STANDING STONE BIBLE
WEEKLY
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
THIS WEEK
Here are the highlights of classes and events THIS week
TLT, Teen Life Truths - This 10-week study of basic life principles for those entering 6th grade is Wednesday nights, from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Older grades may also join in. After TLT, they will join with the LIGHThouse.
For the Master - Ministering tonight at 6:15pm (Remington Heights). Also, upcoming in July:
Parenting Class - Working through Tedd Tripp's updated video teaching, "Shepherding Your Child's Heart," on Saturday mornings Saturdays - 9 to 10:30am. These six sessions will be continue through August (no class on 8/9). Childcare will be available. Do make every effort to attend this as a blessing to you and your kids.
Information Class - This info class continues Sunday during the SS hour (8:45 am).
July Business Meeting - This Sunday, after the worship service, is a brief business meeting for SSB members. Agenda items: Money update, storefront & outreach update
For the Master - Ministering tonight at 6:15pm (Remington Heights). Also, upcoming in July:
- July 24 @ 3:30pm - Marquis Place
- July 31 @ 2pm - Echo Hills
Parenting Class - Working through Tedd Tripp's updated video teaching, "Shepherding Your Child's Heart," on Saturday mornings Saturdays - 9 to 10:30am. These six sessions will be continue through August (no class on 8/9). Childcare will be available. Do make every effort to attend this as a blessing to you and your kids.
Information Class - This info class continues Sunday during the SS hour (8:45 am).
July Business Meeting - This Sunday, after the worship service, is a brief business meeting for SSB members. Agenda items: Money update, storefront & outreach update
upcoming events
Make note of the classes and events available in the near future
Baptism Class - You? We are wanting to offer a baptism class in the near future if there is interest. Let one of the pastors know of your following Christ this way or just learning more.
the Lord's day
Pastor Tim opened the service with talk of Creation Days and the importance of God's Word being "in hand." God's Word is your foundation... or your life is easily shaken.
There was singing! Singing of "Victory in Jesus"... singing of "Waiting here for You" (Jesus we adore, the Author of Salvation!)... singing of "Springtime" - how we will sing a new song as God's love is like springtime.... singing of "Even If" - God has been faithful and good even in the trying times. It is well... the final song was "It Is Well With My Soul." May peace, like a river, overflow in your life no matter the trials and troubles!
Ken Clipperton brought the message... sharing some of what he learned in jail about the gospel. Sharing about his work in jail ministry. Gospel lessons from prison: * You matter to God. Ephesians 1:7, In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. "My identity is in Christ," said Adam, one man in jail. * You are by nature an object of God's wrath. That's the bad news. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). But there is good news! Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Romans 10:13). Christ died for the ungodly, for sinners such as us. * No one is beyond the reach of God's love and salvation. 1st Timothy 1:15 says Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. * God rejoices over each sinner who repents. (Luke 15:7 & 10). More than merely accepting, God rejoices over each one. Has God rejoiced over you?
There was singing! Singing of "Victory in Jesus"... singing of "Waiting here for You" (Jesus we adore, the Author of Salvation!)... singing of "Springtime" - how we will sing a new song as God's love is like springtime.... singing of "Even If" - God has been faithful and good even in the trying times. It is well... the final song was "It Is Well With My Soul." May peace, like a river, overflow in your life no matter the trials and troubles!
Ken Clipperton brought the message... sharing some of what he learned in jail about the gospel. Sharing about his work in jail ministry. Gospel lessons from prison: * You matter to God. Ephesians 1:7, In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. "My identity is in Christ," said Adam, one man in jail. * You are by nature an object of God's wrath. That's the bad news. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). But there is good news! Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (Romans 10:13). Christ died for the ungodly, for sinners such as us. * No one is beyond the reach of God's love and salvation. 1st Timothy 1:15 says Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. * God rejoices over each sinner who repents. (Luke 15:7 & 10). More than merely accepting, God rejoices over each one. Has God rejoiced over you?
The Moral of the story
How to catch a monkey?
Some African tribes learned to trap monkeys by using a coconut shell that has been cut in two, hollowed out, and then fastened back together with an orange inside. The coconut then has a hole drilled in large enough for a monkey’s paw to pass through. The hunters then merely have to secure the shell to a tree with a rope and wait. As a monkey smells the treat, he will reach into the shell, grab the fruit, and try to get it out. The orange, being too large for the hole, remains inside of the shell, along with the monkey’s paw. As the monkey struggles to take the fruit, the hunter simply grabs the monkey with a net.
The monkey only needed to let go of the orange to be free. He cannot grasp that he is unable to have both the orange and freedom. Dumb monkey. Dumb humanity?
As human beings, we as well can waste our lives trying to get the orange out of the coconut. Jesus warned us, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt. 6:19-21). What the world offers can appear delicious but it often robs us of our freedom and, possibly, even our lives
Some African tribes learned to trap monkeys by using a coconut shell that has been cut in two, hollowed out, and then fastened back together with an orange inside. The coconut then has a hole drilled in large enough for a monkey’s paw to pass through. The hunters then merely have to secure the shell to a tree with a rope and wait. As a monkey smells the treat, he will reach into the shell, grab the fruit, and try to get it out. The orange, being too large for the hole, remains inside of the shell, along with the monkey’s paw. As the monkey struggles to take the fruit, the hunter simply grabs the monkey with a net.
The monkey only needed to let go of the orange to be free. He cannot grasp that he is unable to have both the orange and freedom. Dumb monkey. Dumb humanity?
As human beings, we as well can waste our lives trying to get the orange out of the coconut. Jesus warned us, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt. 6:19-21). What the world offers can appear delicious but it often robs us of our freedom and, possibly, even our lives
Prayer Prods
- Amy M recovering from hip surgery
- Joe and Elaine back from Mayo
- Jimmy Br recovering from surgery
- Peggy O still struggling overall
- McFarling family
- Jimmy Br, Mary T, and Holly's dad (Bruce) as they recover from surgery
- Tish Frey moves next week
- Isaiah M and Nancy S - surgeries this week
