Cancer Heart concerns Surgery recoveryAndrea Smith Carl Duplantis Tanya L. Angela Duplantis Trudy Plaissance David Clark Albert Embrey Heidi Cortez Leon Broomfield Karen MandinaDiane Sutton John Harvey Cohen Lirette William Land Carroll Price Olen Trahan Cynthia Marcel Jerry Gautreaux James Brown Rusty Thibodaux Kathy Johnson Hubson Jones Carla Waddlington Chrohn’s Disease John Harvey Carl Duplantis Lucinda Steward Tate LeBeouf , Rachel

The weekly Men’s Prayer Group will now be meeting in the church office at 7 p.m. each Tuesday. If you have any questions please see Craig Zeringue. Please make a special effort to come and help to strengthen the group with you presence.

Attention Ladies: For the next 2 Sunday Evenings all the Ladies are asked to meet at the church building at 5 p.m. so that we can go over plans for the upcoming Ladies Day on October 4th. We will also be practicing the skits plans for the event. No one has been assigned anything at this time, so please plan to come to these meeting and get involved. Let’s ALL become involved and make this a great Ladies Day. If you have any questions please see Carla Cadden.

Here is the first month’s schedule of Daily Bible Readings. Please clip and put in your purse or wallet, or maybe on your car dashboard. If you have completed reading the bible though this year (2003), please let Karen Mandina know.

January – Daily Bible Reading Ck. Date Reading Ck. Date Reading Ck. Date Reading_______ 1 Genesis 1-3

_______ 2 Genesis 4-7_______ 3 Genesis 8-11_______ 4 Genesis 12-15_______ 5 Genesis 16-18_______ 6 Genesis 19, 20_______ 7 Genesis 21-23_______ 8 Genesis 24, 25_______ 9 Genesis 26-28_______ 10 Genesis 29, 30_______ 11 Genesis 31, 32_______ 12 Genesis 33-35_______ 13 Genesis 36-38

_______ 14 Genesis 39-41_______ 15 Genesis 42-44_______ 16 Genesis 45-47_______ 17 Genesis 48-50_______ 18 Exodus 1-3_______ 19 Exodus 4-6_______ 20 Exodus 7-9_______ 21 Exodus10-12_______ 22 Exodus 13-15_______ 23 Exodus 16-18_______ 24 Exodus 19-21_______ 25 Exodus 22-24_______ 26 Exodus 25-27

______ 27 Exodus 28-29______ 28 Exodus 30-32______ 29 Exodus 33-35______ 30 Exodus 36-38______ 31 Exodus 39-40

Seven Important Truths Concerning the Bible

Wayne Jackson

Without question, the Bible is the most influential book in the history of the world. Some of the most brilliant minds of which the human race

can boast have been drawn to this ancient volume. In this article we call attention to several great truths regarding the Bible which are vitally important.

OriginAs to its origin, the Bible is ultimately from God. Mankind alone could not have written it if he would and he would not have composed it if he could. The Holy Scriptures are the word of God!The psalmist declared, “Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11; cf. 119:89, 105, 130). Our Lord himself announced that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). And Paul had words of praise for the saints at Thessalonica in that they received the gospel message, not as the word of men, “but, as it is in truth, the word of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:13).It is, of course, true that Jehovah employed men in conveying his word to the human family (some forty persons were used in writing the Scriptures), nevertheless, the ultimate source of the divine document is Almighty God himself, and the Bible simply cannot be explained upon any other basis!

InspirationBut suppose it is conceded that the biblical message is ultimately from the Lord—can we be sure that the writers who penned the original manuscripts did so infallibly? Yes we can, and the process by which Jehovah protected the integrity of his word is called “inspiration.”Paul reminded Timothy that “every scripture is inspired of God” (2 Timothy 3:16). The expression “inspired of God” (literally in the Greek Testament, “God-breathed”) suggests that the divine author of the sacred writings breathed into the minds of his select pensmen the exact message he wanted conveyed to mankind. And the biblical writers happily acknowledged this; they did not claim originality for their productions.David, for example, affirmed: “The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, and his word was upon my tongue” (2 Samuel 23:2). Jesus declared that David, “in the Spirit,” referred to the coming Messiah as “Lord” (Matthew 22:43; cf. Acts 1:16). Paul wrote that the things “we [apostles] speak [are] not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth” (1 Corinthians 2:13). This is what scholars refer to when they speak of the verbal inspiration of the Bible; they mean that the very words of the Scriptures are God-given.It is true, of course, that Jehovah utilized the talents, backgrounds, personalities, etc. of the inspired writers to convey his divine message. Nonetheless, it is an indisputable fact that the Lord so guided the sacred writers that they expressed Heaven’s will with absolute precision. We have amply documented a great number of evidences for the Bible’s inspiration in our book, Fortify Your Faith, and we would encourage the reader to carefully study this material.

(Continued Next Week)

AtHome

InHouma

Before

Charged!

DATE: Thursday, J uly 26, –Sunday, J uly 29, 2012

PLACE: Camp Smiling Acres in Greensburg, LA

Applications can be found on the table in the foyer! Check out the display!

C.H. A.R.G.E.(Christians Honoring and Replicating God’s Excellence)

CHARGE! is a 3 day/3 night mini-camp where the campers will have a chance to “CHARGE”their spirituality, meet other young Christians, make new friends, renew old friendships, and

have fun in a Christian environment.P.S. We don’t retreat, we CHARGE!

Come and have an unforgettable summer!

When:Friday, August10, 2012

Cost:$14 per person

Admission, a Hot Dog, Popcorn and a Drink!

We have placed a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the foyer. Please sign up as soon as possible if you think you and your family would like to attend. We need to give an estimate attending.

What Y ou Get For The Cost:

New Orleans Zephyrs Family Night

ELDERSRandy Keiser 446-7660Herbert Scott 872-6713Ed Watson 447-5081DEACONSKevan Keiser 856-3457Guy Mandina 209-9704

MINISTERDavid Jones 872-3778

SECRETARYKaren MandinaOFFICE 872-3778

Church email and website:

houmacoc@yahoo.comwww.hollywoodroad churchofchrist.com

163 N. Hollywood RoadPO Box 20117

Houma, LA. 70360

CHURCH OFFICEHOURS

M-F 9 a.m. 2 p.m.SERVICES

SUNDAY WORSHIP9:30 A.M. & 6:00 P.M.

BIBLE CLASSSunday @ 10:30 A.M.

Wednesday @ 7:00 P.M.

"The Truth In Love”Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Channel 13 NOLA 38

"In Search Of The Lord’s Way"

With Mack LyonSunday 7:30 a.m.

Channel 13 NOLA 38“International Gospel

Hour”Sun. Evening 9:00 p.m.

870 AM WWL –Radio“Not Just AnotherGospel Program”

With Don NeylandMon–Fri.10:30–10:45a.m.

1060 AM WLNO

Family Focuschurch of Christ We now have a “C.H.A.R.G.E.”Giving List! We have a list of items needed for our

upcoming C.H.A.R.G.E. mini camp. Please check out the items needed and begin bringing these items in. C.H.A.R.G.E. is only two weeks away! Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign your name next to the items you plan to purchase!