Satan is the adversary, the enemy, the destroyer of men’s lives (I Peter 5:8-9). To do battle with him, two things are necessary. We must give ourselves over to God and reject the ploys of the devil. "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:7).

Lakeside’s Missionary Committee will meet this afternoon in the Couples Classroom. The meeting is just after lunch (about 12:30 PM).

Please note that the church voted to move business meetings to the second Sunday night of each month. Our next scheduled business conference will be on Sunday night, October 11, 2009.

The Ladies Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday night at 6:30 PM. The auxiliary does a lot for the church and all of our ladies are invited to take part in their meetings as well as activities.

Our new AWANA/Discovery schedule will begin this Wednesday night. Check in time is still at 6:30 but we will close at 8:00 PM. We continue to have new students for our Wednesday night programs. Please remember our Directors and Leaders when you pray.

Adults who would like to help with the youth rally program should see Brother Dennis Johnson or Brother Eddie Addison. Mark you calendars. The Grand Prairie Youth Rally will meet here with Lakeside on October 19^th.

The first Sunday of each month the church receives a special offering to help send our young people to Budd Creek in the summer. Following today’s morning preaching service, ushers will be at the auditorium doors to receive this offering.

Brother Joe and Sister Katie Hellums report (by e-mail) 533 saved in Ecuador with the Medical Missions International. Two more were saved during preaching services last Sunday. They will be in Columbia today and back in Arkansas late Friday.

Advance sales for the Ladies Auxiliary cook books are being accepted. The books will be $12.00 each. You will find coupons on the vestibule table. Money for the cookbooks may be turned in to Sister Faye or Sister Brenda.

New Tabernacle at Budd Creek

Lakeside Church would like to raise $10,000.00 during the next year for the Budd Creek Tabernacle Fund. Several fund raising efforts are already underway: The change jar in our vestibule has a $1,000.00 goal for this purpose. The rent a kid project may be done at any time during the year. (Our young people may be "rented" by our church members for chores at a rate of $10.00 per hour. See Scott Addison for details.) Of course, all the proceeds go into the Tabernacle Fund.

Another effort that is underway is for parents, grandparents or others interested adults to give a regular monthly offering. A monthly offering of $25.00 amounts to $300 in twelve months. If 30 families did this, it would raise $9,000.00 in a year!

Everything should go through the church. The church treasurer is keeping up with all that is given for the Tabernacle Fund. Your checks should be made out to Lakeside and designated on the memo line that it is for the Budd Creek Tabernacle Fund.

Please don’t forget to pray. Pray that God will bless the efforts of other churches that are also raising funds for the new tabernacle. Pray for Brother Paul and Sister Dianne Weatherford, who are responsible for the operation of the camp. Pray that souls would be saved as a result of the preaching of the gospel at Budd Creek Church Camp.

Sunday Morning II Cor 1:1-24 10-04-09

Written to a troubled church but they had apparently taken care of the most severe problems. Behavior condemned in I Corinthians but not mentioned in this second book...

Lord’s Supper - Taken for wrong reasons & severely abused

Litigation - Taking one another to court of law

Lichenous Behavior - Wicked member repented (II Cor 2:6 & 8)

Three Reasons Why God Permits His People to Suffer

A. Grace & peace extended to suffering people (v 1-2)

B. Blessed be God the Father

1. Father of Lord (Sovereign) Jesus (Savior) Christ (King)

2. Father of mercies - compassion (Isa 53:10-11)

3. God of all comfort - encouragement (John 14:16)

C. Mathematics of mercy - multiplication (v 4-7, Rom 5:20)

II. That We Might Have Confidence in God Alone II Cor 1:8-11

A. Paul’s personal examples - despaired even of life (v 8)

1. Riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:23-41)

2. Run down of difficulties (II Cor. 11:23-33)

B. Deliverance from so great a death (v 10)

1. Delivered - Past (at point of salvation)

2. Deliverer - Present (daily life)

3. Will yet deliver - Future (resurrection)

C. Prayer is a very real help (v 11, James 5:13-18)

III. That We Might Claim the Promises of God II Cor. 1:12-24

A. Acknowledge & trust Scripture Truth (v 13-14)

B. Second Benefit; 2^nd visit not possible at the time (v 15-16)

C. Trust the Word they had preached (v 17-21)

1. Their preaching was consistent with revealed truth

2. Yea or Nay - No room for debate here

D. Security of the believer (v 22, Eph 1:12-14)

1. Sealed in the spirit

2. Earnest of the Holy Spirit

Con. No desire to dominate, Even an Apostle cannot rule over one of the Lord’s churches. Desire to restore joy to a troubled church.