Peppers
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The actions we take
and/or the words we utter
can oftentimes put us in
tempting situations. We
ask God to direct our
paths around the clutches
of evil. Again we are
helpless without Him!
UM1 Direction puts tjie
model prayer into five
key points - adoration,
submission, supplication,
repentance and protec
tion.
The lesson continues
as Jesus teaches with a
parable on persistence.
Praying persistently iy
not to get God's attention
or a sign of little faith but
it allows us to examine
the request in light of
\God's will. Persistent
prayer also helps us to
clarify what we.'re asking
for.
In verses 9-13, three
action verbs jump out at
them and us - ask, seek
and knock.
Asking God means
that we know who can
answer and direct. We
know the source from
which all blessings come.
Seeking indicates
honest intentional pursuit
of His will.
When we follow
God's direction for our
lives, we come to a door
to knock in faith and God
opens it for us. Like any
good parent, we want the
best for our children. We
steer them away from
anything that we think
will harm them (stone,
serpent, and scorpion).
If this is what we do,
how much more does our
compassionate and lov
ing Father want for us?
He gives Salvation
(Jesus) to save us and the
Holy Spirit to sustain us
on our journey back to
Him.
Life's Application:
How appropriate to begin
the New Year. "How we
understand God influ
ences our relationship
with Him" (Dr. John
Mendez).
Let's become more
disciplined and intention
al in our prayer life. If
you don't have a church
home, pray about it and
follow God. When He
leads you to the door,
knock on it. The believers
on the other side are wait
ing just for you and your
family. Don't ever forget
that there is power in
prayer.
May God bless each
of you with good health,
sound finances and gen
uine relationships!
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Ed and Jean Christman
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Religion
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Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. Rev.
Dr. Joseph Jones, pastor
of Zion Memorial, invites
the general public to
attend, participate in and
be blessed during this
service. For additional
information, please call
the church at 336-725
7390 or consult the web
site at www.zion-memor
ial.org.
New Year's Eve service
Dr. James L.E. Hunt
and the New
Birth Worship
Center Church
family will bring
in the New Year
with a worship
service at 7 p.m.
on Wednesday,
Dec. 31. There
will be special
music rendered
by the NBWC
rhoir Thp
is "A New Beginning,
And A New Start."
Everyone is
cordially invited to
attend. The church is
located at 1033 Newbirth
Drive in East Bend. For
additional information,
call 336-699-3583 or
visit newbirthworship
center.org.
Starting Jan. 3
Church anniversary
Greater Tabernacle
Worship Center, 1410
Attucks St., will hold
services to celebrate its
32nd anniversary. On
Saturday, Jan. 3 at 10:30
a.m., the "First Fruits
Brunch" will be held.
Monique Ellison of Wake
Forest School of Divinity
and April Young of
Greater Tabernacle
Worship Center, will
speak. On Sunday, Jan. 4
o ? >4 ?*
?i T JJ.IU.,
Pastor Essie
C
McCullough
of New
Direction
Movement
Cathedral
will speak.
Apostle BJ
McCloud is
pastor. For
more infor
Hunt
mation, contact Greater
Tabernacle Worship
Center at 336-777-1113.
Jan. 3
Missionary Planning
Meeting
The Forsyth County
Missionary President and
Officers . Planning
Meeting is scheduled for
Saturday, Jan. 3,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. - 11
a.m. at Golden Corral
Family Restaurant, 4965
University Parkway. The
Forsyth County
Missionary president is
Lenner P. Jeffries. For
more information call R.
J. Gore at 336- 817-8424.
Starting Jan. 4
New Year's Revival
Wells Memorial
Church of God in Christ,
1001 E. Washington St.
in Greensboro, will hold
a New Year's Revival
from Jan. 4-6..
International evangelist
Dr. Patricia Lewis of
Memphis, Tenn.,
Supervisor of Brazil for
the Church of God in
Christ, will lead the
revival at 11 a.m. on
Sunday, Jan. 4; at 7 p.m.
on Monday, Jan. 5; and at
7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
The public is invited. Dr.
Herman Piatt is pastor.
For more info, call Wells
Memorial at 336-272
6564.
Jan.18
Family and Friends Day
St. James AME
Church, 1501 N.
Patterson Ave., will cele
brate Family and Friends
Day at 10 am. Sunday,
Jan. 18. The public is
invited to attend. Contact
Michelle Johns at 336
995-1464 for more infor
mation.
GospelFest
The 10th annual
GospelFest sponsored by
the Wake i Forest
University Office of
Multicultural Affairs will
be Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015,
at 3 p.m. The event will
feature Jonathan Nelson,
Alexis Spight, Big Redd
and the WFU Gospel
Choir. Tickets are on sale
at Brendle Recital Hall,
in the Scales Fine Arts
Center at Wake Forest
University. Tickets are
free for Wake Forest stu
dents with a valid ID and
$12 for general admis
sion.
'Men Helping Men'
Calvary Hill Church
of Greater Deliverance
Inc., 4951 Manning St.,
will sponsor the biblical
ly based "Men Helping
Men be Men Gathering"
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
every Tuesday. Bishop
Claude C. Turner is the
pastor. For more informa
tion contact Elder Kevin
Gary at 336-767-4326.
All men are invited.
L hristnian
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mous with the MoravTan>Qjnstmas Love Feast, held annu
ally in Wait Chapel for thepa$t?6Qvears and helped found
the University's Volunteer Service Cbrps in the late 1980s.
He was among the first administrators to champion inte
gration of the student body in the early 1960s. He received
the University's Faces of Courage Award in 2012 for
advocating integration and supporting the first black stu
dent Ed Reynolds, who enrolled in 1962. r
"When you look at the entire institution, there are few
people who have had an impact on Wake Forest in a way
that transcends their individual assignment. Ed Christman
is one of those few," said Wilson, who had known
Christman since their days on the old campus in the town
of Wake Forest.
Christman received the University's highest award, the
Medallion of Merit, in 2007, and the divinity school's first
Distinguished Service Award in 2005. He was named
administrator of the year by the Old Gold and Black in
1971 and Alumnus of the Year by the Residence Hall
Council in 1982.
When he retired in 2003, Christman said, "The more I
think about my life, I am beset by the word grace. Grace
is gifts that you don't deserve. My life has been a series of
these kinds of events. I'm not a saint. I'm a person. But I
have been given more than I deserve."
A remembrance website, "Remembering Ed
Christman," can be found online at edchristman.wfu.edu.
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