Who is the center of your life?

I am sitting at my desk at church with my mind FULL of thoughts and questions about life. I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time pondering and trying to figure out the meaning of life. Believe me when I say I have spent hours thinking about Afghanistan, Haiti, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, Heatwaves, droughts, tropical storms, COVID, CRT, death, pain, suffering, the Church…


A New Year… A New Commitment to God’s Word 

Psalm 1:1–3  

Blessed is the man 

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, 

nor stands in the way of sinners, 

nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 

2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, 

and on his law he meditates day and night. 

3He is like a tree 

planted by streams of water 

that yields its fruit in its season, 

and its leaf does not wither. 

In all that he does, he prospers. 

With 2021 just a day or two away I have a question for you: “How would you like to have a year  of fulfillment, prosperity, and fruitfulness?” Let me rephrase that, “How would you like to have  a life of fulfillment, prosperity, and fruitfulness?” 

Psalm 1 is a “key” to living this kind of life. We spend a lot of time getting advice and listening to  the world of experts around us and do not realize that God Himself has told us not only how to  live but how to live a fruitful and prosperous life. 

And the center of this fruitful life is God’s Word. The happy, prosperous, and fruitful person  finds delight in God’s Word. Not drudgery and “have to” but delight and “get to”. An appetite and desire that have been cultivated for God. There is a rejection of ungodly advice, counsel, and lifestyle; there is hunger for GOD.  

His delight, his pleasure, his seeking is seen in how he spends time meditating, ruminating, and  “chewing” on God’s Word. Day and Night! A commitment to hearing from God. 

As a result of this voracious appetite for God and His Word, this type of person is motivated,  driven and directed by God and His will. Which results in living a life that God would  bless…fulfilled, fruitful and prosperous. 

So, this year, start living a life that is God-centered in every way. 

Here is a way that we can all start by getting into God’s Word. Personally, I am committing to  reading through the Bible in 90 days, click HERE is you would like to join me on this. Also, HERE are two other Bible reading plans that will help you read through the Bible in a year. Let’s spend  this year committed to delighting in and meditating on God’s Word.

COVID Hits Home

Have ever been waiting by the phone to receive some sort of news? Anticipating…grabbing the phone on the first ring? That has been my life for the last four to five days. Last week we had two diagnosed with COVID in the family and shortly thereafter I started having symptoms as well. Before you know it, like wildfire it seemed that the whole family was feeling sick…all but one, Ryland.

Certainty in Uncertain Times 

I must admit, the past three weeks have been trying times. I have felt the pressure as a pastor to have all the answers to what is happening in our world, while at the same time dealing with the same realities that everyone else is experiencing. Questions. Doubts. Fears. From the devastating tragedies of a tornado that ripped through our city on March 3rd to an unimaginable, world-wide pandemic that promises loss of life, jobs and for some...hope….

Don’t Quit!!! 

Have you ever felt tired and ready to give up? You have given what it seems like 110% for some time and nothing is happening; well, something IS happening but it’s taking you backwards. As the old adage goes “One step forward and two steps back.” Every time you make progress…

A New Year with New Vision

Here it is a New Year already; in fact, an entire decade has been completed and a new one has commenced. 

Where had you envisioned yourself being in the year 2020? I remember freaking out as a kid thinking that in the year 2000, I would be 38 years old and life would be over because I would be so old. And now here it is 20 years pass that!

We're Back!!!

I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am to be back at church with you guys. As many of you have already heard, Robyn, the kids and I had a wonderful 5-week break. There are so many stories to tell you…Family Camp in Tyler TX…a drive to Dallas TX to stay with some dear friends, who treated us like royalty…the unexpected blessing of spending time with our two oldest “kids” in California…A Doctors visit in Baton Rouge LA (You just have to ask me about that. It’s a long story) …to having a fantastic time in Pigeon Forge TN at Dollywood!!!

Today is “GOOD” Friday

Author David Mathis writes:

“It was the single most horrible day in the history of the world.

No incident has ever been more tragic, and no future event will ever match it. No surprise attack, no political assassination, no financial collapse, no military invasion, no atomic detonation or nuclear warfare, no cataclysmic act of terrorism, no large-scale famine or disease — not even slave trading, ethnic cleansing, or decades-long religious warring can eclipse the darkness of that day…