I have heard people testify and say, “I don’t know what the Lord saw in me that made him want to call me, to save me.” I have asked the same question myself. Maybe we ask hoping there is some quality, no matter how small, that we have overlooked; and that we do in fact hold some value within ourselves that causes God to regard us. The answer? View full article »
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The Lord had delivered him from a host of evil spirits … spirits that robbed him of a normal life; that drove him from friends and family to live among the tombs; that caused him to cut himself with stones and rip the clothes from his body; spirits that produced an uncontrollable rage neither man nor chains could contain. At the Master’s voice, he had been transformed, transported from an unimaginable living hell to place of serenity and peace at the Lord’s feet.
The decision seemed natural, no thought required, as automatic as breathing in that next breath of air. View full article »
It is amazing to see the creativity people exhibit when coming up with names by which they identify the church. Some form committees while others pray and wait for something inspirational to come to their mind. Some choose short ones while others choose lengthy ones that border on becoming full sentences. Although I say this almost humorously, I am persuaded it is a very serious matter. View full article »
“You can do as you please, yet everything matters.” — Wallace Stevens
I read the above quote in Bits & Pieces recently, and it is so true. My former pastor, Bishop Tommy Johnson, has said for years that most of us do what we really want to do. In my experience I have found it to be true. God has given each of us a free will, and to a large extent each of us exercises our free will. However, at the end of the road there is a judgment day coming, and the works we have done from our free will are going to be evaluated by the Lord, based on the commandments set forth in His word. Yes, you can do what pleases you but you will give an answer, you will be held accountable in the end. The Lord put it this way in Ecclesiastes 11:9-10, View full article »
As seen on a sign around Dyersburg. Brings to mind Philippians 3:13-14. Do you consider yourself already perfect or do you strive continuously for improvement?