While life is filled with hurts and tragedies, it is also filled with joys and happiness. God has given us wonderful blessings which are filled with joy. Years ago Martha and I sat down with a yellow legal pad and began to write everything for which we were thankful. The list became too long to […]
Monthly Archive
for: ‘November, 2019’
A Different Kind of Checklist
Yesterday, I preached from Ephesians 1:3-4 about a “Checklist for Getting Close to God.” This passage is a great checklist for living close. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Just as He chose us in Him […]
Things for Which We Can Be Thankful
Psalm 103 is and has been one of my favorite passages of Scripture. It gives matchless praise to God for all He has done and for his wonderful blessings. I particularly love Psalm 103 because it reminds us of the many things of which we should be grateful. These verses were my prayer time yesterday […]
Leading Good Meetings
I live in the world of boring meetings. Well, not really but we all know how easy it is to have long, insignificant, and ineffective meetings. What can we do to lead effective meetings? What can we do to get our group to work together and to lead effectively? First, set an agenda and stick […]
Four Special Blessings for the Church
Luke wrote two volumes about Jesus and the work of the church. His second volume known as “The Acts of the Apostles” chronicles the work of the Holy Spirit in the church. Luke’s special contribution is a series of summaries which show the blessings for the church and its growth all over the world. “So […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.