SATURDAY, DEC. 3,2011
FAITH AND WORSHIP
THE COURIER-TIAHESIROXBORO, NC B5
PERSON COUNTY
CHURCH DIRECTORY
AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL
Allen’s Chapel AME
145 Allens Chapel Church Rd.
599-7548
BAPTIST
Antioch Baptist Church
677 Antioch Church Rd,
Timberlake; 597-3755
Bethany Baptist Church
245 Bethany Church Rd.
336-364-3606
Bethel Hill Baptist Church
201 Old US 501
599-4814
Bible Baptist Tabernacle
8092 Hurdle Mills Rd.
919-563-0218
Crossroads Baptist Church
2728 Hurdle Mills Rd.
336-599-0197
Lamberth Memorial Baptist
Church; 1026 Longs Store Rd.
599-4372
Mount Bethel Baptist Church
418 Mount Bethel Church Rd.
336-597-2749
North Roxboro Baptist Church
115 School St.
336-599-9831
Old Lea Bethel Baptist Church
6035 Ridgeville Rd.
597-2074
Olive Branch Baptist Church
7588 Dirgie Mine Rd.
336-599-2565
Providence Baptist Church
1319 Virgilina Rd.
599-6111
Roxboro Baptist Church
202 S Main St.
599-9248
Siloam Baptist Church
4688 Mount Harmony Church Rd.
336-364-2691
Somerset Baptist Church
141 Somerset Church Rd.
336-599-5345
Victory Baptist Church
1319 Griles St.
599-1550
Westwood Baptist Church
970 Leasburg Rd.
336-599-1982
BAPTIST - FREE WILL
Friendship Baptist Church
191 Gospel Ln.
599-4443
Community Independent Baptist
2954 Morton Pulliam Rd.
330-0237
BAPTIST - MISSIONARY
Clement Baptist Church
8480 Burlington Rd., Hurdle Mills
599-7032
Greater Cleggs Chapel Baptist
2601 Surl Mount Tirzah Rd.
364-8207
Lattisville Grove Church
1701 Jimmy Ed Rd.
732-0994
Lawson Chapel Church
200 Lawson Chapel Church Rd.
599-1770
Shady Hill Baptist Church
1500 Old Durham Rd.
599-7454
BAPTIST - SOUTHERN
Berry’s Grove Baptist Church
9628 Berry Rd.
364-8158
Bethel Hill Baptist Church
201 Old US 501
336-599-4814
Ephesus Baptist Church
1901 Ephesus Church Rd.
599-1090
Theresa Baptist Church
3919 Chub Lake Rd.
599-0635
Timberlake Baptist Church
3035 Surl Mount Tirzah Rd.
Timberlake; 364-8389
BIBLE
Roxboro Bible Church
1153 Dolly St.
597-2104
CATHOLIC
St. Mary & Edward Catholic
Church; 611 N Main St.
336-599-4122
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Roxboro Church of Christ
2567 Burlington Rd.
599-2556
EPISCOPAL
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
422 N. Main St.
336-597-2171
METHODIST - UNITED
Allensville United Methodist
51 Denny's Store Rd.
599-2820
Brookland United Methodist
87 Brookland Church Rd.
597-3448
Brooksdale United Methodist
265 Old Durham Rd.
597-9755
Cavel United Methodist
Roxboro
599-6488
Concord United Methodist
70 Concord Church Rd.
599-6262
Grace United Methodist
313 Church St.
599-8183
Helena United Methodist
290 Helena Moriah Rd.
364-9255
Long Memorial United Meth
odist; 226 N Main St.
599-1193
Mt. Tirzah United Methodist
4553 Surl Mount Tirzah Rd.
336-364-1132
BAPTIST - INDEPENDENT
Calvary Independent Baptist
Church; 10312 Durham Road,
Timberlake; 364-7405
Mt Zion United Methodist
135 Clay Long Rd.
364-2746
Walnut Grove United Methodist
7215 Walnut Grove Church Rd.
919-732-5722
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Greater Deliverance Tabernacle
199 Flat River Church Rd.
597-2560
House of Prayer Holiness Church
6333 Burlington Rd.
336-599-8505
Zion Christian Center
2850 Virgilina Rd.
503-0056
PENTECOSTAL
East Roxboro Church of God
1020 Reuben Allen Rd.
504-4053
First Pentecostal Church
of Roxboro;707 North Main St.
336-330-0600
PRESBYTERIAN
Roxboro Presbyterian Church
319 N Lamar St.
599-1564
PRESBYTERIAN - USA
Little River Presbyterian Church
4211 Little River Church Rd.
Hurdle Mills * 732-6523
LIGHT STEPS
TIM BOWES
Ri^ht response to difficuh times
As soon as I heard these
words I sat down and wept and
mourned for days, and I contin
ued fasting and praying before
the God of heaven. — Nehemiah
1:4; ESV
This is a true story It will al
most sound funny, but it’s not
funny at all. It’s really an admis
sion of exactly how backwards I
can be.
A few years ago a person came
to me, obviously deeply trou
bled. They informed me of some
horrible news; a young girl that
we both cared about was found
to have been sexually abused by
someone very close to her.
I was enraged! My first
thought was to search out the
house for my shotgun. After all,
I thought, isn’t that justice?
Before I go any further, let
me say there is a place for righ
teous anger. There is a place for
the strong to defend the weak.
There is a time when it is appro
priate for physical action to be
employed.
In this case, my response was
utterly wrong. My anger was
justified, but my actions only
spoke of immaturity.
Keep in mind, these were only
my heart actions. I didn’t do any
of what I was thinking, but sin
is born in the heart.
Nehemiah gives a good lesson
in the godly response to a diffi
cult situation. Nehemiah heard
the horrible news about the
condition of Jerusalem; it was
in ruins. Nehemiah heard that
the remnant of people in Ju
dah were “in great trouble and
shame.”
Nehemiah’s response to that
very difficult news was to fast
and pray.
How often do we do that? As
for me, not enough. I think our
first response is to react with
whatever emotion the news
causes in us, using action that is
customary or acceptable to our
social “norm.”
When we fast and pray we are
laying ourselves bare before the
Lord and seeking his direction
and solution.
Friends, we live in perilous
times. We live in times that find
us constantly hearing about
troubling things — school shoot
ings, thousands of abortions
every day, world hunger of phe
nomenal proportions — none
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of this mentions the personal
problems we all have. The best,
and most appropriate response,
would be fasting and prayer.
After all, and here’s a zinger,
refer to Jesus’ words in Matthew
6;2,5, and 16 — there you will find
Jesus saying “when you give...
when you pray...when you fast.”
It’s as if these disciplines are
expected of Christians. So, fast
ing and prayer should be our
natural response to much of
life.
Let me pull the Christian
leaders to the side for a moment
— does the news you hear from
your congregants immediately
evoke prayer and fasting in
you?
I’ll be honest if you will — it
doesn’t always get that response
from me.
We should lead the way in
these things. We often offer ad
vice and try to solve things for
people when what is most need
ed is prayer and fasting.
I don’t want anyone to read
this and think, “Man, I ought to
be more spiritual!” I am simply
presenting Nehemiah’s response
and saying we should recognize
a good example and desire to
emulate it.
I don’t want any of you (or my
self) to grit our teeth and grudg
ingly pursue spiritual things.
Perhaps we all need to admit our
weakness and beg God to help us
in this area.
I do want to respond to things
in the best and most helpful way
I can.
I leave this subject with a
prayer.
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Father, I often react in the
flesh. I often try to solve things.
Lord, help me surrender to you
more. Help me bare my soul to
you. Lord, give me a desire to
practice spiritual disciplines
and help me to allow you to do
your perfect work in my inner
man so that my outer man may
show forth your Spirit at work
in me. Honestly Father, I want
to solve things. I recognize that
actions of the flesh produce re
sults of the flesh. I do not want
what I can do, but prefer what
you can do. I have faith; give me
more. You alone are God. Help
me. Help me do only what will
manifest your presence in every
situation. Amen.
“Let your tight so shine Before men, that
they may see your good works,
andgtorijy your tfeither
which is in heaven.
tMatthew 5:16
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