prayer: Thank Jesus that He is not repelled by your sin or brokenness but actively reaches out to you.

To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media

Challenge: Call one person who might feel isolated and offer them a word of encouragement and connection.

09/07/2026

Day 1: A Man Full of Leprosy

A man forced to shout “Unclean!” walked through the city. People slammed doors and threw stones. His disease had become his entire identity. Nobody asked his name. He was simply a l***r. Desperation drove him past the fear and the crowd. He fell face down at the feet of Jesus.

This man worshipped before he was healed. He did not know what Jesus would do. But he knew who Jesus was. His faith was a desperate, honest cry. He placed his condition completely in the hands of the Lord. He trusted Jesus with the outcome.

Many of us hide our brokenness to appear respectable. We grip our chairs while pride whispers about what others might think. We avoid coming to Jesus just as we are. This man’s desperation overruled his dignity. What label are you afraid Jesus might see if you come honestly?

“And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” (Luke 5:12)

Prayer: Ask God to give you the desperate faith to bring your whole self to Jesus, without pretense.

Challenge: Identify one area of your life you have been hiding and write it down on a piece of paper as a act of surrender.

To listen to the sermon that corresponds with this devotion, click the link: https://www.mbcpb.org/media