Last night as we moved forward in our study of Revelation, I was moved and compelled by the words of the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 4:8 where he said, "In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge will award to me on that day and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing." Paul was in his final days of life when he reminded Timothy that as Christians, one of the things that marks our Christian lives is the fact that we should be longing to see Jesus. This thought has been deep on my heart now. How much do we as believers really long to see Jesus? Continue Reading
For those that may not be aware, Dave Ramsey is having a huge Christmas giveaway. Each day, you can go to his site and sign up for a new daily giveaway. So far, Dave has given away some of his great course offerings, $2000 cash, $3000 cash, $5000 cash, Kindles and Ipods. You just never know what might be up there today or tomorrow. Check it our at daveramsey.com. Continue Reading
Wow!! CHRISTmas is almost here. Seems like just yesterday we were setting up for a block party and the great summer events. This is a time of year that it's so easy to lose focus. I hope that you will spend some quality time this year just to focus on the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Had it not been for this one birthday, we would be lost and hopeless in this old world. Thank you Jesus for taking the risk on this old thing we call humanity and coming to this earth in the flesh in order to overcome death and offer us the greatest gift of all... our salvation. Continue Reading
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I've had several people ask me to let you know know when the Urban Legends series was ready for viewing on The Journey site. The first three are available. Continue Reading
I just wanted to share something today that many people never get to see or hear about. Since starting The Journey, we’ve made sure to try and keep the website consistently updated with the messages and videos that we have shown in the service. Of the five videos that that we’ve shown so far, they have now been watched almost 300 times since being placed online. These are 300 unique visitors watching the videos. We’ve received several emails from people to tell us that they have been able to grow from these and have really been blessed by what they see. On the OCBC website, the sermons have been listened to almost 500 times with a similar response in emails. That is a combined total in the last few months of almost 800 people. Continue Reading
Well, The Journey has been rolling now since September 6th. We just finished up a series from Dave Ramsey called Life.Money.Hope. This has been an awesome eye opener to how we handle debt and money. Please be in prayer that we will have some people step forward and offer to finance some folks to attend Financial Peace University. The normal cost is $93 and we are praying for some sponsors to step up so we can offer some great scholarships to people to assist with becoming debt free. Continue Reading
Well folks, we're officially out of the blocks. The Jouney is under way and in full force now. We started services this past Sunday and couldn't have asked for a more perfect turnout. We had 38 people for our first ever Jo9urney service. A group of 30 plus people were in a church sanctuary worshiping the Lord together. Now it's time to move forward. Continue Reading
The last couple of weeks have been crazy. My four oldest kids started back to high school on August 5th. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it seems to have left me in a bind with no "babysitting service" since my two youngest are still at home until their schools start. Or then again, was it a bind? Continue Reading
Wow! It's been a busy time since my last blog post and I want to apologize for the delay of the posts lately. I want to bring everyone up to date on where we are with The Journey. Continue Reading