Abandoned

"Abandoned"

"Something isn’t adding up.

This wild exchange: You offer us,

I gave my worst; You gave Your blood.

Seems hard to believe

You’re telling me You chose the cross."

Verse 2:

"I just can’t get over it.

What kind of self-control is this?

You had angels at Your fingertips,

But on the cross, You remained.

I can’t repay that kind of love."

God created us, yet we continually disobey and fall short of His expectations. Despite our perpetual failures, does that mean we should continu

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures

Spiritual Warfare Scriptures 

1. James 4:7-8 — Fight Your Battles through Humility and Purity

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands … and purify your hearts.” 

We must begin our warfare with the right heart attitude. Submitting ourselves to God means coming to Him humbly, admitting we are not capable of lasting victories without Him. In every circumstance, God resists the p

Divine Grace

Divine grace is God acting in our life to accomplish what we cannot do on our own. It informs our being and actions and makes them effective in the wisdom and power of God. Hence, grace is not opposed to effort (our actions) but to earning (our attitude).

Paul the apostle, who perhaps understood grace as none other, remarks on his own efforts for Christ: “By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them

Sunday Announcements January 7,2024

Sisterhood will meet this Saturday, January 13 at the Sagebrush Steakhouse at 1130.  

Band of Brothers will meet on Tuesday, Januaray 16th, at 6:30.

Home Groups resume February. More information to come.

Follow Jesus’ Manual

Jesus told us explicitly what to do. We have a manual, just like the car owner. He told us, as disciples, to make disciples. Not converts to Christianity, nor to some particular “faith and practice.” He did not tell us to arrange for people to “get in” or “make the cut” after they die, nor to eliminate the various brutal forms of injustice, nor to produce and maintain “successful” churches. These are all good things, and he had something to say about all of them. They will

Sunday Announcements December 24,2023

Merry Christmas!!!

New Years Eve, Sunday, December 31 at 7 pm come join us for the movie "Journey to Bethlehem."

Looking forward to a new series - beginning January 7, 2024 --                                       Get Back in Rank - Spiritual Formation.

Christmas Party 12/3/2023

Last Sunday we had such a great time at our Christmas party, this year we did some new things and it was a lot of fun!We had some crazy songs we sung, really good food, and overall it was such a great time! Really hate it for those of you who missed out on all that, definitely our best Christmas party yet!

We hope to see you next year!

Sunday Announcements December 3, 2023

Welcome our new Associate Pastor Robert (Cutty) Peacock and his wife Linda to our SBX family.

Today Pastor Dennis Evans' message - "Joy to the World"

Advent Week 1  HOPE

"The Prophet's Candle" symbolizes hope, specifically, the israelites' hope that the promised Messiah would come.  They had been waiting for the Messiah for centuries, wondering what he would look like and what he would do when he arrived.  When Jesus was born, that hope was finally fulfilled - "A prophet like

Sunday Announcements November 26, 2023

Today Pastor Dennis Evans - "Help for the Season" part 2

Tuesday 7 pm Ladies Bible Study "Discovering Christ in the Story of Esther" Leader:  Elizabeth Winfree

Next Sunday, December 3, We welcome our new Associate Pastor - Robert (Cutty) Peacock and his wife Linda to the SBX family.

Sunday, December 3, SBX Community Church Christmas Party 5:30 pm

Tuesday, December 5, Band of Brothers 6:30 pm Come join us men.  Leader:  Danny Overcash.

Saturday, December 9 at 10 am Sisterhood Ch

First And Only

How easy is it for us to start kinda losing our way? How easy is it for us to slowly begin sliding away from God? How easy is it for us to lose our zeal? How easy is it for us to get into this idea that "It's just another Sunday," or to see the Bible as "Just another book?"

We subconsciously can begin to stray from God, we need to draw near to God intentionally on a daily basis in prayer, reading, writing, songs, we need to have our one and only focus be him. (James 4:8–10)

Christian Apologetics

The Christian attitude in apologetic work consists in three things. The first is to have confidence in God and his truth. We’re not nervous, and God’s not nervous either. You can ask him any question. The only thing that’s required with God is that we be honest. You can’t fool him anyway. I’ve heard people say that you should never ask God for the same thing twice, because that proves that you didn’t believe in him the first time—as if he didn’t know until you asked him th

Love

The crucifixion and resurrection is the central belief that we share as Christians, which overall, it's absurd! It's rational, but absurd!

We as people are absurd, and we've had an absurd problem. Rebellion against our own creator, rebellion against others. So we need an absurd solution.

And the feeling of love is pretty absurd I would say. 

Love makes you do crazy things for no logical reason. Just because you feel a certain way about someone or something. 

I cannot explain t

Sunday Announcements N0vember 19 2023

Sunday, Pastor Dennis Evans "Help for the Season"

OCC Collection Sunday! Please consider following the boxes over to Glad Tidings to help with unloading.

Thank you, Worship Circle, for the special worship blessing this morning.

Tuesday 6:30 PM Band of Brothers Men's Fellowship - Danny Overcash (leader)

Baptism Sunday, November 26  Are you ready to make your public confession of faith?  Sign up, email or call the office 252.222.0777

South Banks Community Church Christmas Party

RATTLE!

This past month we have spent learning a new song, titled "RATTLE!" Written and performed by Elevation Worship. RATTLE! is written out of Ezekiel 37, the Valley Of Dry Bones.  |   Ezekiel 37:4-7   |  Ezekiel 37:11-14

Ezekiel 37 is a great example of how God brings dead places, dead things back to life. And he will not leave nor forsake his people, (Deuteronomy 31:6)

It's always great to remember that we are not forsaken, rather Jesus was forsaken for us. He took on all of ou

Shoebox Packing Completed! - 2023

We have finished up our shoebox packing!! Praise the Lord for his blessings.

After service on November 19th, help us load up the shoeboxes into our trucks to send off, eventually ending up in the hands of a child somewhere in need!

So many to thank so I’ll make this short but truly heartfelt. To my full time OCC Shoebox elf Sherri Humphrey and her so, so accommodating husband Bill, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Could not do this without you. To all of the packers, f