We all hear them, but the better question is, “Do we know how powerfully they influence us?”  Now, before you draw the conclusion that I have gone off the deep end, hear me out.  Everything we do on a daily basis is a consideration of experiences and we call on those experiences to make decisions.  Perhaps your learning has been derived from many sources such as those that raised you, education, observation, and training.  You know what to do and what not to do as you listen to what you have been told in the past.  God looked upon his creation and saw us as a lost people that had strayed far from him.  He saw us grasping within our creation doing things that were leading us in the opposite direction of his will.  God saw us listening to voices from the deep.  God saw us listening to voices from sources that gave us temporary satisfaction.

Therefore God gave us a voice to listen from heaven.  Matthew 17:5 “While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’”

Listen for the voice of Jesus as you hear his words from the bible.  Hear him from the experiences in the Bible as he healed, talked, prayed, and preached.  Hear him on Sundays and Wednesdays at the Woodlawn building.  Hear him from the members of the body.  Hear Jesus on the cross, by the Jordan, in a boat, walking along the road, and around the Passover setting.  Hear Jesus in your home, while you are driving, praying, working, walking, and talking.  Most of all hear him in your sin and apathy, because Jesus came to us and is knocking at your door to be the one heard by you.

Mike Bailey

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - June 10-13
Be watching for sign-up sheets in the foyer so you can put YOUR name down to HELP!!

Mike Bailey will be taking some much needed time off beginning Monday, May 7th thru Monday, May 14.  He will return back to work on Tuesday, May 15.

Charles Stelding is in Leipzig, Germany.  He will be preaching and teaching there on Sunday’s and Wednesday’s along with his Let’s Start Talking Mission work.

Due to Mother’s Day there will not be a Potluck Luncheon next Sunday, May 13.

SAVE THE DATE!!

What:	Philip & Pat Slates 50th Anniversary Celebration
Where:	Christian Brother’s High School Heffernan Hall Memphis, TN 38117
When:	Sunday, June 10, 2007, 1-4 pm
(See bulletin board across from office)

TONIGHT!!  Bring finger foods and your singing voices!

STATISTICS FOR WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2007