It is good to be back with you this morning. I was away last week with my family and “thought” I had sent this missive to Starla (Office Manager) to forward to you last Monday…but I neglected, evidently, to press send. My apologies. I guess the Lord knew that you needed a break from my […]
Last week we began considering some of the teaching from our All Church Family Camp on the wisdom of being “Duct-Taped” to 3 very specific Spiritual Growth Essentials. We looked at 2 Chronicles 16:9 which says, “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” This […]
We had a wonderful time at Family Camp this last weekend. At our Sunday morning service I shared from 2 Chronicles 16:9. “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” The topic of our conversation revolved around what Andy Stanley wrote about in […]
In Jeremiah 2:13 we read, “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns, broken cisterns, that hold no water.” This profound verse speaks directly to this issue of contentment we were discussing last week. For us as believers, contentment should be governed by […]
I just returned from an annual trip to the Black Rock Desert in Northwest Nevada. My son and I have have made this trip the last five years with a number of other teens and fathers. This is a desolate area, typically hot, dry and windy. We go out to this specific location because it […]
We just began a study on Tuesday mornings on the book of 1 John. John explores the topic of Love 35 times in this short letter. The essence of the character of God is love and through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit other New Testament writers explore this aspect of His character. In Galatians […]
I found myself complaining about something inane yesterday. Unfortunately this sin rears its ugly head all too often in my life. I was reminded by the Holy Spirit of this passage from 1 Thessalonians 5:16 – 19 which admonishes me to “rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; …. ” Prayer is the […]
Over the last four weeks I have been reviewing the teaching from our April Men’s Retreat at Woodleaf Conference Center. Our speaker for the weekend was retired Naval Captain Tom Joyce, Top Gun Fighter Pilot. He ended his time with us discussing the idea of “Training to Finish Well”. He laid out for us this […]
As we continue this week with our synopsis of the exceptional teaching from our Men’s Retreat I am reminded of the Apostle Paul’s commitment to be a “Sweet Smelling Aroma to his God.” This was to be his leadership legacy. We ended our discussion last week with this challenge, “what is your aroma?” As Paul […]
Continuing on with a recap of our annual Men’s Retreat and the teaching from Captain Tom Joyce: As the Apostle Paul sits on Death Row he furiously writes to his young ministry partner Timothy. He describes the essence of true discipleship as INTENTIONALLY living a life that demonstrates our love for God (2 Timothy 4:6 […]
