1 Timothy 3:15, “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” While growing up in North East Georgia, my mama and daddy always stressed the importance of telling […]
Psalm 19:14, “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” The tongue of man is very small in comparison to our legs and arms. According to study, the average tongue only weighs 60-70 grams, or 2.1-2.45 oz. Yet this small […]
Luke 12:50, “But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!” In Matthew chapter 3 we read about the time the Lord made the journey from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist. The journey took the Lord about 3 days as it […]
Colossians 3:12-13, “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” When growing up in Georgia, my precious mama always […]
Jeremiah 29:11, “ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” During the days of Jeremiah, the prophet of God, the children of Israel came to a very low place in their experience. They had sinned against the Lord […]
Philippians 2:12, “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” In Acts chapter 16 the Apostle Paul, along with his companion for the journey, Silas, came to Macedonia. It was there that the […]
2 Samuel 6:7-9, “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. And David was afraid […]
Ephesians 1:18, “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,…” One evening this week, after a long day with the family, I laid down and went to sleep without taking off my […]
Matthew 25:3-4, “They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” In just a few short weeks we are scheduled to gather together for our Annual Meeting and Communion at Union Grove. It’s been one full year since the Church […]
Acts 26:32, “Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.” Last week was a time when our nation remembered and celebrated Independence. I woke up on Thursday morning to watch the news and learned of some arrests that were made by law enforcement […]