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Page 2 - Giddings, Texas, Times & News - Thursday, September 4, 2008
ing bush. else, suggesting his broth- every day, will go for us? (Is. 6:8).
BIBLE Moses was soon going to er Aaron who didn’t have a Like Moses, he's got plans "And 1 said, Lord. I II go.
DIDLE find out that all things work speach impediment - a prob- for us. Send me.'
Ground together for good to those who lem that Moses had. Those plans may not be out- - Buddy Preuss
0018 WIlove God. He had just been ;n All of us can think of all kinds lined by a voice in a burning
Like Moses, do we look for excuses training for the difficult task of excuses why we can't serve bush. But inside each of us,
1 . that was ahead of him. God in all kinds of ways in our heart is guided by the Holy
when God calls upon us to serve nun. Certainly God could have our lives. Spirit if we will only listen -
used a more direct miracle to What are some of those ex- and look around to see how we
When most of us think about to the Pharoah s wife who free bis people from slavery, cuses? We’re too busy and can serve God.
giving to God, we relate it had adopted him, 1 m sure she but the Lord has always chosen just don’t have enough time. Moses finally accepted the
to the donations we make to reminded him as he was grow- people to do his work. Or other people are smarter or call of God. Are you accepting
a church or other charitable ing up that he was a Hebrew. He has chosen you and I to have more talent or leadership the call of God for your life?
organizations. She probably even explained do his work. And even though ability than we do. Each day the Lord is calling
Let s study the life of Moses that he might someday be the it may seem like what we are Excuses, excuses, excuses! upon us to serve him by help-
who was born as the son of an one God would choose to de- doing is nothing compared to There are plenty of them if ing others.
Israelite but through a strange liver the Hebrews from their what Moses did to help free the we're looking for them. Like the inspired words of the
set ot circumstances was raised bondage, children of Israel, it is. But God doesn't want ex- prophet Isaiah, we can reply
by the wife of the Pharoah in But instead of waiting tor But like Moses did at that cuses - he wants action. He when we “hear the Lord ask-
Egypt. God s calling, Moses let his burning bush, most of us hold wants his children to accept the ing, ’Who should 1 send as a
instead of working as a slave temper get the best of him back when it comes to accept- responsibilities that he gives us messenger to my people? Who
like the rest of the children when one day he saw an Egyp- ing responsibility.
of Israel, Moses was living tian oppressing a Hebrew. So Moses had his excuses. “Who
the life of luxury - and was he killed the Egyptian and bur- am I to go before the Pharaoh
a possible heir to the throne led the body in the sand, to demand that he free the chil-
of Egypt. He paid the price for this dren of Israel?” he asked God
So how did he end up tending when word got out what he had (Exodus 3:11).
to sheep in the desert, far re- done, so he was forced to flee When Moses questioned how
moved from civilization - and into the wilderness, the Pharaoh would believe that
remaining in that situation for God’s will for his life may he was representing the Eternal
40 years? have been postponed for 40 God, the Lord worked two
Maybe it was because his years - and Moses had to give miracles for him.
mother - who had hidden him up his luxurious living - but This is also a good lesson for
in the reeds of the river as a the Lord was still planning to all of us „ that God will pro-
baby so that he wouldn t be use him. vide the miracle, if we need it,
killed like so many other Isra- Although Moses may have but will only do it for us if we
elite babies by the Pharoah’s thought God had forgotten can’t accomplish the task by
order -- had reminded him of him during all those lonely ourselves.
his heritage. decades in the desert, he found And after none of his excuses
Since she was allowed to be out differently that day when would work before God, he
his nursemaid unbeknownst God spoke to him in the burn- asked God to send someone
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Elder C.N. Moore, pastor
Morning worship 9:30 a.m. Wed.
Bible class 7:30 p.m.
St. John Lutheran Church,
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Alvin Epperson, pastor
Worship service every Sunday
8:30 a.m. Holy communion every
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Goodwill Baptist Church,
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Worship services 2nd. 4th, 5th
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Lexington
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Sunday School 9:45. Adult
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Tanglewood Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship
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Ebenezer Lutheran Church,
Manheim
Rev. Herbert Keistman
Worship services at 8.00 a.m.
Sunday Bible Class and Sunday
School at 9:00 a.m.
First Assembly of God,
Giddings
Pastor Pat Herlitz
Sunday School 9:30, Morning
worship 10:30, Spanish service
6:00 p.m., Family Ministry,
Wed. 7:00 p.m.
Holy Cross Lutheran Church,
Warda Rev. Dennis Tegtmeier
Worship 9:00 a.m.. Sunday School/
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Mt. Olive Baptist
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Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m. Bible hour
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Martin Luther Lutheran
Church, Giddings
Sr. Pastor Jeremy Walloch
Saturdays: 6 p.m. Worship
Service, Communion 1st, 3rd & 5th
Sundays and Saturdays preceeding.
Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday School at
10:15 a.m for all ages.
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Giddings
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Sat. confessions 3:30-4 p.m..
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9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Spanish Mass.
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Sunday School 10 a.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church,
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Rev. Robert Tiner
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DR. Gregory Nichols
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Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Mom.
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Worship II a.m. Wed. prayer meet
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Sunday Bible Classes 10 a.m.
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Worship services at 9:00 a.m.
Sundays Sunday School at 10:15
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Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morn-
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Bible study every Wed. noon.
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Sunday school 9:30, BTU
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Corinth Baptist Church
Rev. L. O. Lang
Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Sunday
morning worship 11:00 a.m. Mis-
sion 2nd & 4th Tuesday 7:00p.m.
Bible study wednesday 6:30 p.m.
New Hope Baptist
Rev. B. Jones, pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 Morning
worship II a.m., evening worship
6:30. Mission 2nd & 4th Mon 3
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St. John's Lutheran,
Lincoln
Pastor Dale E. Bohm
Worship service 9:00 Com-
munion First and Third Sundays.
Sunday School and Bible Classes.
Lexington Holy Family
Catholic Mission
Rev. Fr. Ramon D. Fayna
Sunday Mass10:00 a.m.
Wed. Mass 6:30 p.m.
Lexington United
Methodist Church
Rev. Linda O'Neal
Sunday School, 9:45 a m
Worship Service. II a m
Bible Study, 6 p.m.
St. Mary's Catholic Church,
PinOak
Rev. James Olnhausen
Sat. Mass 6:15 p.m. Confession
before Mass.
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Holiness Mission,
Giddings
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Services Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Sun.
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Adina Christian Church
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Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morn-
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Calvary United
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Marcus Black, pastor
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Service 10 a.m. to 12 - Evening
Worship Service 6 p.m. Monday.
Family Prayer 7 p.m.
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