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COLLEGE LAKES BAPTIST CHURCH

4704 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311-1615
Church Office 910-488-8344
Church Cell Phone 910-658-3475

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News From College Lakes Church

July 3, 2014

A Message from Reverend Lanier. . .

embraced and upheld freedomeven at the

expense of themselves.

The Patriotism We
Need Today

Im thankful for men and women around

the world today (some from our church
family) who are sacrificing for continued
freedom.

America Needs Revival

By Dr. Paul Chappell
Ive never been more thankful to be an
American. Im thankful for the men who
pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred
honor to sign the Declaration of
Independence and then gave of themselves
in unspeakable sacrifice to birth this great
nation.
These men understood that patriotism
meant so much more than grabbing the
family rifle and charging the red coats. It
involved giving whatever was necessary to
uphold the God-given values of freedom
and equality which they had come to
embrace. For many, patriotism meant
giving their lives, their families, and their
fortunes. They purchased freedom at a
heavy personal expense.
Im thankful for the heritage of these
patriots, statesmen, and soldiers who

But more than the patriotism of a soldier,

we need another kind of patriotism today.
America is in a state of spiritual and moral
decline that, frankly, is frightening. We
seem to have lost our moral compass and
our willingness to sacrifice for the biblical
values of truth and righteousness.
Today, we need the kind of patriotism that
Nehemiah of old embraced. Nehemiahs
nation was in desperate straits. The wall of
Jerusalem was burned and broken down,
and the enemies of the Lord mocked the
citys disgrace.
But when Nehemiah heard of the travail of
Jerusalem, he made a decision to give his
life to the cause of revival. He prayed with
compassion and fervency. And he made it
his purpose to seek the spiritual welfare of
the city. He persevered through criticism,
attacks, and discouragement. And in the
end, he did what his enemies said couldnt

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be donehe revived the stones to build a
great wall around the city.
More than ever before, America needs
men and women wholike Nehemiah of
oldwill be burdened to pray for our
country with genuine compassion, and
then have the passion and courage to seek
the spiritual welfare of our God-blessed
nation.
Yes, it will require personal sacrifice.
But, as Americans, we value sacrifice
more than enslavement. May we earnestly
seek Gods face and give of ourselves for
the cause of revival!

July 3, 2014

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon

me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised,
I Corinthians 8:9 But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
II Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.

If my people, which are called by my

name, shall humble themselves, and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the

liberty wherewith Christ hath made us
free, and be not entangled again with the
yoke of bondage.

Ushers for July 6

Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have

been called unto liberty; only use not
liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by
love serve one another.

A.M. Jerry Adams

Michael Williams
John Johnson
Elijah Henry
Billy Tyson
Sonny Alvarez
P.M. Ken Triplett

Liberty
Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the
fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile
unto you; and ye shall return every man
unto his possession, and ye shall return
every man unto his family.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD
is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto
the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to
them that are bound;

James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the

perfect law of liberty, and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but
a doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deed.
Thank You
Thank you for your help with the
refreshments this past Sunday evening. It
was a refreshing time of fellowship.
Sunday, July 13
Cooked Pig after Morning service. Please
bring plenty of vegetables and desserts.

Fathers
Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore we have had
fathers of our flesh which corrected us,
and we gave them reverence: shall we not
much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?