TheConCongratulations to Willie Mae Walker and Windale Wimbley, Fall 2011 Brandon J. Elliott Memorial Scholarship Recipients. The slow economy and the rising cost of college is making it even more difficult for students to attend college. A recent survey revealed that more than half of american parents can't afford to send their child to college. We are so proud and please that we have been able to assist 6 individuals to attend college since the death of our son and the inception of the Brandon J. Elliott Memorial Scholarship. We know it can be difficult in this economy to give great amounts to a good cause, but if we can get just 50 people to give $ 10 dollars each, it will pay tuition for one semester at ANC.
Please donate today become a force in the fight against Epilespy and for a college education! Checks should be made out to the ANC Foundation with “Brandon Elliott” written in the memo section. Your donation/Gifts to the ANC Foundation are tax deductible and you will receive a gift acknowledgement which can be used for tax purposes. Contributions can be mailed to: ANC Foundation, ATTN: Rachel Gifford, P.O. Box 1109, Blytheville, AR, 72315. If you have questions Rachel can be reached by email at rgifford@smail.anc.edu or by phone at (870) 762-1020.
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects nearly 3 million people in the United States, 50 million worldwide, including 350,000 African Americans. A recent study indicates that for certain populations with epilepsy, such as African Americans, access to appropriate care including epilepsy specialists and anti-epileptic drugs, can be a problem. But even more damaging, some say, can be the bullying, fear, misperceptions and discrimination imposed by people who don't know the facts about epilepsy.
Thank you so much for your consideration and your tax-deductible donation. Donations in any amount are appreciated and help us to reach our goal.
Pastors Jerome & Cassandra Elliott
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Luke 6:38~ Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Acts 20:35 ~ I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Verse of the Day
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
Pastor, Lady Elliott & the BTG Church family invite you to worship with us anytime our doors are open!
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Prayer for Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
January 25-27, 2012- Pastor Jerome Elliott & Pastor Issac Johnson @ Bridging The Gap Ministries, 219 North 21st. Street, Blytheville, AR 72315 @ 7:00 p.m.- Holy Ghost Tag~Team Revival ~Theme: Fresh Fire~Fall on Me!
From The Pastor's Desk
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK
God’s Glory Will Be It To Pass
Psalm 37:5 ~Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
The 37th Psalms is both inspiring and encouraging. The Lord is taking us by the hand and comforting us as a parent does to help their child cross a busy street. When we as the children of God commit ourselves and our ways to the Lord, it puts us in the pathway of his blessings. The requirement for promise fulfillment is committing of yourself to the Lord, (many want the glory, but don’t want the story)! We have to be willing to go all the way with the Lord.
As members of the body of Christ we have been baptized into a covenant to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ and keep God's commandments. If mistakes are made, the gospel allows us to sincerely repent and be forgiven. Your commitment can begin from where you are right now, whether young or old, simply repent and forsake all known sin. He didn’t say that you would not be challenged; by our own ideologies, inability to wait on him, or by being mislead by those who use the word of God againstus, because we don’t have a right relationship with God for ourselves.
If you commit yourself to the Lord, he will not only fill the temple, but he will fill you with his presence. God will not half do anything, and neither should the people that are called by his name. Don’t just let the Lord Ride with you, but let him drive and guide your life. Your commitment to God will not only bring you closer to him, but it will cause his Glory to be revealed in your life, and bring your promises to pass.
Judges 7:2~And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, mine own hand hath saved me.
The Glory of the Lord brought one hundred and thirty five thousands Midianites into the hands of Gideon, and three hundred men, and what he promised, he brought it to pass. When Gods Glory is revealed, so is his strength and his power. That’s why he told Gideon that he had too many soldiers, because people love to brag about what they have done, and who they are, and what they have, but the Lord wanted his Glory to be revealed in a small amount of people so there would be no mistake of how the Midianites were destroyed.
1 Kings 8:10-11 -And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, [11] So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
In The Master's Service
Pastor Jerome Elliott
Soul Food
To forgive and not to forget is like burying the hatchet with the handle sticking out.
Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life's too short to be anything…but happy.
Forgiveness does not mean the cancellation of all consequences of wrong doing. It means the refusal on God's part to let our guilty past affect His relationship with us.
True courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to proceed in spite of it.
A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!
We are all instantly forgiven when we ask it of God, but in order to benefit from this forgiveness, we must in turn forgive others and ourselves.
Follow Jesus: What good is having someone who can walk on water if you don't follow in his footsteps?
Obstacles and problems are those things you see when you take your eyes off God!
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and cheerfully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Sin wouldn't be so attractive if the wages were paid immediately
A heart filled with anger has no room for love.
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are right, but because you are living right.
No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers.
When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings to fly.
The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.
You have become a mature person when keeping a secret gives you more satisfaction than passing it along.
A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!
We are all instantly forgiven when we ask it of God, but in order to benefit from this forgiveness, we must in turn forgive others and ourselves.
Follow Jesus: What good is having someone who can walk on water if you don't follow in his footsteps?
A Christian should be like tea; his real strength appearing when he gets in hot water.Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels soTo love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of Sin wouldn't be so attractive if the wages were paid immediately.Give according to your income, lest God make your income according to your givingSmooth seas do not make skillful sailors.I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.~ Charles SpurgeonYou face your biggest resistance when your closest to your greatest miracle.Faith is a bridge between where you are and where you desire to be, it can get you over the rough places.The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of
