Inside
The Pastor’s Pen P. 1
You Reap What You Sow P. 2
A Tribute to Fathers, P. 3
God's Masterpiece
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians P. 4
Pastor Rev. Daniel Watkins
Associate Pastors Rev. Ricky Douglas Rev. Michael Johnson
Ministers Rev. Eric Brown
Rev. Edward Buck Rev. Jack Gordon Rev. Willie Jacobs Rev. Michael Marshall Rev. Bernard Moore
Evangelists Evang. Ashanti Barnes Evang. Dianne Harris Evang. Pam Seaton
Deacon Board Kelvin Banks, Chair Bernard Douglas, Vice Chair Roger Jacobs, Vice Chair
Harry Smith, Sr., Vice Chair
Mother Board Gloria Daugherty, Chair Earnestine Williams, Vice
Chair
Church Coordinator Tresa Woods
Clerical Ministry Rosalind Walls, Chair Tameka L. Johnson, Vice
Chair
Finance Debbra Smith – Captain
Shannon Waddell – Captain
Newsletter Editors Tameka L. Johnson Lisa Gordon
Bible Class Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Sunday School Sundays @ 8:30 AM
Worship Service Sundays @ 10:00 AM
Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church 925 West Pearl Street Jackson, MS 39203 www.zion-travelers.org
Volume
VI JUNE 2017
Dear Travelers,
All praise, honor, and glory are given unto our God. We thank Him for our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. We are excited about the guidance of the Counselor–our Holy Spirit.
I want to pause here to say THANK YOU for being there for the Watkins-Moore family. Your
prayers and support allowed us to handle my mother’s transition as a spiritual one. I shall never
forget the love and concern given to us in our time of need. I pray that God blesses each and
every one of you!
Let’s review where we have been:
Jan – Joshua – “Get Your House in Order”
Feb – John – “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”
Mar – Acts – “Who Will Be a Witness”
Apr – Romans – “Growth is Necessary”
May – I Corinthians – “Let There Be No Divisions among You”
June – “We Harvest What We Plant”
The book of Galatians presents us with some very important issues. Take note:
1. People who think they are superior tend to put processes on people whom they feel are
inferior.
2. People who put forward these processes are in groups.
3. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, what you sow you will also reap.
4. Take the opportunity to do good to everyone, especially the saint of God.
5. Internalize 5:24-26.
The word of God will increase our faith and strengthen us in
every way. The word of God allows us to be on defense and
to go on offense. Ephesians 6:17b, take the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God. Allow Galatians to
strengthen you!
Daniel Watkins, Ph.D.
Pastor
@ ztmbchurch @ZionTravelersMS @ziontravelers
The idiom you reap what you sow is
mostly likely directly referencing one of two
verses in the New Testament. One is 2
Corinthians 9:6, “Whoever sows sparingly will
also reap sparingly, and whoever sows
generously will also reap generously.” The other
is Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived: God
cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
As a general principle, it is definitely true that
sowing leads to reaping. It’s true in agriculture,
it’s true in charitable giving, and it’s true in life
choices. So, “you reap what you sow” is
biblical.
There are
Old Testament
verses that also
refer to the
principle that
we reap what
we sow.
“Those who
plant injustice will harvest disaster,” says King
Solomon (Proverbs 22:8). “You have planted
wickedness, you have reaped evil,” says the
prophet (Hosea 10:13). “They will eat the fruit
of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their
schemes,” says Wisdom in Proverbs 1:31. In
each case, the law of sowing and reaping goes
back to God’s justice.
On the one hand, there is the real spiritual
principle at work that, if we sow bad things, we
will reap bad things. On the other, there is
mercy. God reserves the right to show mercy on
whomever He will, as He said to Moses, “I will
have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will
have compassion on whom I have compassion”
(Romans 9:15). It is because of the mercy and
compassion of God that we can have a home in
heaven, despite our sin. We sowed iniquity and
corruption, and Jesus reaped our punishment on
the cross. May He be praised forever.
Sometimes, what looks like a harvest is not
one. When Job was suffering, his friends
considered the trouble as a just punishment from
God for some secret sin. Job’s friend Eliphaz
throws this in his face: “As I have observed,
those who plow evil and those who sow trouble
reap it” (Job 4:8). But Eliphaz was wrong. Job
was not reaping what he had sowed. The harvest
had not come yet—and it would not come until
the end of the book (Job 42:10–10).
“You reap what you sow” holds true both
positively and negatively. “Whoever sows to
please their flesh, from the flesh will reap
destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit,
from the Spirit will reap eternal life” (Galatians
6:8). This verse summarizes the principle
beautifully. When we are selfish, proud, unjust,
sinful, and trusting in our own ability or worth
to save us, we are “sowing to the flesh,” and
destruction awaits. But when we are selfless,
generous, kind, and depending on God’s
provision and salvation, we are “sowing to the
Spirit” and will reap eternal life.
Faith in Jesus and the pursuit of godliness
is “sowing to the Spirit.” Sowing to the flesh,
depending on ourselves and our ability to find
our own way without God’s help, will reap
nothing but a dead end. But when we place our
trust in Christ, we reap eternal life. His love is
fertile ground.
— From “Is ‘you reap what you sow’ biblical?”,
www.GotQuestions.org .
@ ztmbchurch @ZionTravelersMS @ziontravelers
JUNE Church Picnic @ Grove Park Community Center June 17
TH 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Prayer Meeting 2
ND & 4
TH Tuesday @ 6:30 PM
JULY Vacation Bible School July 12
TH – 14
TH @ 6:30 PM
Church Trip July 26
TH – 29
TH
Prayer Meeting 2
ND & 4
TH Tuesday @ 6:30 PM
AUGUST Back to School Celebration August 4
TH - 5
TH
Prayer Meeting 2
ND & 4
TH Tuesday @ 6:30 PM
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Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...
And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...
And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,
But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...
But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...
But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,
For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...
And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side. –From “Fathers Are Wonderful” by Helen Steiner Rice.
Bible Class Topic for June
Galatians – We Harvest What
We Plant
Verses of the Month
“Don’t be misled—you cannot
mock the justice of God. You
will always harvest what you
plant. Those who live only to
satisfy their own sinful nature
will harvest decay and death
from that sinful nature. But
those who live to please the
Spirit will harvest everlasting
life from the Spirit. So let’s not
get tired of doing what is good.
At just the right time we will
reap a harvest of blessing if we
don’t give up. Therefore,
whenever we have the
opportunity, we should do good
to everyone—especially to those
in the family of faith.”
– Galatians 6:7-10 (NLT)
STRENGTH DEPTH
MAJESTY WARMTH
CALM GENEROUS
COMFORTING WISE
POWERFUL JOY
FAITH PATIENCE
MASTERPIECE DAD
FATHER
The churches in Galatia were comprised of both Jewish and Gentile converts. Paul’s purpose in writing to these churches was to confirm them in the faith, especially concerning justification by faith alone, apart from the works of the Law of Moses. Galatians
was written because the churches of that region were facing a theological crisis. The essential truth of justification by faith rather than by human works was being denied by the Judaizers—legalistic Jews who insisted that Christians must keep the Mosaic
Law. In particular, the Judaizers insisted on circumcision as a requirement for Gentiles who wished to be saved. In other words, convert to Judaism first, and then you are eligible to become a Christian. When Paul learned that this heresy was being taught to
the Galatian churches, he composed an epistle to emphasize our liberty in Christ and to counter the perversion of the gospel that the Judaizers promoted. – Adapted from “Book of Galatians”, www.GotQuestions.org
Sis. Helen Aldridge
Bro. Brishard Aldridge
Bro. A.J. Alexander
Bro. Dominic Banks
Bro. Franco Beacham
Sis. Lucy Clark
Bro. Reven Clark
Bro. AJ Clifton
Deacon James Cook
Deacon Curtis Cotton
Mother Annie Dory
Bro. Anthony Dory
Bro. Josh Dotson
Mother Mattie Douglas
Bro. Damarious Gardner
Bro. Jared Goodman
Sis. Lisa Gordon & Family
Sis. Janie Griffin
Bro. Robert Griffin
Bro. Carl & Sis. Shelia Griffith
Sis. Tunyah Harris
Bro. Brandon Henderson
Sis. Shonda Henderson
Mother Rose Jones
Sis. Gwen Jones
Mother Betty Jacobs
Rev. Willie Jacobs
Sis. Elois Jacobs
Bro. Keshone McAllister
Sis. Vanessa McGraw
Bro. Erron Monroe
Sis. Racine Moore
Sis. Krystal Nichols
Sis. Christine Norwood &
Family
Sis. Genettie Norwood
Sis. Katherine Owens
Bro. Avis Ragsdale
Sis. Maggie Reynolds
Sis. Vinnie Mae Robinson
Sis. Jayda Ross
Sis. Laura Saddler
Sis. Shirley Smith
Mother Thomasine Smith
Sis. Monica Stevenson & Family
Mother Clyde Thompson
Mother Bessie Townsend
Rev Daniel Watkins & Family
Bro. Daniel Watkins II
Bro. Jarvis Watkins
Sis. Ida Watts
Sis. Blanchie Williams & Family
Bro. Marcus Woodard
Sis. Gracie Wilson
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please contact Sis. Tresa Woods at (601) 573-3697.
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– H. Chisolm
Date Sermon Topics Scriptures
05/07/2017 Say Yes to God II Corinthians 1:3-7; 20
05/14/2017 A Special Kind of Mother Luke 1:38
05/21/2017 The Greatest Help I Know I Corinthians 6:19, 14:26
05/28/2017/ God Is Already There Jeremiah 29:11 See Finance for your DVD copies.
Thank you for your generous spirit and continuous support of Stewpot Community Services. With your faithful support, we are able to bless some 750 individuals and those that are homeless in the Metro Jackson area with basic human needs. May you be blessed this year as you have been a blessing.
— Stewpot Community Services