Scripture at Sunrise 03.28.2023

“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:6-7

No care but all prayer. No anxiety but much joyful communion with God. Carry your desires to the Lord of your life, the guardian of your soul. Go to Him with two portions of prayer and one of fragrant praise. Do not pray doubtfully but thankfully. Consider that you have your petitions, and therefore thank God for His grace. He is giving you grace; give Him thanks, Hide nothing. Allow no want to lie rankling in your bosom; “make known your requests.” Run not to man. Go only to your God, the Father of Jesus, who loves you in Him.

This shall bring you God’s own peace. You shall not be able to understand the peace which you shall enjoy. It will enfold you in its infinite embrace. Heart and mind through Christ Jesus shall be steeped in a sea of rest. Come life or death, poverty, pain, slander, you shall dwell in Jesus above every rolling wind or darkening cloud. Will you not obey this dear command?

Yes, Lord, I do believe thee; but, I beseech thee, help mine unbelief.

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]

Scripture at Sunrise 03.21.2023

“Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble.” -Proverbs 3:23

That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the highway is under some protection. There is a way for every man, namely, his own proper calling in life, and if we devoutly walk therein in the fear of God He will preserve us from evil. We may not travel luxuriously, but we shall walk safely. We may not be able to run like young men, but we shall be able to walk like good men.

Our greatest danger lies in ourselves: our feeble foot is so sadly apt to stumble. Let us ask for more moral strength that our tendency to slip may be overcome. Some stumble because they do not see the stone in the way: divine grace enables us to perceive sin and so to avoid it. Let us plead this promise and trust in Him who upholds His chosen.

Alas! Our worst peril is our own carelessness, but against this the Lord Jesus has put us on our guard, saying, “Watch and pray.”

Oh, for grace to walk this day without a single stumble! It is not enough that we do not actually fall. Our cry should be that we may not make the smallest slip with out feet but may at the last adore Him “who is able to keep us from stumbling.”

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]

Weekly Announcements (March 20-26, 2023)

Recent SERMON AUDIO is available on our Sermon Audio site at www.sermonaudio.com/nlbclex. Video Recordings are available on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nlbclex. 

Monday, March 20
Review the messages from yesterday and start applying some of the things you learned. Pray the Lord will reveal truths you need to apply.

Tuesday, March 21
Pray for marriages in our church family, that the Lord would protect them and be glorified through them. Pray for our finance committee.
6:00 p.m. – Bible Study at the Bob Brown House
Happy Birthday to Afi B!

Wednesday, March 22
Pray for the children of NLBC today, that they will come to know Christ as their Savior and treasure Him above all things.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Worship (Psalms)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page, starting around 7:30 PM at www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Thursday, March 23
Pray for our Good News Club this afternoon, for those teaching and children attending.
Happy Birthday to Kathy M!

Friday, March 24
Pray for your pastors as they study and prepare for this weekend. Pray also for our Sunday School teachers as they prepare their lessons.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.

Saturday, March 25
Pray for the services tomorrow. Prepare your heart for worship.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
Happy Birthday to Ann B!

Sunday, March 26
10:00 a.m. – Sunday School
11:00 a.m. – Morning Worship (1 John)
6:00 p.m. – Evening Worship (Marks of a Healthy Church)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page: starting around the half hour (11:30 am and 6:30 pm) www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Missionaries of the Month
Odali & Kathy Barros ~ Brazil ~ You can read their latest letters on the BFM FaithWorks Blog

Baptist Faith Missions – Online Edition of the latest News & Reports

Online Giving: Remember you can give securely online here.

Scripture at Sunrise 03.14.2023

“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.” -Isaiah 66:13

A mother’s comfort! Ah, this is tenderness itself. How she enters into her child’s grief! How she presses him to her bosom and tries to take all his sorrow into her own heart! He can tell her all, and she will sympathize as nobody else can. Of all comforters the child loves best his mother, and even full-grown men have found it so.

Does Jehovah condescend to act the mother’s part? This is goodness indeed. We readily perceive how He is a father; but will He be as a mother also? Does not this invite us to holy familiarity, to unreserved confidence, to sacred rest? When God Himself becomes “the Comforter,” no anguish can long abide. Let us tell out our trouble, even though sobs and sighs should become our readiest utterance. He will not despise us for our tears; our mother did not. He will consider our weakness as she did, and He will put away our faults, only in a surer, safer way than our mother could do. We will not try to bear our grief alone; that would be unkind to one so gentle and so kind. Let us begin the day with our loving God, and wherefore should we not finish it in the same company, since mothers weary not of their children?

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]

Weekly Announcements (March 13-19, 2023)

Recent SERMON AUDIO is available on our Sermon Audio site at www.sermonaudio.com/nlbclex. Video Recordings are available on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nlbclex.

Monday, March 13
Review the messages from yesterday and start applying some of the things you learned. Pray the Lord will reveal truths you need to apply.

Tuesday, March 14
Pray for marriages in our church family, that the Lord would protect them and be glorified through them. Pray for our finance committee.
6:00 p.m. – Bible Study at the Bob Brown House

Wednesday, March 15
Pray for the children of NLBC today, that they will come to know Christ as their Savior and treasure Him above all things.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Worship (Psalms)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page, starting around 7:30 PM at www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Thursday, March 16
Pray for our Good News Club this afternoon, for those teaching and children attending.

Friday, March 17
Pray for your pastors as they study and prepare for this weekend. Pray also for our Sunday School teachers as they prepare their lessons.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.

Saturday, March 18
Pray for the services tomorrow. Prepare your heart for worship.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.

Sunday, March 19
10:00 a.m. – Sunday School
11:00 a.m. – Morning Worship (1 John)
*Baptism immediately following the morning service
6:00 p.m. – Evening Worship (Marks of a Healthy Church)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page: starting around the half hour (11:30 am and 6:30 pm) www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Missionaries of the Month
Bobby & Charlene Wacaser ~ Brazil ~ You can read their latest letters on the BFM FaithWorks Blog

Baptist Faith Missions – Online Edition of the latest News & Reports

Online Giving: Remember you can give securely online here.

Weekly Announcements (January 30-February 5, 2023)

Recent SERMON AUDIO is available on our Sermon Audio site at www.sermonaudio.com/nlbclex. Video Recordings are available on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nlbclex.

Monday, January 30
Review the messages from yesterday and start applying some of the things you learned. Pray the Lord will reveal truths you need to apply.

Tuesday, January 31
Pray for marriages in our church family, that the Lord would protect them and be glorified through them. Pray for our finance committee.

Wednesday, February 1
Pray for the children of NLBC today, that they will come to know Christ as their Savior and treasure Him above all things.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Worship (Psalms)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page, starting around 7:30 PM at www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Thursday, February 2
Pray for our Good News Club which will start back next Thursday, for those teaching and children attending.
Happy Birthday to Mariecar M & Kaelyn W!

Friday, February 3
Pray for your pastors as they study and prepare for this weekend. Pray also for our Sunday School teachers as they prepare their lessons.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.

Saturday, February 4
Pray for the services tomorrow. Prepare your heart for worship.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
10:00 a.m. – Bible Study at the Bob Brown House
Happy Birthday to Janet C!

Sunday, February 5
10:00 a.m. – Sunday School
11:00 a.m. – Morning Worship (1 John)
*Baptism immediately following the morning service
6:00 p.m. – Evening Worship (Marks of a Healthy Church)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page: starting around the half hour (11:30 am and 6:30 pm) www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Saturday, February 11
Valentine’s Outreach @ Bob Brown House – 11:30 a.m. | We will be serving them lunch, playing some games, and having a devotion with the residents. We are in need of some brownies and cookies for dessert. We also need some volunteers to come help serve, help with games, and interact with the residents. Please see Sis. Lydia if you can help!

Food & Fellowship
Sunday, February 12 – Following the Evening Service

Missionaries of the Month
Bobby & Charlene Wacaser ~ Brazil ~ You can read their latest letters on the BFM FaithWorks Blog

Baptist Faith Missions – Online Edition of the latest News & Reports

Online Giving: Remember you can give securely online here.

Weekly Announcements (January 23-29, 2023)

Recent SERMON AUDIO is available on our Sermon Audio site at www.sermonaudio.com/nlbclex. Video Recordings are available on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nlbclex.

Monday, January 23
Review the messages from yesterday and start applying some of the things you learned. Pray the Lord will reveal truths you need to apply.
Happy Birthday to Maisie M & Kristi B!

Tuesday, January 24
Pray for marriages in our church family, that the Lord would protect them and be glorified through them. Pray for our finance committee.
Happy Birthday to Dannie W!

Wednesday, January 25
Pray for the children of NLBC today, that they will come to know Christ as their Savior and treasure Him above all things.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
7:00 p.m. – Midweek Worship (Psalms)
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page, starting around 7:30 PM at www.facebook.com/nlbclex
Happy Birthday to Barbara D!

Thursday, January 26
Pray for our Good News Club this afternoon, for those teaching and children attending.
Happy Birthday to Helen M!

Friday, January 27
Pray for your pastors as they study and prepare for this weekend. Pray also for our Sunday School teachers as they prepare their lessons.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.

Saturday, January 28
Pray for the services tomorrow. Prepare your heart for worship.
Pray for the Lord to change hearts.
10:00 a.m. – Bible Study at the Bob Brown House

Sunday, January 29
10:00 a.m. – Sunday School
11:00 a.m. – Morning Worship (1 John)
*Baptism immediately following the morning service
6:00 p.m. – Evening Worship (Marks of a Healthy Church)
We will observe the Lord’s Supper during Evening Service
*We will also livestream on our church Facebook page: starting around the half hour (11:30 am and 6:30 pm) www.facebook.com/nlbclex

Sunday, January 29
We will observe the Lord’s Supper during Evening Service

Saturday, February 11
Valentine’s Outreach/Party at the Bob Brown House, more details coming soon!

Sunday, February 12
Food & Fellowship after the evening service!

Missionaries of the Month
Bobby & Charlene Wacaser ~ Brazil ~ You can read their latest letters on the BFM FaithWorks Blog

Baptist Faith Missions – Online Edition of the latest News & Reports

Online Giving: Remember you can give securely online here.

Scripture at Sunrise 01.05.2023

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” -John 10:27

“It is not for the flock of sheep to know the pasture the Shepherd has in mind. It is for them simply to follow Him.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 01.04.2023

“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” -Hebrews 13:5

Safety and peace are not found in being removed from circumstances, rather safety and peace are found in having fellowship and walking hand-in-hand with the Lord through all circumstances. -Associate Pastor Josh Wilson (excerpts from Sunday Evening Sermon “Great is Thy Faithfulness” from Lamentations 3:22-29)

Scripture at Sunrise 01.03.2023

“The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it.” -Genesis 28:13

No promise is of private interpretation: it belongs not to one saint but to all believers. If, my brother, thou canst in faith lie down upon a promise and take thy rest thereon, it is thine. Where Jacob “lighted” and tarried and rested, there he took possession. Stretching his weary length upon the ground, with the stones of that place for his pillows, he little fancied that he was thus entering into ownership of the land; yet so it was. He saw in his dream that wondrous ladder which for all true believers unites earth and heaven, and surely where the foot of the ladder stood he must have a right to the soil, for otherwise he could not reach the divine stairway. All the promises of God are “Yea” and “Amen” in Christ Jesus, and as He is ours, every promise is ours if we will but lie down upon it in restful faith.

Come, weary one, use thy Lord’s words as thy pillows, Lie down in peace. Dream only of Him. Jesus is thy ladder of light. See the angels coming and going upon Him between thy soul and thy God, and be sure that the promise is thine own God-given portion and that it will not be robbery for thee to take it to thyself, as spoken specially to thee.

[from Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon]