Everyone Welcome
Adult and children’s Sabbath Schools meet at 9:30 a.m. There is an adult class in the sanctuary and all the children’s classes will meet downstairs. Everyone is welcome.
Everyone is welcome to attend the worship hour at 10:45 a.m.
We broadcast Church live on youtube.com. Church will start at 10:45 AM. Go to youtube.com and search for “greeley sda”. Click on the circle with the church picture. You may need to choose the “Live” tab.
OR click on the “Sermons” link in the menu selections above to access the services. (On a phone or tablet the menu selections will be in a button that looks like three bars at the top of the screen.) Select “Live” in the youtube site tabs.
Weekly Church Meetings
Wednesday – 1:30 p.m. Midweek study
Sabbath 4:00 – p.m. End Time Events with Shawn Korgan
Food for Thought
“Taming the Tongue” – “Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent and discerning if he holds his tongue.” Proverbs 17:28 NIV
Our children and families (all 14 of them!) were coming home to spend a few days with us this summer. I had a list of things I needed Jerry to do for me to help prepare for their arrival. As I was going through my list, he began to laugh and said it reminded him of something when he was about 6 or 7 years old. His mom had all the children around her and she was telling each one their list of chores for the day. Finally, Jerry looked at his mom and said, “Well, mom, what are YOU going to do today?” From his mother’s look and response he knew instantly he had said the wrong thing!
Soloman tells us there is “a time to be silent and a time to speak.” (Ecclesiastes 3:7) (Jerry learned early the truth of that text!) Peter, Jesus’ disciple, had a hard time learning that lesson, too. There were times when Peter said exactly the right thing and other times when he said exactly the wrong thing. When Jesus asked His disciples who they thought He was, Peter instantly replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16) But a short time later when Jesus was predicting His death to His disciples, again Peter responded, “Never, Lord! This shall never happen to you!” Jesus responded very harshly to Peter because He saw the suggestion as a temptation to abandon His divine mission.
Self-confident Peter had told Jesus he was willing to go with Him to prison and to death. (Luke 22:33) Jesus told Peter he would say three times he didn’t even know who Jesus was. And of course, what Jesus said came true. Three times, with cursing and swearing, Peter said, “I do not know Him!” (Luke 22:57) I find it interesting that right before the three denials we are told “Peter followed at a distance.” (Luke 22:54) Following Jesus “at a distance” will always end in disaster. Peter learned the hard way about saying the wrong thing. After his third denial Jesus turned and looked right at him and it broke Peter’s heart. “He went outside and wept bitterly.” (Luke 22:62)
James has some interesting things to say about our tongue. (James 3:1-12) A bit in a horse’s mouth controls a horse, and a small rudder controls a ship. The tongue is a small part of our body, but it can make great boasts. A small spark can set a forest on fire and the tongue is also a spark which can set the whole course of a person’s life on fire. Out of the same mouth come both praise and cursing! Perhaps James gives the solution to our “tongue problem” in chapter 4 where he tells us to draw near to God. (James 4:7) Only Jesus can help us control our tongue.
Sharon Oster