How Mother’s Day Began
By wsbt | May 7, 2012
Anna M. Jarvis first suggested the national observance of an annual day honoring all mothers, because she loved her own mother so dearly. At a memorial service for her mother on May 10, 190, Miss Jarvis gave a carnation (her mother’s favorite flower) to each person who attended. Within the next few years, the idea of a day to honor mothers gained popularity, and Mother’s Day was observed in a number of large cities in the United States.
On May 9th, 1914, by an act of Congress, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. He established the day as a time for “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.” By then it had become customary to wear white carnations to honor departed mothers and red to honor the living, a custom that continues to this day.
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Thirty-seven Stood by the Boy
By wsbt | April 30, 2012
After a pastor had counseled with an eleven-year boy one Sunday during the invitation, happily he told the congregation that he had accepted Christ and wanted to follow Him.
The pastor then asked that in addition to the parent and teachers of this boy, every person who had been his superintendent, leader or teacher was asked to come to the front of the church.
Among those who responded to this call were the following: A nursery worker who recalled singing “I like to go to church” when the boy was just a toddler. A beginner superintendent remembered the smiling face of a five-year-old as the child came to Sunday School every week. A primary leader silently thanked God for the time he helped the little boy construct a picture of Christ. The superintendent of the junior department rejoiced that he had made those extra visits last year to the boy’s home.
For several minutes people moved to the front of the building, thirty-seven adults gathered around the boy! Each obviously had had a share in the child’s decision for Christ that day.
Every time a child, or anyone comes down our aisle to receive Christ, think back and see if you have had anything to do in their salvation!
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The Weatherfords will be with us this Sunday, April 29th!
By wsbt | April 23, 2012
The Weatherfords Singing Group will be with us during the
morning and evening service April 29th.
If you would like to know more about the Weatherfords, please visit their site at
or
The Weatherfords began their ministry under the direction of the group’s founder, Earl Weatherford (1925-1992) in 1944 in Long Beach California. Within a few short years they began to develop a distinctive sound which would separate them from the typical quartets of that era. Their classic RCA album entitled “In The Garden” produced by Chet Atkins and released in 1959, still stands as one of Gospel’s music’s most beloved recordings of all time.
Lily Fern Weatherford is the last of the legendary Gospel music singers who started their career in the early 1940s who is still on the road in a full time capacity doing close to 200 dates a year. She has been seen on the Homecoming videos and has received numerous awards for her commitment to the cause of Christ through the presentation of the Gospel in song. In 2000 Earl & Lily were inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame by a group of their peers. This was the first time a man and wife team were inducted together.
Steven Earl Weatherford the son of Earl & Lily Fern joined the goup full time on July 4th 1976 and the group entered the trio phase that has endured to this day.
Also joining the group is Terry Robertson from Little Rock, Arkansas. Terry formally traveled and sang with the Melody Boys Quartet. He brings a smooth voice to the already full sound of the Weatherfords.
The highest honor that the group has ever received is to have been instrumental in seeing countless men, women and children come to know the love of Jesus Christ and the “Good News” that comes from knowing Him.
A task they continue to this day.
Click below to watch a Tribute video to the Weatherfords
“http://www.youtube.com/embed/Es-S_gncap0“
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Laborers Together
By wsbt | April 23, 2012
An old legend tells of a noisy carpenter’s shop in which the tools of the trade were arguing among themselves. Bro. Hammer was told by his fellow tools that he would have to leave because he was too noisy. To which he replied, “If I am to leave this carpenters shop, Bro. Gimlet must go too; he is so insignificant that he makes a very little impression.
Little Bro. Gimlet arose and said, “All right, but Bro. Screw must go also, you have to turn him around and around again to get him anywhere.”
Bro. Screw then said, “If you wish, I will go, but Bro. Plane must leave also; all his work is on the surface, there is no depth to it.”
To this Bro. Plane replied, “Well, Bro. Ruler will have to withdraw if I do, for he is always measuring others as if he were the only one who is right.” Bro. Ruler the complained against Bro. Sandpaper and said, “I just don’t care, he is rougher than he ought to be and he is always rubbing people the wrong way.”
In the midst of the discussion, the Carpenter of Nazareth walked in. He went to the bench to make a pulpit. He employed the screw, the gimlet, the sandpaper, the saw, the hammer and the plane and all the other tools.
After the pulpit was finished, Bro. Saw arose and said, “Brethren, I perceive that all of us are laborers together with God.”
Isn’t it wonderful! God uses all of us and our unique gifts in the building of His pulpit.
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Love Your Children…..
By wsbt | April 16, 2012
Love your children enough to ask where they’re going, with whom and what time they’ll be home.
Love them enough to insist they save their money to buy something, even though you could afford to buy it for them.
Love them enough to stand over them for two hours while they clean their room, a job that would have taken you 15 minutes.
Love them enough to let them assume responsibility for their actions, even when the penalties are so harsh it almost breaks your heart.
Love them enough to say NO, even when you know how disappointed they will be.
But most of all, love them enough to show them Christ in your life.
Show them the person that God wants them to be.
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The Cup That Wasn’t There
By wsbt | April 2, 2012
In Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting of The Last Supper, our Lord’s hands are empty. And therein lies an inspiring story.
Da Vinci dedicated three years to this painting, determined that it would be his crowing work. Before the unveiling, he decided to show it to a friend for whose opinion he had the utmost respect.
The friend’s praise was unbounded. “The cup in Jesus’ hand”, he said, “is especially beautiful.” Disappointed, at once DaVinci began to paint out the cup. Astonished, the distinguished friend asked for any explanation. “Nothing” Da Vinci explained, “must distract from the figure of Christ.”
Da Vinci focused attention solely on Christ by removing the cup, he had to do something with the hand. The left hand was already outstretched just above the table, lifting as if to bless and command. Now the right hand, also empty, was also outstretched invitingly.
This exemplifies our Lord’s relation to us, sealed by His sacrifice and His Victory.
He commands, He blesses, He invites but He also asks our love. When Da Vinci renounced all the labor he had put into creating the cup, he saved his work from a jarring flaw. He attained a perfect harmony in theme, as well as in composition and color. Viewing the result, we surely have cause to be grateful to the unknown friend of Da Vinci who admired the cup.
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Ever Wonder How To Pray For Our Pastor?
By wsbt | March 27, 2012
About 120 yrs. ago, someone asked Charles Spurgeon the secret of his overwhelming success as a pastor. Gesturing toward the prayer room of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, he answered, “My people pray for me.” Over and over again in the Epistles, the apostle Paul exhorted his readers to pray for him.
We need to pray for our Pastor every day.
Here are some things that we can specifically pray for:
-Give him a growing love for God and His Word
-Bless his family
-Give him physical health and strength, moral courage, and spiritual power to faithfully proclaim God’s Word
-Give him wisdom in all decisions which need to be made
-Bind the satanic forces which attack and tempt him
-Keep and protect him from wicked and unreasonable persons
-He will glorify God in everything he thinks, does and says
-Anoint him with the power of the Holy Spirit to teach, lead and oversee the ministry of God’s church
-He will have a genuine love for people
-God will touch and fill his wife with His Spirit as she minsters to their family and the women of this fellowship
-He will give wisdom and power to the officers and other staff members as they assist in the ministry to which God has called them
-Keep him from discouragement
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Remembering the Scars
By wsbt | March 22, 2012
John B. Gordon was one of the best generals of the South. He led the last official attack on the Union at Appomattox that Sunday morning in April 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant. General Gordon later became a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
A man who had served under him in the Confederate army became angry over some political incident, and as a member of the legislature, vowed to do everything in his power to defeat him.
When the convention convened, he stormed down the aisle with his anti-Gordon vote in hand. On the platform sat his old commander with a once handsome face, now disfigured by the scars of battle. As he saw Gordon, memories of the old days came back and he was overcome with emotion. Tears streaming down his cheeks he said, “It’s no use, boy, I can’t do it! Here goes my vote for John B Gordon.” Then turning to the general he said, “Forgive me, General, I had forgotten the scars!”
If you are one of those who once marched and won victories under the banner of Jesus, now fighting against Him, read Luke 23. Then you may say, “Forgive me Father, I had forgotten the scars.”
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The Dartts Singing Group will be with us this Sunday Evening, March 18th
By wsbt | March 15, 2012
The Dartts will be with us Sunday, March 18th, 2012 in the evening serivce at 6:30pm.
If you would like to know more about the Dartts, please check out their website
The Dartts write all of their own music. Tracy Dartt is the author of the #1 hit Gospel song, “God On The Mountain.”
This, and many of his other songs have been recorded by some of the world’s top Gospel musicians; songs like
“The Last Sunday”, “With Him”, and “Your Blesser Ain’t Never Been Blessed”,
to name a few. The group consists of Tracy Dartt, his wife, Sharon, and their youngest son Stone Mountain Dartt,
along with long-time group member, BJ Speer.
The Dartt’s newest project is the full-length movie, “The God On The Mountain Legacy”, which
is currently available on DVD and has been aired on television several times, and
featured in Singing News Magazine and many other publications. The film
celebrates the inspiring legacy of Tracy’s #1 hit, Dove-nominated song,
“God On The Mountain”, featuring many of the artists who have been involved with its success and some of
the multitudes of people who have been touched by its message. Visit
www.GodOnTheMountainLegacy.com or click here
“http://www.youtube.com/embed/S20rxybcOdg“
to see a preview of the film and to order copies of this
one-of-a-kind DVD.
Click below to hear the Dartts perform their song “God On The Mountain”
“http://www.youtube.com/embed/Sd_eWYQ-lgQ“
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Honesty
By wsbt | March 14, 2012
One Monday morning a minister boarded a city bus and gave the driver a one-dollar bill. As he was finding a seat, he counted the change and noticed that the driver had given him too much money. He sat down and contemplated what would have seemed good fortune to some people.
Finally, he went to the bus driver and said, “Sir, you gave me too much changed when I boarded the bus a while ago.” Without even looking at him, the driver said, “I know, I was at your church last night and heard you preach on “Thou shalt not steal.” I just wanted to see if you practiced what you preach.”
Do we as Christians “practice what we preach?”
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