Special Prayer Requests

Church Interiors, Inc., Design, Budget, Build Team is ready Williams/Rowe Contractors, Construction Team is ready Chubb Insurance, awaiting our settlement checks Betty Beckham, Gulf Coast 334, pneumonia Roland Brewton, pacemaker surgery recovery Crystal Coulter, cancer, surgery recovery, Houston, TX Stephanie Curry, Tacoma, WA, brain tumor, hospice care Larry and Lize Dute, relocating to Jasper, AL Randy Hogue, Gadsden, AL, recovering from brain surgery Linda Fox, medical procedure recovery this week Beverly Fraoli, gastrointestinal cancer Debbie Jones, heart catheterization found no blockages Wayne McCord, Gulf Coast ICU, life support Gina Norwood, fibromyalgia complications Charles Senda, Home Health Care, poor health Patsy Senda, blood pressure complications Jeanine Wise, upcoming heart valve replacement surgery

Please Be Patient While We Rebuild….

You may use both east and west parking lots, but please only enter/exit the double glass doors into the

Education Building from either parking lot.

The Ladies Restrooms are in the hallway toward the auditorium; the Men’s Restrooms are in the Kitchen area.

Getting Back

To A Normal Schedule

August 10 Men and Boys Cookout and Campfire Service

September 8 LifeStage Classes resume

September 21 Primtimers to Lighthouse Children’s Home

September 22 The Brazzell’s

Missionaries to Australia

September 27 Ladies Dinner

Wreath Making Class

October 5 Primetimers Dolphin Sunset Cruise

October 12 Men and Boys Prayer Breakfast

October 13 The Irvin’s

Missionaries to Uganda

November 10 Veteran’s Sunday

November 24 Thanksgiving Sunday

December 22 Christmas Sunday

Candle Light Communion

December 29 Last Chance Sunday

Welcome to Central Baptist Church

Thank you for attending and participating in the worship services today. We trust that you will have a meaningful, spiritual experience with us, and that you will develop some Christian relationships with us here. If it is your first time, please take the Registration Card from your Welcome Brochure, kindly fill out the information, detach it, and place it in the offering plate so that our Ushers can give it to our Pastor. He is very interested in you and your family and wants to be able to minister to you anyway that he can.

Today @ Central

5:30pm No Choir Rehearsal Today

6:15pm Women’s Prayer Meeting, the Crossway

6:30pm Evening Service, Dr. Max Barton preaching

Sunday Morning @ 10:30am

Sunday Evening @ 6:30pm

Wednesday Evening @ 6:30pm

Last Sunday Offerings Last Sunday Offerings

Tithes $ 3,222.28

Faith Missions 860.50

Total Offering $ 4,082.78

AVG Tithes $ 5,015.68

AVG Missions 1,050.75

AVG Weekly $ 6,066.43

General Fund Need 4,997.69

Missions Fund Need 913.85

Weekly Need $ 5,911.34

Building ProgramBuilding Program

UpdateUpdate

A new well and irrigation repairs

to commence on July 29!

The Steeple will be delivered

the week of July 29!

Pray for the sale of items on

Facebook MarketPlace

Pray that our insurance settlement

check will be finalized this week.

rebuild ~ restore ~ renew

Sermon Notes

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Burden Bearers continued….

Sometimes they even discard or disregard our help. Sometimes they do this and come back to us again later for more help. Burden bearing is hard, and in our flesh, we sometimes get tired of doing it.

When I think of the most-impactful burden-bearers in my life, these have been Christians who have loved, cared, and served over the decades. These are people who keep bearing burdens—not just for a moment, but as long as God gives them strength.

Ask the Lord to help you today to see the needs and burdens that those around you are carrying. In His strength and by His Spirit, bear one another’s burdens.

Burden Bearers

Have you ever known a Christian who seemed to naturally be a burden-bearer? In four decades in the ministry, I have known many burden-bearing Christians. I have discovered that, while some may do this initially because of their natural temperament, Christians who do this over the decades do so because of growth in grace. That is good news for all of us who would like to grow in the role Galatians 6:1-9 describes as someone who bears others burdens.

What kind of Christian is a burden-bearer for others? Here are five traits that I see from Galatians 6 and have observed in the lives of god-ly Christians— Spiritual Christians—“ye which are spiritual” Carnal Christians do not notice the people around them who are struggling. They are too absorbed with themselves to consider the lonely widow or fatherless child during the holiday season. A carnal class leader does not notice the person in their class who has been missing church or losing interest. The carnal parent is less likely to pick up on subtle cues that their child is spiritually struggling. One of the best ways to grow as a burden-bearer is simply to grow in your own walk with Christ. Not only does spiritual growth help you see the needs of others, but it gives you the strength from the Lord to help bear their burdens.

Honorable Christians—“considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Sometimes we cannot help others—not because we are oblivious, but because we are entangled. A Christian who is caught up in his own sin will not be able to effectively help someone else. If this is you, seek out help before helping others. Ask me or a spiritual mentor for Biblical counsel and help. When you are helping to bear someone else’s burden, particularly when it is a burden related to a struggle with sin, exercise wisdom, integrity, and accountability in your own life to avoid being pulled in to the other person’s temptation.

Obedient Christians—“Bear ye one another’s burdens” Bearing others burdens is not optional for the child of God; it is something God calls every mature Christian within the local church to participate. Of course, not every person with a burden walks around announcing their burden—most do not. This is why we must remain sensitive and obedient to the Holy Spirit. Often, He will prompt us to minister to someone who is carrying a burden we know nothing about.

Generous Christians—“for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Like a farmer planting seed, it takes willingness, vision, and even risk to care for others. It is so easy to become stingy with our time and resources, but real burden-bearers do not just care during the invitation on Sunday or the lesson time in class. They care all the time and are generous in their compassion and willingness to help.

Faithful Christians—“And let us not be weary....in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Sometimes we help people, and they do not appreciate it. —continued on the back

Central Baptist ChurchCentral Baptist Church 424 East Baldwin Road ~ Panama City, FL 32405 424 East Baldwin Road ~ Panama City, FL 32405 www.centralbaptistpanamacity.org 850.769.6000www.centralbaptistpanamacity.org 850.769.6000

Dr. Bruce Barton, Pastor Dr. Bruce Barton, Pastor

Dr. Max Barton, Associate PastorDr. Max Barton, Associate Pastor

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