11 September 2012 Dear Heavenly Father; Your Son said; “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14 ESV) But how do we let them come to you…if there is no one to take them? I thank you for…
Sermons
Seeing All That The Lord Has Done
In my Sunday School Class, at Shandon Baptist Church, my teacher’s main text was from Joshua 23:3. And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you. (Joshua 23:3 ESV) He wanted us…
Looking in the Mirror
During my early morning journaling—the guide that I am using asked me to allow someone who knows me to act like a mirror and tell me how I use my strengths during my daily life. Now, I don’t want to focus on the strengths—that is for another post all together. But I was amazed that…
You Must Be Born Again
Next week, my family and I are PCSing to Fort Jackson. In this process, as most of you have experienced—there is a moment of purging some of the materials that you have collected over the time. The other morning, I was looking at our house and thinking about how it is going to be with…
Mary at Sunrise
This morning’s passage is from John 20:1-18. Verse 1 says: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. (John 20:1 ESV) As we open this passage we see that Mary Magdalene…
A Woman of Faith
This morning, we open our Bibles to Matthew 15:21-28. This is the story of the Canaanite Woman of Faith. She approached Jesus to heal her daughter from oppression by a demon. She pleads with Jesus to heal her daughter, but Jesus ignores her, while she demonstrates to the disciples, and to us, what true faith…