The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1968

A Devotional for the ,U Young and Old ~· The author of this devotional to " Teens " ij is Rev. J ames C. Romig. Bro ther " Jim" is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Rom ig of Warren, Ohio. He serves as Ass istant Pastor to Rev . Don J ennings, Central Bapt ist Church, Gary, Indiana . Each week he writes a brief devotional to the yout h of t he Gary church. We felt this one should be shared with the reade rs of the 0.1. B. Did you ever do your own repair work on a car? It can be fun IF you have the right tool s. BuJt:, if t hose tool aren't there FRUSTRATION. Thi morning I had to f ix a f lat tire. I got out the spare, and tihe ,base for the jack then the jack it elf. Burt, one piece was missing. I looked in the trunk - not there. Then the garage - not there. T he jack for the neighbor car wouldn' t f it the · bun1per . The h andle ,for his sci or ' jack was missing. I went to a garage. · "Sorry, we can't let you borrow that one. " Another g·arage. ' 'You can bor– ,. row the jack, but leave your watch. " I Grrr! Well I fi nally got the tire · ch anged and all commitments were on time. That silly litlle piece sure caused a lot of trouble ,though. We Christians often cause a lot of trouble for ourselves by mispl,ac– . 1ng "one little piece" of tihe equip- ment God has provided for our lives here on earth. He h as given us sal– vat ion and we can never lose thait . However, He has also made avail– able some other "·tools." I 'm talking about the abundant Christian life, the life that helps u s live. We may lo e this Jife o r misplace thi life :he fruitful life, in many ways. U - Jally it boils down to o ne s imple \.\'Ord - SIN in the believer' dai ]y ife. · However, ,this life n1ay also be regained and reclaimed. God does n't mean for us to remain in a state of unhappiness. The Chri stian life is a 1oyou~ experience. He shows us how to regain this abundant life in Hi s Word. First, ONF your sin . ( I J n. l: 9) 'econd, PRE NT your life to God (Ron1. 12:1). Third , Al.,LOW the Holy Spiril to con.trol you ( I J n. 5: I 4-15). (Jod says we AN have an ,tbt1n– j ar1,t life. He has provided it. All we nave lo do is follow what He says we should do. " H if w walk 1n }1e Jight , as H e is in tl1c light , we have fielJowship 011e wit J1 another, 111d the lllood of Jesus ~hris t Hi s -,on clc.a11setl1 us fro111 alJ sin." ( J I 11 . I : 7) . rHE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST ¥ ,li, " ....... And. we'll send Gospels on to the millions of Spain who have no missionaries and no Bibles but are shaking off centuries of darkness and asking for the Light. ' A Spanish evangelical mini ster told PTL that there are 3 million people in his province, but only 5,000 evangelicals. He asked for 1 mill ion Gospels of John for Spain. What shall we do? Shall we give them the Word? We are waiting to hear from you! J. Edward Smith, lnternatlQnal Director Alfred A. Kunz, International Director Emeritus POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE 49 Honeck Street 1 Englewood, New Jersey 07631, Canada: 74 Crescent Road, Toronto 5, Ontario • GIFTS TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION First Baptist, Bowling Gree n 20.00 First Ba pti st , Elyr ia 22.25 David Dye, Sec'y. 92 North Roy·s Avenue Columbus, Ohio - 43202 OCTOBER - 1967 Ambrose Baptist, Fayette Berea Baptist Berea Baptist (hon .) Berean Bapt ist Fellows hip, Ore gon Bethlehem Bapti.st, Cleveland Blessed Hope Baptist, Springfield Brown Street Baptist, Akron Calvary Baptist, Bellefontaine Calvary Baptist, Broadview Heights Calvary Baptist, Byesville Calvary Baptist, Findlay Calvary Baptist, Massillon Calvary Baptist, Sandusky Calvary Baptist, Xenia Ceda r Hill Baptis t , Cleveland Hgt s . Central Baptist, Columbus Clintonville Baptis t, Columbus Emmanuel Baptist, Lorain Emma nuel Baptist, Toledo Emma nuel Ba pt is t, Xe nia Euclid-Nottingham Ba ptist, Euclid Evansville Ba pti st , Niles Faith Ba ptist, Greenvi lle First Ba pt ist, Blanchester $ 10.00 35.00 40.00 5.00 5 .00 110.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5 .00 39.00 10.00 10.00 5 .00 60.00 15.00 10.00 30.00 25 .00 20.00 60.00 5 00 20.00 30.00 First Baptist, Lancaster 10.00 First Baptist, Niles 50.00 Firs t Ba ptist, Rittma n 30.00 First Ba pt ist , Va lley Cit y 10.00 First Ba pt ist, W ellington 10.00 First Regula r Ba ptist, Be llefont aine 13.00 Geh res, D., Van Wert 100.00 Grace Baptist, Ke nt 5 .00 Grace Ba ptist, Sunbury 5.00 Hebron Men 's Fe llowship, Brecksville 15.00 Hebron Me n 's Fe l'ship, Brecksville (hon.} 10.00 Hunts burg Bapt ist 50.00 Imma nue l Baptist, Arcan um 10.00 Lenox, 0 . E. , Columbus 5 .00 Long Va lley Ba ptist, Freedom Way , W. Va. (hon .) Marana th a Ba ptis t , Spr ingfield Me morial Baptist, Columbus Moga dore Baptis t New Richl a nd Bapt ist, Be lle Ce nter North Royalton Ba pt ist Northfi e ld Ba ptis t Ral ston , 0 ., Akron (hon .) Sha ron Bap ti st, Sharon , Pa . South Ca naa n Baptist, Athe ns Te mple Baptist , Portsmouth Trinity Baptist, Lorain Union Baptist Wheelersbu rg Bap t ist Advertising Subscriptions Annual Meeting An nua l Meeting Registration Offerings 50.00 15.00 35.00 5 .00 5 .00 2.00 10.00 50.00 5 .00 2.00 75.00 15.00 5 .00 20.00 98 .20 334 65 178.00 395.39 TOTAL $2,259.49 " f ..,ait/1 is awake11ecl b}' the MESSAGE, c111cl tl1e MESSAGE 1/1at al1 1 ake11J· it comeJ' t/1ro11gl1 t/1e iY(Jrc/ (Jj C/1r1sr·· - Roman~ 10: 17 { .E.R.) Coulson Shepherd, f ounder Tlt e M [~'SSAG F.. 7 0 I!)'R / l l:. L 1>1 og, <1111 ha, hcen p, oc/ai111111 r.: <, oll'\· 111 e.\\(l~e t(J C,o(I', /Jeor,le /01 v, e, 30 lea,, 0111110,e ' than 50 J(lt/10 .\ta11011\ l 0(1\/ to-c oa,, an,/ i11 /01e1r.:1111e111011,. 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