Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, LCC, Sunday Rewind, tagged , christianity, God, influence, Jesus, life, life change, love, party, post-modernism, pure, RELIGION on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Sunday was an awesome day at LCC. We had a great morning gathering and worship time, and in the evening we had our fall community block party.
We had a great group of volunteers at the party serving our community food and fun. It was really a fun evening for the whole family. We had a [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Evangelism, Faith, tagged , Christ, devotional, God, justification, RELIGION, repentance, romans 5, saved, sin on October 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Devotional “My Utmost for His Highest”
If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life —Romans 5:10
I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves [...]
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Here is a post from Scott McKnight’s blog “Jesus Creed”.
I was a Catholic in a private elementary school and we prayed the rosary. I especially remember using it for penance. (After going to confession).
I confess I have never prayed with beads, either the Orthodox kind or the Catholic kind. I confess, though, that I do have [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Faith, Stress, tagged devil, evil, forgiven, fulfilled, God, Jesus, life, RELIGION, satan, spirituality, temptation on October 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Just because you are in denial of something does not mean its not real. The Devil is real. With all the evil and immorality in the world so visible in today’s media, you would think people would be praying or thinking about where the evil and immorality comes from.
According to www.barna.org research:
Six out of ten Americans (59%) [...]
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“Cease striving and know that I am God.” NAS Ps 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God!” NLT
Stress, the number one killer. Stress knocks down our immune system and damages our hearts and other major organs. God says, “Cut it out!”. If we live long enough, people tend to adjust and chill. Are they just [...]
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Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, LCC, Leadership, Uncategorized, tagged boomers, braums, culture, God, Jesus, maturity, multi-generational, post-modern, RELIGION, titus, wisdom on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I got up this morning and I was out of coffee. I had enough for a cup or two, but I knew it was not going to stretch to a pot. So I put on my slippers, a light jacket and headed around the corner to Braums.
I was surprised at how many cars were in [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, LCC, Sunday Rewind, tagged Bible, christianity, contentment, future, God, happiness, holy, Jesus, joy, life plan, love, peace, purpose, RELIGION, the view, worldview on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Last week, Oct. 18, I did part one of this post. I taught on this a couple of Sundays ago and my two posts on this subject have received more hits than any other posts I have done. Most people believe in God, but most are not really sure how God feels about us. It is important [...]
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He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
JOHN 1:41
“People become known for many things. Noah is known as a righteous man in an evil age. David is known as the man after God’s own heart. Peter is known as the outspoken disciple. [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Faith, tagged attitude, blackaby, devotional, God, heart, Jesus, malachi, sunday, worship on October 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Getting ready for Sunday? Check out this devotional by Blackaby on worship.
“He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.”
MALACHI 3:3
“The quality of our worship is not based on our [...]
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Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, History, LCC, Leadership, e-note, tagged baby boomers, gray wave, retirement, seasoned, seniors, social security, veteran on October 19, 2007 | No Comments »
weekly e-note
Dear Friends,
When I first started in church ministry, besides being a counselor, I was the part-time minister to senior adults at FBC Colleyville. As I do when I do anything, I jumped right in and studied everything I could find about seniors. Everything I read back then, around 1995, was about the coming “gray [...]
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