wifi password: WESTSEVENTH 931-388-6514office@w7church.orgw7church.orgWest 7th Church of ChristWest Seventh Street Church of Christ

405 West 7th Street Columbia, TN 38401

July 12, 2020Welcome, Guests! We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. Register - Guests, as well as members, are asked to register their attendance as the pads are passed down each row. Attended Nursery is provided for children younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.

Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assis-tance.Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

Sunday Mornings Worship 9:00 Coffee Fellowship 10:10 Bible Classes 10:30

EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn M. Smith

Staff Barrett BinghamBarry EnglandRandy OwensAlex Quintero Haley Schmidt

Office - 388-6514StudentMarriage/FamilyPreachingSpanish SpeakingChildren

505-2282 615-351-6239540-230-8713

840-0445 619-0544

731-613-1876388-6125698-2236388-5841

Spanish SpeakingSunday Morning Worship 9:00 Morning Bible Classes 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 6:30

Wednesday Evenings Bible Classes 6:30

Sunday Evenings First & Third- SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES Group meets in Chapel @6 Second- CONNECT Meets in Teen Center @6 Fourth- HOME DEVOTIONALS Group meets in Chapel @6

Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus

CONGRATULATIONSTo Tommy and Peggy McEwen on the birth of a grandson, Tyler Olin Webb.

Online Bible ClassesChildren’s Ministry: Sunday mornings at 10:15 on the Facebook Faith Farm Kids page. Wednesday evenings at 6:30 on Faith Farm Kids page.

Tweens: Sunday mornings at 10:45 on the Facebook Faith Farm Kids page.

Teens: Sunday mornings a devotional is posted to Facebook, Instagram, and sent via Remind. Search West 7th Student Ministry on Facebook or Instagram. College age/Young Professionals: Sunday mornings at 11:00 on Zoom.

Adults: Summer Series on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. on YouTube, Facebook and our website.

Spanish Speaking: Sunday evenings at 5:00 on Zoom. Wednesday evenings at 7:00 on Zoom. Friday morning ladies’ class at 8:00 on Zoom.

CONGRATULATIONSTo Jerry and Dottie Duggin on the birth of twin granddaughters, Cora and Willa Duggin. They were born July 2.

BIBLE BOWLAll 1st - 12th grade students, who are able to read, are invited to participate in our Bible Bowl studies. Bible Bowl dates and details are still being finalized, but we will study 2 Kings in preparation for this. We will meet Sunday evenings via Zoom beginning July 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Zoom link below:https://cabulldogs.zoom.us/j/94949829399?pwd=RVU0NmplRnB4OXdxK2pEUE44ajVMdz09

Meeting ID: 949 4982 9399Password: 759724

Please email James Thomas (james.thomas@cabulldogs.org) or Zach Whitworth (zwhitworth@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

He was born July 1. Neil and Elizabeth Webb are the proud parents and Maddox is the proud big brother.

SERVICE REMINDERWith the Auditorium reaching capacity, beginning at 8:50, we will be directing people to the Family Center for additional seating where there will be a live feed of the service.

Sunday a.m. Worship 237 9:00 service 225 Spanish Speaking 12

Contribution $21,903

Church Record

Let’s Celebrate!On July 12, everyone is invited to stop by the Family Center as worship concludes to celebrate Kane and Courtney Maynard. They were married on April 25. Courtney is the daughter of Dan and Amanda Shires.

You may bring gift cards or gifts (registered at Ye Peddler, Walmart, and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Also loves Lowes).

THANK YOU Thank you for your concern, calls, cards, texts, and especially prayers during the recent illness and death of my mother, Pat Denney. Words cannot express how much your support and love have been felt during this time. Wade Denney and family

Michael and Lauren Duggin are the proud parents.

SYMPATHY To Mary Frances Hancock and family on the death of her brother, John Campbell. He passed away July 3 and his funeral was July 7 in Oneida.

Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving

Barrett Bingham 615-785-2250Jon Bennett 931-797-2581 Jamie Hubbell 931-698-9999Jacob Love 931-797-1399

July 14: High School Day Hike

July 17: Farm Friday

July 23: Swim Meet

July 25: Family Super Competitive Scavenger Hunt

July 26: Sunday PM Devo @ the Owens’

July 31: Wiffleball Extravaganza

Details and sign ups will be available through:Facebook @West 7th Student MinistryInsatgram @w7studentministryRemind (Text @WEST7TH to 81010 to sign up for text reminders)

Haley Schmidt 901-573-8055haley@w7church.org

Family & Friends: Kerry Couch’s parents - Leon & Verna Lee CouchJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyDonald Dugger’s mother - Donna DuggerRuby Dunn’s daughter - Betty DunnJane Hawkins’ daughter-in-law Michele HawkinsGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia AryOlivia Howell’s husband - Kirby HowellMargie Huckaby’s friend’s nephew - Cody MurdockTed Johnson’s father - Terry JohnsonDarrel Marlin’s mother- Mary DeanDarrel Marlin’s sister- Joyce Wood Celia Owens’ mother - Judy BrayBettie Pogue’s daughter & son-in-law - Melanie & Michael SemoreBeth Robinson’s mother - Gaynor PerdueTroy Rubert’s father - L.V. RubertChris Shrader’s mother - Mary ShraderChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonAndrea Steven’s brother - Derek OrbanRachel Thomas’ father - Bill ParkerTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideDeborah Young’s father - John Spence

Faye BellDiane CampbellTennie ChaffinRamona CherryElizabeth CraftEmma DavisHenry DuggerRuby Dunn

Madolyn HarperDavid HeffingtonNancy HeffingtonGeorgia HenryMary HuntBill JerniganGeorge KnoxDolores Love

Marie OswaltMarguerite PorterDoris RomineSammy SaltersMelinda WattsMolly WattsJuanita Westmoreland

Carter Hilliard & Kelsey DavidsonDavid Taylor & Haley CarrJordan Taylor & McKenna Shrader

Christian and Leah Shrader

Recovering | extended illnesses | homebound:

Expectant Parents:

Pray without ceasingAt HomeSandra Brooks is recovering from knee replacement surgery.

Kerry Couch has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer and is undergoing treatments at Vanderbilt.

Ginger Jackson is recovering from cataract surgery.

John Simmons is undergoing chemotherapy.

Lottie Umstead is recovering from shoulder surgery.

Raymond Wallace is recovering from heart valve replacement.

Upcoming SurgeryBob Parrett will have outpatient surgery on July 14.

Preparing to Marry:

(Messages are available at w7church.org, itunes, YouTube, Facebook or order a free CD at the Information Center.)

Order of WorshipSong Leader ................................. Eric Karkau

Hosanna

Light the Fire

All Who Are Thirsty

Agnus Dei

Scripture & Prayer...................Phillip Young, III

John 14:1-7

What the Lord Has Done in Me

Magnificat

Communion...............................James Thomas

Cornerstone

There’s A Stirring

Message....................................Randy Owens

Just As I Am - I Come Broken

I Exalt Thee

Shepherd’s Blessing........................Mike Kesler

Introduction:

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV

God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.2 Timothy 1:7 ESV

What is the problem?

What is the purpose?

“But what about ________________?”

Leaning in begins by _________________________________

We have the follow

ing online Bible classes available:

Children’s M

inistry:

Sunday mornings at 10:15

W

ednesday evenings at 6:30

Tweens:

Sunday m

ornings at 10:45

All of these classes are available on the Facebook page called W

est 7th Faith Farm

Kids.

“And w

hen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites,

for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by

others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

17But when you fast, anoint your head and w

ash your face, 18that your fasting m

ay not be seen by others but by your Father who is

in secret. And your Father w

ho sees in secret will rew

ard you.”

Matthew

6:16-18

Read M

atthew 6:16-18

What is fasting?

Richard

Foster defines

fasting in

his book

Celebration

of D

iscipline as

“the voluntary

denial of

an otherw

ise norm

al function

for the

sake of

intense spiritual

activity.” I

would

agree w

ith m

ost of

that definition,

but I

think the

qualifier “intense” causes us to think the discipline of fasting is for the “super-spiritual” or the “extra-C

hristian.” That is not the case. Similar to the rest

of the sermon, Jesus is speaking to the heart behind the action, revealing

His values, and is not just calling us to action, but acknow

ledging an expectation for all C

hristians.

What do you think of w

hen you think of fasting? H

ave you heard anyone teach on fasting before? H

ave you ever fasted?

In my experience, C

hristians are quick to ignore fasting. We can get

behind giving and praying. Maybe that is because those feel better than

intentionally going without food or drink or a com

mon pleasure.

Do you think w

e ignore fasting? If yes, why do you think it is often a

forgotten discipline? If no, how do you see C

hristians fasting today?

In these verses, Jesus again places a value on humility (like w

e talked about on W

ednesday night). Fasting is a physical way that w

e are embodying

spirituality and being holistically transformed by C

hrist. Obviously there

are right and wrong w

ays to fast. Jesus gives an example of each.

What are som

e characteristics of fasting the right and wrong w

ays? “Fasting is the practice of increasing our concentration for the purpose of hearing G

od in our lives. The practice of fasting should be employed the

most at tim

es in which w

e feel we can hear G

od the least.” (Matt M

ead - Serm

on on the Mount)

Close your study w

ith a prayer and plan your next time of fasting.

Jesus began this part of the Sermon on the M

ount saying, “Beware of

practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them

, for then you will have no rew

ard from your Father w

ho is in heaven” (M

atthew 6:1). H

e then gave several illustrations of this: giving to the needy, praying, and fasting. Read M

atthew 6:16-18.

There is no specific comm

and to fast in the worship of G

od, yet fasting w

as a comm

on response by the person seriously seeking after God.

The basic purpose of the fast is a demonstration of the hum

ility of the one fasting in their dependence upon G

od. The word translated “fast”

means to voluntarily abstain from

food. There were different kinds

of fasts and they varied in their practice. The Mishna records that the

practice during the day of atonement w

as abstaining from all food and

water. There w

ere also partial fasts such as that of Daniel and his three

friends in which they abstained from

the king’s food and wine and

had only vegetables and water.

As w

ith any godly activity, even fasting can miss the point. The

Scribes and Pharisees lost sight of the purpose of fasting and saw it as

a demonstration of their superior righteousness. Luke 18:12 records

the boastful prayer of a Pharisee, “I fast twice a w

eek.” Supposedly this w

as in comm

emoration of M

oses going up on Mount Sinai on

Thursday and coming dow

n on Monday. Yet it is w

orth noting that their fasting happened to correspond w

ith the two m

ajor market days

of the week w

ith the largest crowds. This devotional form

at does not allow

for a thorough study of fasting, though that would be w

orthwhile

for any follower of Jesus.

• Jesus m

entioned giving to the needy, praying, and fasting, but that is not to say these are the only w

ays. What else m

ight become

hijacked by our pride as a demonstration of our ow

n righteousness?

• W

e all want to be a good exam

ple and for others to think well of us.

So, how do w

e remain pure in heart in our obedience to G

od and not succum

b to obsessing over impressing others or in any w

ay be less than authentic? W

hat is the answer?

• Think for a m

oment, if som

ething as sacrificial as fasting can becom

e corrupt, what is the m

essage we need to learn?

Close in prayer.