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… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”  ~ Joshua 24:15              Every day we are faced with choices to make. Some of us like making decisions and some of us run from making decisions in our lives. We are faced with choices in how we are going to spend our time, money, educational goals, etc. that one day will make up the sum of our life. One day all of us will look back…

2 Co 5:6–9 6 So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.[1] The great confidence we can have in and through…

6/2/22 The sadness of the Uvalde event last week prevails into this week regarding the catastrophic display of evil when innocent lives were lost to a senseless act. Many, particularly the politicians who seem to be in the hot seat of responsibility and decision-making, are scrambling to fix a problem that has been a long time coming in our culture. We can’t fix it overnight because the issues leading up to these events weren’t created overnight. Many want to point…

5/25/22 The events this week regarding the tragedy of the school shooting in Uvalde is beyond words. Hearts are broken. Dreams destroyed. We are all at a loss and mourn with the community. So what do we say or how do we respond to events such as these regarding violence and evil of any kind in our world? Sometimes we must recognize our words are not enough and only our presence can speak for us. Too many times I’ve heard…

We live in a time of the outlandish. It seems society has turned into a total shock factor for the sake of grabbing attention. Manners and morals have been left and lost in Antique stores of the long distant past while emotional reactiveness from the White House to the doghouse wreaks havoc on the tempest of our day. The Andy Griffith days of TV with a purpose and principle, or moral to the story, have turned into drama shows we…

5/2/22 This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. A time to celebrate the beautiful ladies that brought us into the world. Sadly, for many it is not a time of celebration but of heartache either because one’s mother is no longer with them, or the memories of childhood were not that great regarding their mother. So, Mother’s Day, like Father’s Day, can be a holiday of mixed feelings. If you did not by chance grow up with a healthy mother then…

Psalms 56:3-4 But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? Is it hard for you to trust? Trust can be very difficult for any of us especially if someone has abused our trust. Trust can be something that takes a while to build back up if someone has hurt us before.…

Do you ever think you get in the way of God’s work? Well, whether we think it or not, the answer is yes for all of us at times. We all get in the way of God and what His purposes are for our lives and the work He is doing around us. Sunday, April 10th, is what is known as Palm Sunday. It is when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey at the beginning of Passover week, and…

Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT) Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,[a] baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The Church, according to the Scripture, is a family of…

James 4:14 NLT How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow?Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.  Have you ever heard someone say, “Man, that hit me like a ton of bricks!”? The death of a loved one, someone prominent in the community, a public figure, etc. can hit us just in the same way. Death is the final absolute of this life that each of us must face. Death…