Newsletter for July 8, 2026

You're invited to be part of a wonderful group of ladies! Join us each month for our WMU (Women's Missionary Union) meeting—a time for women of all ages to gather in fellowship, grow in our faith, and focus on missions near and far. Discover how God is working through women just like you and missionaries worldwide.

WMU meets in the Prayer Room

Join us on Saturday, July 25, for a trip to the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home! We will deliver the collected supplies and take a driving tour of the campus to learn more about the important ministry taking place there.

We will leave at 8:30 AM and stop for lunch on our way home. We plan to arrive back at the church around 3:30 PM.

We would love for you to join us for this special day of giving, fellowship, and learning more about this wonderful ministry!

Sign up to go with Jonathan or in your Sunday School Class.

Don’t miss Brother David’s Mid-Week Devotions.
New messages are posted every Wednesday on our media page—take a midweek moment to be encouraged and refreshed in God’s Word.

Budget for 2026 . . . . . . . .  $363,528.00
Tithes Needed to Date . . . . $188,754.84
Received to Date . . . . . . .   $153,381.22   
Needed for weekly budget . . . $6,990.92
Tithes Received this week . . .  $7,015.00

A habit I inherited from my dad is that if you are on time, you are already late. He taught me the importance of showing up when you said you would. This past week, I took several training classes. Before the classes began, we were told multiple times via several emails that we would not receive credit if we were more than 15 minutes late or left early. These were not free classes. There was a cost for each person attending, and because many of us were there representing cities and other government organizations, that cost was ultimately being paid with taxpayer dollars.

Even with the warning about attendance, I was surprised by what I saw. In each of the three classes, many people arrived after the starting time, and several came in after the fifteen-minute cutoff. During breaks, we were given a clear time to return, yet many were still late coming back. In one class, someone arrived over forty-five minutes late, set their things down, and then went to the complimentary breakfast table. It was nearly another fifteen minutes before they actually settled in and began listening to the class.

As I sat there watching all of this, I began thinking, “They knew the rules. They knew the time. They knew someone had paid for them to be here. Why were they not ready?”
Then the thought came to me: How often do we treat God the same way?

We have been given something far more valuable than a training class. We have been given the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, purchased at a price greater than we could ever imagine. Scripture reminds us, “You were bought with a price” (1 Corinthians 6:20, ESV).

Yet, sometimes we treat our relationship with God casually. We know we need to pray, but we put it off. We know we need to spend time in His Word, but something else gets our attention. We know there is something God is calling us to do, but we tell ourselves that we will get around to it later.

Jesus said, “Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:44, ESV).

The Christian life is not about arriving at the last possible moment or giving God whatever time and attention we happen to have left. It is about living each day ready, faithful, and obedient.

Being ready does not mean that we are perfect. It means that our hearts are open to the Lord. It means that we do not continually put off until tomorrow what God is calling us to do today. It means that we remember the price that was paid for us and live with gratitude for what Christ has done.