Families Under Construction

For the past few months several families have met together on Wednesday nights to work on their homes.  Quite honestly being part of this class is one of my favorite things to do.  It is intensive amounts of information. Like drinking from a fire hydrant.  Time spent with other people interested in making a difference in the [...]

A Confident Prayer

One thing that we know about prayer is that when we pray according to God’s will, we will receive that petition. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, [...]

Praise, Prayer & Fasting

“Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting” (Matthew 17:21). Wow! I can remember one of the first times that this verse hit me – prayer and fasting? You can define fasting as doing without food for a designated time for spiritual purposes. The intent of this post is to get you [...]

My Jesus Fair

I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am with the introduction of My Jesus Fair to our congregation this past Sunday.  Our quartet did a great job introducing the song and the congregational singing on the final stanza was tremendous!  I mean, we could have kept going and sung the whole song over [...]

A Pure Heart is a Praising Heart

Do you ever feel like your “praiser” is broken? When Pastor challenged us to have a praise emphasis week did you find yourself terribly deficient in this area of your walk with God?  Did you find that your mind more often ran to the earthly difficulties than the heavenly delights you were experiencing?  Did you find [...]

Saved to Pray

Sometimes it’s easy to wonder whether prayer really makes a difference. Have you thought about the fact that prayer was one of the primary purposes for which you were saved? Think about it. Romans 8:29 says, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.” That [...]

Dependent Doing

Many times in churches like ours, there are two types of people: the pray-ers and the do-ers. Whenever there is a need, the pray-ers get on their knees and entreat the Lord to intervene on their behalf. The do-ers sweat and toil to make something happen. The problem is that we’re often either/or instead of [...]

Great Missions Preaching

I am including a link here to some preaching about missions definitely worth your listening time.  Missions Mandate is a missions emphasis/endeavor out of Inter-City Baptist Church in Allen Park, Michigan.  The conference attendees are mostly single young adults and the main theme is missions.  As you peruse the MP3′s you will notice some general sessions as well [...]

The Kauffmans In Peru

I am very excited when folks at our church venture out to be used of God in a mission setting.  Right now Jack and Ann Kauffman are in Peru for ten days teaching block classes at The Baptist Seminary of Peru. The Seminary reaches out to local pastors and their wives who come 2-3 times [...]

WORTHLESS WORK, POINTLESS PARENTING – Article 1

Our work crew swelled with pride as our gaze panned across the hot dusty construction yard.  Our brows were coated with a coagulation of sweat and concrete dust giving us a kind of plastered countenance; the obvious evidence of our determined labors.  Standing high in several rows were the many pallets of concrete block that we [...]