Last Sunday at Springs of Grace we prayed for the families of victims from the shooting in Charleston. As part of our prayer time, we sang an old Black Spiritual, modernized by Fernando Ortego, called “Give Me Jesus”. This song has incredible meaning for me now. Our church was first introduced to this song six…
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
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I want to take some time over the next few weeks to write some summary thoughts on our study through the Gospel of Mark. This Sunday, Lord willing, I will finish up our study (about 15 months and 55 messages). The Lord has been gracious to meet with us through this firsthand account of the…
I am so thankful for the “foolishness” of so many singles at Springs of Grace expressed below. This is really the gospel lived out no matter what stage or position of life God has us in. Nothing sounds as foolish to the world as a person who would pursue purity, not out of some sense…
Earlier this month we celebrated the 8th anniversary of our rehabilitation center! Some of our current and former patients gathered with their families and our staff for an afternoon of celebration in the park. God gave us a beautiful day to spend together in His creation. We enjoyed shish kabobs, played volleyball, and fellowshipped together. Patients shared about when and…
I am on top of Lookout Mountain, Georgia at Covenant College. I’m here hoping to find some interns that God would call to join us for the summer AND checking out the college for my daughter who is interested in possibly coming here. We are engulfed by the clouds this morning and it has me…
I was thinking and praying this morning’s message for us and thought about this great article by A. W. Tozer. I hope it will be a blessing to you. The current effort of so many religious leaders to harmonize Christianity with science, philosophy and every natural and reasonable thing is, I believe, the result…
Daily life brings trials and challenges and sometimes death. Wednesday that came in the form of weather to the Tulsa area. The families of our church, from all I’ve been able to learn, made it through yesterday’s storms without any bodily damage. Some had some property damage but it doesn’t seem like for any of…
I am certainly not done raising my children – we are blessed to still have five daughters at home and a son and daughter in college – and while I guess my four oldest are raised and two are raising my grandchildren, I still enjoy getting to be their Dad. With that caveat, I…
I love these thoughts from Charles Spurgeon on Lamentations 3:22-23 and 2 Corinthians 12:9. Spurgeon said he was riding home one evening after a heavy-day’s work and feeling very depressed. He thought of this verse. “My grace is sufficient for you.” And then he said he immediately compared himself to a little fish in the…
I thought this blog post by Thabiti was important enough for all our church family to read. I hope you will. He gives us some important insights. How Deep the Root of Racism? Mar 10, 2015 | Thabiti Anyabwile When my wife and I purchased our first home, I determined our lawn would be at…