FIGHT THE DEVIL! - James 4:7

 

1.  Fight for your soul.
 - The devil tries to keep you from going to church, from reading the Word, or doing anything spiritual.
 - The devils wants to destroy your soul and drag you down to hell with him.
 - We have to fight and make sure we are saved.
 - We have to fight against being a weak, ineffective Christian.

 

2. Fight for your family.
     a. Fight for your marriage.
         - The devil will try to attack your spouse. When you get married, two become one. He think thinks he can get to you and make you weak if your spouse is weak.
         - God hates alcohol , divorce, shacking up, and same-sex "marriage."
     b. Fight for your children.
         - Are we more concerned that our children are popular, athletic, smart, etc versus are they saved?
         - Fight against drugs and alcohol (which is a drug).
     c. Fight for your grandchildren
         -  Pray for their salvation.
         - Be willing to try new things in order to see your grandkids saved - it could be even trying new music that you didn't sing in church growing up.
     d. Fight for yet to be born children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
    e. Fight for your relatives.

3. Fight for your church.
- The devil wants to destroy the establishment Jesus Himself died for - He gave a charge of the Great Commission to the church
- When we praise God, we make the devil flee!
- Pray for your preacher, church
 members, music leaders, etc

4. Fight for your community.
- We should be the salt and light for the community.
- Pray for us to make an impact in the lives of the people around us.
- If our church closed, would the co
mmunity even notice?

5. Fight for your nation.
- Pray for our leaders to be godly (and be saved) - even those with whom we don't agree
- Pray for decisions to b
e based on the Bible

6. Fight for the world.
- We can make a difference!
- Even if we cannot personally go to other parts of the world, we can give to missions such as Lottie Moon, etc.

I Know Your Works - Rev. C Ray Barnhill (1/15/2017)

1. God knows it all.  (2:1-2a)

2. God knows the good works.

     a. Ephesus - (2:2-3)
     b. Smyrna  -  (2:9)
     c. Pergamos  -  (2:13)
     d. Thyatira  -  (2:19)
     e. Sardis - (3:2 and 4)
     f. Philadelphia  -  (3:8-10)
     g. Laodecia  -  (3: 28)

3. God knows the bad works.

     a. Ephesus  - (2:4)
     b. Smyrna  -  (2:9)
     c. Pergamos  -  (2:14-15)
     d. Thyatira  -  (2:20-21)
     e. Sardis  -  (3:1)
     f. Philadelphia  -  (3:7-13) (but notice verse 8)
     g. Laodecia  -  (3:15-17)

4. God knows your motivation for your works. (2:4), (2:23)

5. God knows what you are going through and may go through.  (2:10)

6. God knows His reward for overcomers. (2:7), (2:11), (2:17), (2:26-29), (3:5-6), (3:12-13), (3:21-22)

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Union Missionary Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist Church located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  While the formal mailing address is Rocky Mount, the church that was permanently organized in 1930 is actually in an area near the Tar River Reservoir in Southern Nash county.

This area has seen a tremendous population growth over the 20 years, and it is our mission that we will be able to reach our community to tell them about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have services on Sunday and Wednesday.

Sunday
Sunday School at 9:45 am
Morning Worship at 11 am
Evening Worship at 6 pm

Wednesday
Mid-week Prayer Meeting at 7 pm

At this time, our leadership includes our pastor - Rev. C. Ray Barnhill, Children's Director - Mrs. Vicky Stamper, and Music Director - Mrs. Sandy Moore.

Our pastor came to us in September 2013 initially as our interim pastor but shortly thereafter was named our permanent pastor.  We have been blessed by his teaching and encouragement.

Our Chidren's Director has been with us for about 8 years, and she loves the children.  She is aided by her wonderful husband Mr. Kiki Stamper.

Our Music Director has also been with us for a number of years.  She directs the choir and very carefully tries to keep our worship services flowing through songs.  Our music is a mix of traditional and contemporary songs.  We utilize technology but we also love to sing from a good old fashioned hymnal.

We do have a Facebook page so look us up - Union Missionary Baptist Church.