“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 »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 3
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: *Think about all of the people that have encouraged, taught, corrected, and influenced you in the church. Who are your top two? *What is your all-time favorite song from church? *What was your favorite Bible study you have ever been in? *What was the best sermon that you remember from church?… Read More »
Sacrifice Remembered
Yesterday we hosted the 19th Annual Police Honor and Memorial Service luncheon attended by a large crowd of law enforcement officials from several departments and agencies (pictures below). The purpose is to honor the memory of the nine officers who have died in the line of duty in York County over the years and let… Read More »
Sore Muscles and Prayer
For the second time in a week I’m feeling soreness in muscles I don’t normally use. Yesterday was my day off and I spent most of it planting flowers with Monieca and digging holes in what we call dirt in Rock Hill to plant a few flowering shrubs. Don’t get me wrong – I like… Read More »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 2
“Edge of the Boat” Matthew 14:22-33 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid”. “Lord, if it’s you”, Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water”. “Come”, he said. Peter looks over the edge of the boat and pauses. What will he do? Did he take… Read More »
Spiritually Burned Out
I spent yesterday @ White Oak Conference Center and during lunch I met a youth pastor from a Baptist church in the Spartanburg area. He was there for a few days of personal spiritual retreat, the first time he’s ever done anything like that. Said he really needed it. He was tired physically, emotionally, and… Read More »
Peter Sermon Devotions – Week 1
Sidetracked, detoured, and distracted… We all seem to lose our way from time to time, but it should be a short trip back to what God has for you. We might stumble but are always learning and growing in our obedience. James tells us: For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 4.27.2014
We kicked off a new sermon series titled “Peter: a man who followed Jesus” and I got a nice email afterward from a woman thanking me for the message. She described how she has been walking closer to God the past several months and has changed as a result. However she also has had the… Read More »
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