Jesus Is Everything!

Scripture God {the Father] took the list of our sins and destroyed it by nailing it to Christ’s cross. In this way God too away Satan’s power to accuse us of sin. ~Colossians 2:14-15, LNT Quote If you could gain the whole world and yet lose your own soul, would it be worth it? ~William…

Glorying In Our Weakness

Scripture I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for His glory. ~II Corinthians 12:5, LNT Quote Give God your weakness and He will give you His strength. ~Image Quotes One of the reasons I know that I am not a mature Christian…

Sensitivity

Scripture “Don’t bother about his letters,” some say, “He sounds big, but it’s all noise. When he gets here you will see that there is nothing great about him, and you have never heard a worse preacher!” ~II Corinthians 10:10, LNT Quote “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being…

Anxiety

Scripture When we arrived in Macedonia, there was no rest for us; outside, trouble was on every hand and within us, our hearts were full of dread and fear. ~II Corinthians 7:5, LNT Quote Worry and anxiety is like rocking in a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but you don’t get any…

Living For Jesus

Scripture He died for all so that all who live {having received eternal life through Him} might live no longer to please themselves but to spend their lives pleasing Christ who died and rose again for them. ~II Corinthians 5:15, LNT Quote I will serve HIM because I love HIM, He has given life to…

The God of Comfort

Scripture What a wonderful God we have–He is the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, the source of every mercy, and the One who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us in our hardships, and trials. ~II Corinthians 1:3, LNT Quote Don’t treat people the way they treat you: treat them as God treats you. ~Dave…

Extravagant Worship

Scripture A banquet was prepared in Jesus honor, Martha served, Lazarus sat at the table with Jesus. Mary took a jar of costly perfume made from essence of nard, and anointed Jesus feet with it and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with fragrance. ~John 12:2-3, LNT Quote The highest form of…

VBS

This was our 40th VBS at Danville. I think I had 7 prior to coming to DBC. Each year I do less and enjoy it more. This year I drove the van to pick up children, gave the kids tractor rides, helped the refreshment crew with the garbage and managed the gates. I have loved…

The Good Shepherd

Scripture No one can kill Me without My consent–I lay down My life voluntarily. I have the right and the power to lay it down when I want to and I have the right and the power to take it up again. For the Father has given Me this right. ~John 10:18, LNT Quote If…

Christ Haters

Scripture “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.”  ~John 15:18, NASB Quote Some people in the world are Christ lovers and some are Christ haters but all are fixated on Christ. ~Marilyn Monroe {I kid you not} We have a lot of naive people who think that everyone in…