rAGI EIGHT
GOSPEL MESSAGE
By Freed Towiwend. Pastor of Ball Ground Baptist Church
where everybody is welcome.
TEXT JAMES 5:16. "PRAYER." A CREATIVE POWER.
1. Prayer brings a Pentecost On the day of Pentecost there wer<
people who had really prayed and had things in common Oh God
help ua to be people as they were; of watchfulness and prayer, eager t<
hear the Gospel of Christ, and do something about it Christian friends
? when will we get to where we can pray in the Spirit of Christ for i
Spiritual awakening? Our world is blighted with hatred, envy, maiice
i and every conceivable sin under high Heaven; drunkenness, whordom
adultery, fornication. God said. "If my words abide in you and you ir
me. ask what you will and shall be granted." We need men, women
boys and girls who will believe the truths of God. It seems we hav<
so many church folk today who take the Story of Christ as a fairy storj
and are saying after attending some of the services. "My what a preach
er," when there should be some deepened convictions that we might say
"My, what a God "
2. Prayer releases power in us. The power within the human
breast that has been saved by the grace of God will never be released
until we contact God through prayer. We may be like a broken wire
on the power line, ever so close, but to none effect until the contact has
been made Some of you right now in your own hearts remember when
you could get a prayer through to God How happy you were then, but
how miserable now. You need to pray again and you say you have
tried it, but remember the poet said, "pray until you pray." Oh how
we need to release that power within us by praying as the Lord would
have us. How can we afford to go on in the haphazard way of living
as many of us have, trying to live the Christian life without prayer
Let's pray and be happy again.
3. Prayer brings us in line with God and His purpose We can
not understand the will and purpose of God in our lives except we
pray. Things always look different to us when we are fully devoted to
God and His cause through prayer I believe it is just as possible for
me to retain my 210 pounds without eating as it is to have spiritual
strength without prayer. What was it that brought deliverance to
Daniel, while he was in the den of lions? Prayer, not money or posses
sions. but the will of God was wrought in the life and sufferings of
Daniel through prayer We are always considerate, and can undergo
any hardship when we are in touch with God by prayer. We aren't so
easy to see the faults of others if we are living a daily prayer life. We
can always detect God s providential care over us and His bidding us
go and do and give and live when we are living a prayerful life I
verily believe William Carey, the pioneer missionary, was able to stand
against the wiles of the devil, and the hardships of life because of his
prayer life.
4. Through prayer we are filled with the Holy Spirit We talk
about being filled with the spirt or seeking the Holy Ghost after we arc
saved by the Grace of God, The only way we arc filled by the spirit
after we are saved is only by a life of obedience, doing the things the
Lord tells us to do to be a Christian Nowhere in the word of God can
you find where God granted the gift of the Holy Ghost as a special
gift to any one individual to do this or the other. It was His gift only
to the church as a special gift Repentance, and faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ is still Biblical. If we want the witness of the spirit of God we
don't have to pray for Him to come He is already here and will always
be until Jesus returns We just need to align ourselves with God's plan
and program. Paul and Silas had the power in jail because they
prayed. To try to live a Christian life without prayer is to sin against
God and his people One of the Old Testament characters said. "God
forbid that I should sin. in forgetting to pray for you."
5. Through prayer we have power Many people today have
power, as far as politics or their money is concerned, but I declare unto
you the man who lives down on poverty street can have power with God
by prayer. O how I thank God for my mother Among all the train
ing and advice mother gave me I cherish the memory of a prayer I
heard mother pray once when she cried out, "Oh God have mercy on
my boy." Through prayer homes have been changed from hell to
peace and joy Prayer has changed towns and cities John Wesley
because of a strong prayer life, did wonders in saving a country from
ruin and destruction And another great character, bowed with a
broken heart once said, "give me Scotland or die " Such praying was
real, always brings results. I was in a meeting once with Bro Wallace
Millsaps. He was praying: some had already been saved that night
He said. "Lord we thank You for these that you have already saved and
for those you are going to save " James 5:16 says the effectful. fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. II Chron. 7-14 "If my people
which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, seek
my face, turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven,
forgive their sin and heal their land Let s do as we are admonished
to do in Genesis. "Go back to Bethel and erect an altar and pray " My
brethren it is pray or we perish Will we perish or will we pray?
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Rich Sunday.
? Mrs. Kitty Warren and daugh
' ters. Lena, and Winona of Dooly
} I were guests of Mrs. Annie Lee
j Rogers last week-end.
1 I Those visiting at the home of
? I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rieh Sunday
' were: Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Toth
I trow, Mrs. Ed Garren and chil
? dren. Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Brown,
and daughters. Leona Dorothy, and
Helen, and Tompie Chastain.
Walter Rich of Ahe Harshaw
Farms and Mrs. Amanda Crisp of
I Rogers Chapel were married in
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' | spent Saturday night and Sunday
! with Walter's father. Harry Rich.
1 j on Harshaw farms.
Mrs. Louisa Rogers accompan
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Charlie and Wendle Rich are on
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Mr and Mrs. P J. Henn and
I daughter. Betsy, have returned
j from a two weeks' stay in Florida.
Misses Geneva and Delona
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Mr and Mrs. Isaac Elliott last Sun
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Mr and Mrs L. A. McClure and
daughter. Kathleen, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Brown Sun
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Mr and Mrs J W Franklin
spent Wednesday night of last
week in Sylva. and went to Ashe
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LODGF NOTIC E
A. F. & A. M.
Cherokee Lodge No
164 will hold regular communi
cation the first Monday night in
each month, at 7.30 p m . in
the Masonic hall. All members
are urged to be present, and
visitors are welcome.
i J. II. ni'NCAN, Master.
J. C. IIF..MBRFE. Secretary.
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J Luther Beavers. Murphy.
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notice"
The Cherokee County Board of
Education will meet Monday, April
7. 1947 (or the purpose of making
the biennial appointment of school
Committeemen for the various Dis
tricts of the Cherokee County
Unit; and for the purpose of elect
ing a County Superintendent of
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I NOAH HEMBREE,
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SCRAP LUMBER for sale. See
C. W. Savage, Phone 142-W.
Murphy. 35-2tc
FOR 'SALE ? Mare weighing 900 '
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Works well under saddle and
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phy. 35-2tp 1
WE HAVE just received a car load
of nails of all kinds. We also
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pine lumber of all grades. Moore ,
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STOVE WOOD for sale. Dry oak
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blocks. Any length. J. B. Mul- j
key, Murphy, Phone 126-W. i
FOR SALE ? Five-room house, 36 j
acres of land, close to church
and schoolhouse at Peachtree, |
has good water, also young or
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MONUMENTS of quality. Keener
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FOR SALE ? I have about 6 acres
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ville highway about 9 miles from
Murphy near where the gold
branch road enters. There is a
good well and fine places for
buildings. I will sell for $650.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
A Cottage on the Lake, the only available lake-shore property on
lliwassee Lake, it is new, modern and on a three aere traet,
a summer paradise $7,000
Four aeres good land near Ranger Junction, 2 houses, good barn,
orchard and good well, near highway, all for only $1,500
Brand new, six rooms and bath, brick veneered, hard wood floors
throughout, modern fuel oil furnace heat, full size basement, acre
lot, good section $10,000
Four rooms and bath, brand new, well located $2,750
Brand new six room brick bungalow, close in $5,000
Four-room frame bungalow with bath, close in $3,000
Eight-room 2 story house with bath, close In $3,500
Eight-room 2 story with bath close In $3,200
Eight-room duplex. 2 separate apartments $6,000
Eight-room, 2 story 2 bath, acre lot $8,000
Nine-room stone veneered $9,000
Five-room bungalow close in, Modern $7,350
35 acre farm near Peachtree School, 6 room house $2,800
00 acre farm, good 5 room house, good land, good road,
near Shady Grove Church $3,500
38 acre farm, 4 miles from Murphy, Good road $2,500
10 acres. Store and dwelling house combined, on Highway
5 miles from Murphy, $1200 grocery stock $5,000
General Merchandise Store and filling Station, with about $3,000
stock of merchandise, store BIdg. and Garage on \*i acre lot on
Highway 5 miles out of Town $5,500
On< acre lot, near East Murphy with good timber $250
Several other good building lots in Murphy, farms and business
property too numerous to mention here.
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