ANNOUNCEMENTS

Door: R.J. Pitcock
Announcements: Mike Edwards
Table: David Groce
Servers: Ethon Harper, Joe Warren, Chris Warren

• Today is Friends & Family Day. We will have a potluck meal after morning service followed by singing. Evening service will be dismissed.
• The Clementsville church of Christ is having a Gospel Meeting beginning today through Wednesday, June 5th with speaker Jack Honeycutt. Service tonight begins at 5:00 and Monday-Wednesday singing starts at 6:30 and service starts at 7:00
• The next Ladies Devotional is this Wednesday, June 5th at 10.

 • Remember Wednesday night service. It is at 7:00 during the summer months.

 PRAYER LIST Becky Boston, Paula Button, Shelia Comer, Joan Davis, Copeland Denton, Eric England, James England, Vivian Fisher, Shirley Gauthier, Jeff Gillentine, Barbra Hood, Becky Hatcher, Barbara Birge Hendricks, Caden Hodges, Freddie Hunt, Diana Jewell, Sherilena Johnson, Dennis Key, Michelle Kingrey, Linda Long, William McClanahan, Daryl Murphy, Harold Page, Pete Parker, Vickie Pennycuff, Gracie Pitcock, Judie Pitcock, Jaden Powell, Eddie Ramsey, Freddie Rone, David Sneed, Debbie Sexton, Montina Sharp, Toni Wyatt, Soldiers in the 623rd

BIRTHDAYS Jenny Dyer (3rd) Kaylee Johnson (3rd) Norma Kingery (6th) Emma Copas (6th) James England (8th)

ANNIVERSARIES R.J. & Deborah Pitcock (4th) Robert & Jennifer Conner (5th)

ATTENDANCE Sunday Morning: 82 Wednesday Night: 36

The Right Words at the Right Time

Benjamin Franklin is attributed to having said the following: “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” Who among us has not wrestled with the proper use of the tongue? Though one of life’s great challenges, we must strive to use the gift of speech in a way that glorifies God. Solomon poetically describes the beauty of right speech in these familiar words: “Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances” (Prov. 25:11). But there is also the potential for tremendous harm. Speech can be a two-edged sword. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21). Saying the right thing in the right situation is a skill acquired with determined effort. Paul says, “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person” (Col. 4:6). A similar admonition is found in Ephesians 4:29 where he writes, “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Appropriate use of speech is not the impossible dream. Jesus provides the key, saying that “the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man out of his good treasure brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth what is evil” (Matt. 12:34-35). Concentrate on what you allow into your heart and you will better control what comes out of your mouth.