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The Joy Of The Lord
The Bible says ‘“‘the Joy of
the Lord is my strength’. We
have just experienced a great
week of reviving during the
Clyde Dupin Crusade. We
saw many great decisions
made by people of all ages.
Many gave their hearts to
Jesus Christ as their Lord
and Savior. Many made
recommitments to the Lord.
Some couples were even
reunited. The one thing I
noticed as I stood by that
decision tent each night was
the joy that had flooded into
peoples lives. The joy was
there for both the decision-
makers and their counselors.
Religious
~ Viewpoint
By CLYDE DUPIN
Today I see in many per-
sons lives that this joy is car-
rying on for them in these
days since the Crusade. You
see when God begins to work
in a person’s life; when there
is confessing and repenting of
sin going on; when people
open their hearts to the Lord
and allows Him to work, then
God sends His Holy Spirit into
our hearts to clean out sin. As
sin is removed then God
takes residence there
through His Spirit. The result
is joy. Real joy!!!
People will often say, ‘I
am happy most of the time.”
But, there is a real difference
“Celebrating Our Constitution”
On September 17, we will celebrate the 200th anniversary of
the signing of the United States Constitution. The Constitution
is the oldest written national constitution still in force in the
world today. This document is an instrument structuring a
government to guarantee the God-given rights listed in the
Declaration of Independence. We the people, should give
praise to God for the liberties our Constitution has secured.
Because America was built on Biblical principles, our na-
tion has been called a Christian nation. As a Christian nation,
we have a responsibility to see that all citizens of the United
States enjoy the privileges that our Constitution guarantees.
This Judeo-Christian ethic encompasses the dignity of human
life, the traditional monogamous family, common decency,
and the work ethic. God has blessed America for 211 years
because of these principles. From its tiny beginning, we now
have 240 million citizens; and have become the most blessed
and prosperous nation in the world.
Today, America stands at a crossroads. We need a new
birth of freedom and a new commitment to those principles
which made us great. This government of the people, by the
people, for the people, must never perish from the earth.
America is a beautiful land. However, there are forces of
evil and liberal political trends that threaten our future. Let
us pray and work to preserve this one nation under God.
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between being a happy per-
son and being a joy-filled per-
son. Let me illustrate with a
limerick. ‘‘Happiness is be-
ing happy when your happen-
ings happen to happen the
way you happen to want your
happenings to happen.”’ Then
you are happy. You see, as
long as things go as planned
in your life you are happy,
but if anything comes along
that upsets the norm we get
frustrated or hurt. James
describes the immature per-
son as one who is like a wave
on the sea. Up one minute and
down the next. Cir-
cumstances in life dictate
whether that person is up or
down.
God does not intend for his
people to be this way, “tossed
to and fro”. That is why He
has given us His Holy Spirit
to give us joy. “Joy is being
: happy when your happenings
don’t happen to happen the
© way you happen to want you
happenings to happen.” Joy
* is not determined by the cir-
cumstances of life. Your life
may be up or down, but your
spirit continues rejoicing.
Paul wrote, ‘I am exceeding-
ly joyful in all our
tribulation.”
Have you ever encountered
a person who was going
through unbelievable ex-
periences in their life, yet had
such a peace and joy in their
attitude. Did you wonder how
they did it? It is the “Joy of
the Lord’! You and I can
have this same joy as we
allow God to search and try
our hearts; as we are willing
to confess and repent of sin;
and as we strive each day to
id Jesus to be Lord of our
ife.
By Robert J. Collins
Pastor of Kings Mountain
Baptist Church
Clothes
Closet
To Open
A clothing closet is now
open every Wednesday after-
noon from 1 until 4 p.m. at
Kings Mountain Baptist
Church.
Children’s clothing is
especially needed for the
needy of the community and
donated items can be taken to
the church during the hours
the clothing closet is open.
Various volunteers from
the church operate the closet,
free to the area needy.
A church spokesman said
that warm, winter clothing is
needed to stock the closet for
the winter season.
Homecoming
Scheduled
First Congregational
United Church of Christ in
Lincoln Academy Communi-
ty will observe homecoming
on Sunday, September 13, at
the church.
The guest speaker will be
Rev. William H. Crews of
Detroit, Michigan. Rev.
Crews, a native of Winston-
Salem, is a 1951 graduate of
Lincoln Academy.
Special music will be pro-
vided by the chancel choir.
The choir is under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Margaret W.
Wilson,
Former teachers, students,
alumni and friends are in-
vited to attend. Rev. Henry
Lynn McDowell, Minister.
Youth Talent
Contest Slated
Entry forms have been
placed in the schools for
anyone from Cleveland and
contiguous counties to enter
trhe 1987 Youth Talent Con-
test, on Wednesday Evening,
Oct. 7, at 7 P.M. The deadline
for entering the contest is
September 10.
If you need additional infor-
mation, call the Cleveland
County Fair Office at
487-0651, or Cleveland Com-
munity College at 484-4000.
Church Breakfast Is Saturday
El Bethel United Methodist fellowship hall.
Church will serve a country
The menu will include ham,
breakfast Saturday from 6 bacon, sausage, grits, eggs,
until 10 a.m. in the church and homemade bread with
juice and coffee.
All proceeds are earmark-
ed for special projects of the
church.
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