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When It Is Our Own Fault

Joshua 18:3-5a "Mom! I'm bored!" Can't you just hear that whiny voice letting everyone know that the child has nothing to do? Mom will...

When The Obvious Is Not What It Seems

Joshua 9:14-15 Having so much free time as I recover from being in the hospital, I have done a lot of reading. I mostly read nonfiction,...

Pride Disguised As Humility

John 13:6-8 It has been said, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less". In other words, it is not...

We All Need Preaching To

John 3:10 This past Wednesday night I was sitting on the front row of our church as another preacher in the church was speaking. He was...

"And the Word of their Testimony"

Revelation 12:11 I've been in church long enough to know that we tend to go to extremes. Whether is is the disagreement between...

Preach Your Funeral While You Live

Acts 9:36-39 I have had the honor of preaching many funerals. Some are easy and some are hard. What many people would find surprising...

Things I Have Learned: Gratitude

II Corinthians 12:7-10 As I entered the hospital, God impressed upon me that I needed to be thankful no matter what I faced. I...

Things I Have Learned: God's Word

Psalm 119:11 As I lay in the MRI tube, and the pain was more than I thought I could bear, there were a lot of thoughts that ran through...

Things I Have Learned: Love

Ephesians 5:25-28 It seems as though any time God teaches me a new lesson in my marriage, it revolves around me being selfish. Leading...

Things I Have Learned: Molding

Romans 9:20-25 Before I took my ambulance ride to the hospital, Michelle called a couple of pastors to come pray with me. I was so weak...

Things I Have Learned (part 2)

Isaiah 53:1–6 I want to talk about pain once more and then I am moving on. There was about a 12 hour window where my pain was pretty...

Things I have Learned (part 1)

One of the things God has impressed upon me these past 8 days is loneliness. Not my own. I have been far from lonely. As a matter of...

We Had A Good Night

Acts 2:46-47 I love when we have meals at church.  It does not matter to me if we are having a fish fry, potluck, or a catered meal, I...

Continue In...

Acts 2:40-43 Many churches have a reputation for doing something because that is how it has always been done.  This can come in many...

"Positive and Encouraging"

Acts 2:22-24, 29-33 When I was in school, we had to read a message by the man pictured to the right. This is Jonathan Edwards. One of...

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Lamentations 3:22-24 I do not know exactly how long, but I have been writing devotions for a couple of years now. When I went to the...

The Equipping of the Saints

Acts 2:1-6 In Act 1, Jesus told His disciples that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them, and then they would be...

To Speak With Other Tongues

Acts 2:1-6 Of all the "Spiritual Gifts", I do not think I have been confronted by people who cannot believe that I do not hold to the...

Changes

Acts 1:4-8 Before we get to the changes referenced in our text, I want to make a quick announcement. I will be changing to a Tuesday and...

Setting Goals for 2024!

Acts 1:7-8 This past Wednesday we began a new study in the book of Acts at church. In order for a church to continue it must grow. ...

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Why “From the North”?

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Two verses inspire the title. First, Job 37:22 “Fair weather cometh out of the north:with God is terrible majesty”. Also, Proverbs 25:23 “The north wind driveth away rain:so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue”. In both verses, the wind from the North brings good weather.  As I pastor Northside Baptist Church, that is exactly what we want to do with this blog.  The words (wind) that leave our mouths should bring peace and hope for the day ahead.  As we share the Word of God, specifically the Gospel, our desire is to share the beautiful hope of a peaceful eternity to come when faith is placed in our Savior.  

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