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Kitchens Creek Baptist Church
7231 Monroe Hwy @ Kitchens Creek Rd
Ball, Louisiana 71405

Email: Pastor Milton W Howard
Mailing:  PO Box 740
Ball, LoUiSiAna  71405-0740

Weekly Church Bulletin
March 08, 2026

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT – R. M. McCheyne

The world always loves to believe that it is impossible to know that we are converted. If you ask them, they will say, "I am not sure; I cannot tell," but the whole Bible declares we may receive, and know that we have received, the forgiveness of sins. 

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Yes, brethren in Christ have all one common Father, one common likeness, one object of faith, love, and adoration, one blessed hope, one present employment, alike in trials, alike in prayer. They lean upon the same hand, appear daily before the same mercy-seat, feed at the same table. How much all these things link them together, not in profession only, but in heart! Hence this is a decisive test: "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren."
D. Katterns 

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(Jude 1:24-25)  "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen." 

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Conscience works after the manner so beautifully set forth in the ring that a great magician, according to an Eastern tale, presented to his prince. The gift was of inestimable value, not for the diamonds and rubies and pearls that gemmed it, but for a rare and mystic property in the metal. It sat easily enough on the finger in ordinary circumstances, but as soon as its wearer formed a bad thought, designed or committed a bad action, the ring became a monitor. Suddenly contracting, it pressed painfully on his finger, warning him of sin. Such a ring, thank God, is not the peculiar property of kings; the poorest of us, those that wear none other, may possess and wear this inestimable jewel; for the ring of the fable is just that Conscience which is the voice of God within us, which is his law, engraved by the finger of God, not on Sinai's granite tables, but on the fleshy tablets of the heart, which, enthroned as a sovereign in every bosom, commends us when we do right, and condemns us when we do wrong.
Dr. Guthrie 

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An ancient Roman wished that he had a window in his breast that all might see his heart, but a sage suggested that in such a case he would have urgent need of shutters, and would keep them closed. We could not afford to wear the signs of our spiritual condition where all could see. We should then need all our blood for blushing.
C.H. Spurgeon 

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We cannot stand a moment longer than God upholdeth us; we are as a staff in the hand of a man; take away the hand, and the staff falleth to the ground; or rather, as a little infant in the nurse's hand (Hosea 11:3); if we are left to our own feet, we shall soon fall. Created grace will never hold out against so many difficulties.
Thomas Manton 

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CALL TO WORSHIP
Knapp, William, 1698-1768 

Self-righteous souls on works rely,

And boast their mortal dignity;

But if I lisp a song of praise,

Grace is the note my soul shall raise.

'Twas grace that quickened me when dead,

And grace my soul to Jesus led;

Grace brings me pardon for my sin--

'Tis grace subdues my lusts within.

'Tis grace that sweetens ev'ry cross,

'Tis grace supports in ev'ry loss;

In Jesus' grace my soul is strong--

Grace is my hope and Christ my song.

'Tis grace defends when danger's near;

And 'tis by grace I persevere;

'Tis grace constrains my soul to love--

Free grace is all they sing above.

Through endless years of grace I'll sing,

Adore and bless my heavenly King;

I'll cast my crown before His throne,

Saved by His sov'reign grace alone. 

(Tune: Doxology) 

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(1 Corinthians 15:10)  "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."