The Roar Of The Lamb
This morning I will preach from Mark 11:15-19 – the portion of Scripture where Jesus cleanses the temple in Jerusalem for the second time. As Christmas time finds our calendar once again much will be said in ensuing weeks concerning the holy child given unto Mary. Few doctrines are as essential as the incarnation of…
Happy Contentment Day
I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving today. Though life can appear unfair, cruel and challenging beyond our strength, we followers of Christ have been empowered to be grateful and content in all things. The excerpt from The Valley Of Vision below focuses on our need to live with contented hearts all…
Thankful
We will winding up our vacation at the end of the day and heading home to Atlanta. god has been gracious, giving Amy enough endurance for each day and giving the kids much patience with a pace slower than normal for our getaways. We’ve been refreshed, reconnected and blessed in pure enjoyment. We wish…
Our High Expectation
Yesterday Amy & I celebrated fourteen years of marriage together with our children. What a delightful occasion as we made the day about each other. I treasure this lady of mine and could not describe my loss had I ever married another. God grows our love and she is my favorite person on the…
Most Grateful…For Him
These words below are recommended to be read slowly and thoughtfully. Continuing in our look into The Valley Of Vision prayer book, today’s entry is titled “Need Of Jesus”. The Lyles are together in the mountains but we have no less need for His presence here in our leisure than we do back home…
What We Need This Monday
We leave today for the mountains of Tennessee and are grateful for a season of rest. I mentioned yesterday that I will post this week some beautiful words from the Puritan prayer book, The Valley Of Vision. Today’s words focus on our great need for ongoing awareness that we no longer belong to ourselves, but…
Dependent Upon Him…For His Glory
My family intends to leave Monday morning for several days in the mountains together. Since our last attempted vacation in late May, when I was hobbled by gout, life has been challenging. The wreck which forever changed our lives on June 16th and the subsequent hospitalization and recovery have occupied the vast majority of our…
A Handful Of Men With An Unending Task
Six men gathered in a conference room last night to do something very important. No world affairs were discussed nor was any obvious conquest made that their human eyes could see. In all actuality, the men were rather tired from a long day of working at different places in metro-Atlanta. After some initial greeting of…
Graduate Courses For Growing Christians
Last week I pulled the trigger on a decision that I’d not even been considering for more than nine years: I’ve resumed my work on my Master of Divinity degree which I left off from when Meadow asked me to serve as their interim pastor in the Summer of 2002. Yes, at age 41 and…
Haunted Hearts
Do you implement a proactive involvement to the process of your own spiritual growth? Have you come to the place where you recognize that the condition of your life is some type of reflection of the God you love? Speaking with many people across a wide spectrum of personalities, philosophies and preferences I’m finding that…