The Book that Understands Me!

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Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; [NKJ]

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Welcome to Cornerstone
May 18, 2025

Weekly Service Schedule
Sunday

  9:00 am - Sunday Morning Bible Study

10:00 am - Praise & Worship Service
* Watch our Service live streamed on Facebook—10 to 11:15 a.m.

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 7:00 pm - Sunday Evening Bible Study

 

Wednesday
7:00 pm - Wednesday Evening Bible Study

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Every Day

Read God's Word every day. Pray for understanding, and ask His help to live it.
Pray for Pastor Jim, our deacon Eddie N., and for one another.
Pray and ask God to guide our Local, National, and World Leaders.
Pray for our U.S. military deployed overseas, stationed in U.S., and for our Vets.

Pray for Israel. Pray for peace in the Middle East.

Pray for peace between Ukraine and Russia. Pray for a Peaceful solution.
Pray for Christians everywhere, that are being persecuted for their faith in Christ.
Pray for the Lord’s protection upon our schools, students, and teachers.
Pray for the Bible Studies and Services at the Jail and Juvenile Center.
Pray for God's continued blessing on the many Ministries of Cornerstone.

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Coming Events​​

* June 6th is our Next Fellowship Sunday Luncheon. ​

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The Joash Chest - Offering for Building Repairs, Etc.

* Offerings given in the Joash Chest last Sunday totaled $30.00 - Thank you!

A Note from Pastor Jim​​​​​​​​​

 

* Today is Mission Sunday, and the ministry “Faith Comes by Hearing” is our Mission emphasis this time. Bob Sellars will be telling us more about them. FCBH provides Electronic  Bible Sticks to our men and women serving in the U.S. Military. We will be taking an offering for “Faith Comes by Hearing” this morning. Please pray and give what the Lord lays on your heart. Thank you.

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* Last Friday, May 16th, the Celebration of Life Service for Delores M. Moeller took place at Starkson Family Life Celebration Chapel. It was an amazing Service and the Chapel was filled with people who Delores had impacted throughout her 91 years here on earth. Many wonderful stories were shared about her. Delores was a very caring person and will be greatly missed by her family, friends, co-workers, and countless others who had the pleasure to know her. Delores loved Jesus, and is now in Heaven. All is well!

* Please be praying for these people who are in need of healing.  Members:  Anna G, Barbara M, Christine _, Dennis E, Kirk A, Mary H, Maye C, Michele S, Mickey L, Phyllis M, Roy Sw, and Sharon T. ~ Family & Friends: Allie S, Ben B, Betty G,  Boyd H, Brielle P, Brit _, Butch S, Dan B, Darren S, Dean and Mary V, Ed M, Eddy U, Ellie H, Fred F, Grace F, Greg S, Haily B, Hazel _, Ingrid M, Janet M, Janice M, Jean N, Jeannie B, Joan M, JoAnne B, Judy S, Julian D, Kate M,  Kathie T, Legend H, Liz M, Louise S, Margaret S, Mary Jane S, Michael G, Mike J, Nancy F, Peggy M, Riley W, Roxie J, Ryan W, Sam F, Sarah G, Sharon Mc, Susie J, Sylvia R, Taylor G,  Terri T, Terry S, Thomas W, Thor S, Tim S, & Vicki P.  Thank you.

* Thank you to all our volunteers. We couldn't do it without you!

Yours in Christ, Pastor Jim and Charlotte

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Devotion of the Week​​​

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The Book That Understands You - by Pete Brisco

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Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

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A Quote by Emile Cailliet. “I read, and read, and read … with an indescribable warmth surging within … I could not find words to express my awe and wonder. And suddenly the realization dawned upon me: This was the book that would understand me!”

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Emile Cailliet was born in a small French town and was raised as an atheist. As a soldier in World War I, the horrors he saw set his unbelief in stone. While recovering from a bullet wound that shattered his arm, he married—but informed his wife that no Bible would ever be allowed in their home.

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Still, he was a voracious reader and went through everything he could find trying to satisfy the desires of his heart. “I had been longing for a book that would understand me,” he said. Unable to find one, he began to write a book of his own. Upon its completion, he sat down under a tree to read his own work, but he was bitterly disappointed. He confessed, “The whole undertaking would not work, simply because it was of my own making.”

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He was despondent, but God was up to something.

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That night, against the household rules, his wife handed him a Bible that she had miraculously found that very day. Instead of rejecting it, he opened it and started to read. And then he read some more. He read long into the night, mostly from the Gospels. The sword of the Spirit began to do its work as the Word of God came alive in his mind and his heart.

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“The providential circumstances amid which the Book had found me now made it clear that while it seemed absurd to speak of a book understanding a man, this could be said of the Bible, because its pages were animated by the Presence of the Living God and the Power of His mighty acts. To this God I prayed that night, and the God who answered was the same God of whom it was spoken in the Book.”

 

No wonder Paul exhorts us to “take up the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.” The Holy Bible is not just a book—It’s Words are living and active and in the hands of the Holy Spirit—a powder keg of life transformation and victory over the evil one.

 

Dear God, I sincerely thank You for giving me “a book that understands me.” By the power of Your Spirit in me, stir up these words of Yours in my mind and in my heart so that my life might naturally reflect who I am in You and who You are in me. In Jesus Name. Amen! 
 

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(You can find most of the devotions posted on our site at www.crosswalk.com/devotionals)

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God bless your faithfulness.

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