S.S.

Hey Team,

Hope your week is going well. This past Sunday in Sunday School I made a reference to a song entitled "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath (thanks, Mike S.). It is a great song which will be more meaningful if you hear it, but I want to share the following chorus with you:

Give me your eyes for just one second

Give my your eyes so I can see

Everything that I keep missing

Give me your love for humanity

Give me your arms for the broken hearted

The ones that are far beyond my reach

Give me your hearts for the ones forgotten

Give me your eyes so I can see.

Press on.

Andrew

Fw: Prayer Requests for March 1, 2009

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mike Stewart <mikestewart@bellsouth.net>
To: Andrew Self <andrewcself@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 11:16:55 AM
Subject: Fw: Prayer Requests for March 1, 2009

Andrew,
Can you email this out to everybody. I tried to post it on the blog and it didn't work.

Thanks,
Mike

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mike Stewart <mikestewart@bellsouth.net>
To: SS Class Blog <randysig.fbcself@blogger.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:12:22 PM
Subject: Prayer Requests for March 1, 2009

• Betty Ellis, Kim Batts' aunt, cancer has come back
• Leon Hall- not doing very well
• Tim Workman- working in South Carolina
• Co-worker of Kelly Workman-mass under her arm
• Family of the worker that was killed last week
• Bro. Rick's sister Robin
• Friend of Karlee Morris who's dad has moved out of home
• Tim Blakeman-upcoming job transition
• John Poe-at St Thomas hospital
• Mrs. Cato-at Christian Health Center

Praises

• Mike Taylor celebrated his birthday on March 1st

Directions to Woolfolk wedding and reception (March 6)

Hey Team,

Here are the directions to the Woolfolk wedding -- this Saturday in Benton at 6:30 p.m. I have confirmed with Mike that he has already paid for the food so it won't cost him any more if we all go (i.e. to the reception). Eva and I are planning on going (i.e. to the wedding and the reception).

Press on.

Andrew

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From: Joelette Woolfolk <joelettew@yahoo.com>
To: Andrew Self <andrewcself@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:59:44 PM
Subject: Fw: Directions to Church and Reception

Andrew please send this to our class and anyone else that might be interested. Thanks, Joelette

If you need more info call us!
Home 881-5065
Cell 270-348-1678

Hope you can come and be a part of Angie and Patrick's big day!

Mike and Joelette

Prayer Requests for March 1, 2009

• Betty Ellis, Kim Batts' aunt, cancer has come back
• Leon Hall- not doing very well
• Tim Workman- working in South Carolina
• Co-worker of Kelly Workman-mass under her arm
• Family of the worker that was killed last week
• Bro. Rick's sister Robin
• Friend of Karlee Morris who's dad has moved out of home
• Tim Blakeman-upcoming job transition
• John Poe-at St Thomas hospital
• Mrs. Cato-at Christian Health Center

Praises

• Mike Taylor celebrated his birthday on March 1st

S.S.

Hey Team, Please remember Derrick Watson and his family following the death of his paternal grandfather. You will remember that Derrick's paternal grandmother died just three weeks ago. Also, please continue to remember Wendy Turner and her family following the death of her mother. Thought for the Day Clay Smith shared this story with me and I thought it was very good, so I want to share it with you: A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago . They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding. ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor. He was glad he did. The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to care for her plight. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, 'Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?' She nodded through her tears.. He continued on with, 'I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly.' As the salesman started to walkaway, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, 'Mister....' He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, 'Are you Jesus?' He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: 'Are you Jesus?' Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day. Press on! Andrew

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