11/16/2024 Message

Hello LifePoint family,

I hope everyone had a good week.  

I’ll be back in the pulpit in person tomorrow!  
 
Thank you for your prayers while I was in Lawton doing my final BRR presentation for the year.  I was at the Bible Baptist Church, Lawton, where Bob Weger is the pastor.  I want you to be encouraged with the knowledge that our BRR efforts are bearing fruit.  For example, Bro. Bob has taken the Black Robe message seriously, ran for office, and is now serving on the Lawton City Council.  

Additionally, this week I visited with Jerry Perera, the man who arranged the BRR presentations in New England a few weeks ago.  He said the folks there are still buzzing about the Black Robe messages I shared there and are now working on other events where that message can challenge many more New Englanders.  No matter how small our part in reviving the American pulpit may feel, “we” are truly making a difference!  

Thank you so much for your support and prayers.  Those prayers were definitely heard last Saturday and prevented me from experiencing a total disaster on my way to Lawton when one of the wheels on the BRR trailer came off.  What a mess!  But as I said, the angels kept it from becoming an insurmountable wreck.  I’ll tell you the whole story tomorrow.  With as much resistance as we experience in attempting to get the BRR message out, the powers of darkness must really not want it to be heard.  Remember, when you’re taking flak, you must be right over the target!
 
Items you need to check out:

  • LifePoint Portrait: Our group church portrait turned out great!  Thank you, Jerry Hymer and Val. It is available for you to download. Contact Val or the password & download link.

  • Sunday, Nov 24, at 6:30pm: We are going as a church group to see the new Bonhoeffer movie at AMC Theaters at Quail Springs Mall, 2501 W. Memorial Rd., OKC. If you would like to go, you can get your tickets online through the Quail Springs AMC website. They’re going quick, so get yours soon. If you are having trouble with the online ticket purchase process, you can get them by contacting Val and she will help. But do so quickly as seats are filling up. Tickets are approx. $10. It’ll be a great night! Be sure at purchase the 6:30pm tickets.

  • The Grammy Award winning Gatlin Brothers will present their “Country & Christmas” concert Friday, Nov 29th, at the Guthrie Scottish Rite Masonic Temple at 7:00pm for Guthrie’s 1st Annual Christmas Concert.  Joining them will be Oklahoma’s own, The Imaginaries. Everyone is encouraged to bring their friends and family to Guthrie to kick off the Christmas Season!  Ticket info:  
    https://www.ticketstorm.com/e/30561/t/

  • Dec 8:  LifePoint annual budget presentation meeting at 10:00am. If you want a copy of the budget ahead of time, they are ready.  See Gary Davis.

  • Dec 15: A baby shower table will be set up in the church lobby for Jake and Katie Johnson who are expecting their first child. You can be a blessing to this young family by bringing a gift and leaving it at the table. The Johnsons are having a girl named Eloise Grace Johnson. Congrats Jake & Katie!

  • Women’s Ministry cookbook – here’s a note from the LifePoint Women’s Ministry:

    Dear Women of LifePoint,
    Next Sunday, Nov 24, is the day! We will begin selling our Taste of Holiday’s Cookbook. We are finalizing all the details this week (including pricing) and will get that info out to you as soon as we can. They will be here just in time for Thanksgiving week. Please give Sonya Loyd and Carreybeth Lehew a huge "thank you" when you see them. They have worked rigorously in getting this cookbook into production!
    -Women’s Ministry Team
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Here’s how tomorrow’s services will look:

Pastor’s Class, 10:00am: Sue Meyers Dyer will begin our class with a brief report about her recent mission trip to help the hurricane Helene victims in NC. You will want to hear her amazing story. Then, we will continue our present study, “The Final Judgment & the Lake of Fire,” with Part 5: “Is the fire in the Lake of Fire “real” & will those there be tortured forever?”

Worship/preaching service, 11:00am: Even though the election is over, we still have two messages remaining in the series, “God & Government – what every Christian must know.” Tomorrow, I will preach Part 6: “The church, the IRS, & the Johnson Amendment.” Many think it is illegal for a pastor to address “political” issues from the pulpit and that the church will lose its tax-exempt status if he does. This is a major reason why so many pastors refuse to address political issues. This message will clear up that fallacy and help us better understand the church’s spiritual/civic duty to stand and speak up.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,

Dan