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Happy New Year!! We are now in a new year and new decade with new opportunities. This morning I ask myself, as well as you the reader, what is your focus for this new year and new decade? This time of year people are making new year resolutions, and sadly, many of those are thrown in the trash within the month. We can all take a personal inventory of our lives and see changes that we need to make. And…

This week let us read Scripture of the prediction and the promise fulfilled that a Savior was born. Isaiah 9:6-7 HCSB For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom,…

Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. In a world and society that seems so misguided and confused, this verse has a lot to say. Who would have ever thought that we would see a time when so much confusion ruled the day such as gender identity, to the debate about when life begins, to the question of marriage, etc.? I know these are hotly contested subjects, but they don’t…

This past weekend I addressed the letter to the Laodicean church from the book of Revelation in which Jesus confronts their apathy and being lukewarm. The text says:  “14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. 15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor…

These past couple of weeks it has been pretty to see the leaves change. To see the leaves change colors and later fall from the tree is a sign of change. Change to colder weather and that Mr. Winter is on the way. Everything has its time and place, but not forever because everything changes. The only thing that doesn’t change is everything changes. With this in mind we are the same way in our lives. We have a time…

I want to begin with one of my favorite passages of Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7 Holman Rejoice! Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. This verse to me summarizes the Thanksgiving spirit, and even mentions the attitude of…

Sometimes it is hard to find ourselves in such a busy schedule. Busy in part because we often neglect what we should hold as priority which is our fault, and partly because that is the world we live within today. Busy! Busy! Busy! Go! Go! Go! It is hard to come up for air and set boundaries that are necessary for sanity because we are trying so hard to keep up with the pace of life. Especially with the holidays…

This past Sunday at church we began discussing putting on the Armor of God. Nobody in their right mind would say it is very smart to go into battle unprepared or without essentials needed to go to war. Yet, everyday Christians are going into the battlefield (school, work, home, and church, yes, even church!) unprepared and without putting on their armor. The first piece of armor the Apostle Paul tells us to put on is the Belt of Truth. The…

In light of the events over this past weekend at the Party Venue outside of Greenville where a senseless act of violence took place, a mass shooting, we ask ourselves ‘What is wrong with this world?’ Truthfully the world often acts the way the world would be expected to act without Christ as the center point of life. The more we move into a post-Christian society in America the more we see Christian values, whether we are Christian or not,…

C. S Lewis once said, “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of a wind by…