Our four year old grandson, Liam, recently lost the privilege of playing with his toys. He chose to disobey his parents and it’s now costing him. They had purchased a birthday gift for one of Liam’s friends from school and put it up high out of his reach for safe keeping. They also told Liam… Read More »
Summer of Sharing 2014: Leaving for SummerSalt
24 of our First Baptist Church youth have left for their week at SummerSalt (along with 5 leaders). They are traveling down I-77 to White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro, SC. Please pray for them to have a great week at camp, for all of them to stay safe, and for God to do a… Read More »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 6
Read Genesis 12:7 and Hebrews 11:8 When God called Abraham to leave his country, his people and his father’s house behind, he was 75 years old. He was a man who had a wife, possessions, a trade. He had created a life for himself. Certainly, Abraham had a daily routine and a way of life… Read More »
Summer of Sharing 2014: Summer of Sharing Introduction
Prayer Walking White Oak
I spent a couple of hours praying with a group of Pastors and others after lunch today at White Oak Conference Center, located between Rock Hill and Columbia. Let me explain why? This summer about 3,000 teenagers from churches across SC will spend a week at White Oak for SummerSalt. About 30 of those will… Read More »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 5
The following is a great devotional by Ray Stedman I ran across I think really hits at the heart of the sermon from this past Sunday. The Test of Faith Read the Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-13 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure,… Read More »
Prayers, Tears, and Encountering God
While expressing gratitude to God for His blessings honors the Lord, it also encourages our heart. During last night’s PRAYER GATHERING people wrote some of their blessings on sticky notes and stuck them on a “Wall of Praise” (photograph below). Some of the blessings listed were “children who are saved, safe travels for family, my… Read More »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 4
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) THIS IS NECESSARY FOR AT LEAST THREE REASONS: 1. Hearts are extremely Valuable. We don’t guard worthless things. I put my garbage out at the end of our driveway on Wednesday nights. On Thursday morning it is picked up… Read More »
Salvation Army Says “Thank You”
Our First Baptist Family of Faith received an award yesterday from the Salvation Army (photograph below) for having more volunteers ring the bell more hours during their annual kettle drive this past Christmas season than any other organization. They told us FBC members did as much as all other groups in our community combined. Way… Read More »
Molasses, Baked Beans, and Fun
I have a few quarts of molasses in the pantry that my mom gets me each year from a cousin back home in the mountains who has an annual stir-off. They’re so good! I used some of that molasses today to sweeten the baked beans I’m making for tomorrow’s picnic at church. I’m convinced molasses… Read More »
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