This year we have the opportunity again to host a free Christmas festival in Smyrna. The festival will be on Friday, December 4th, from 6-8pm. This year, the festival will be in the gym at John Bassett Moore Intermediate School in Smyrna. All the events are free and open to everyone. Please come out and [...]
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17 Nov
What Does Your Body Do When You Sing?
Have you ever thought about that before? What should we be doing with our bodies when we are singing songs of worship? Should we be still or should we move around? Hands up or hands down? I believe that these can be issues of preference, however I do think that all Christians ought to consider [...]
16 Nov
Fighter Verse 11/15-11/22
Psalm 77:13-14 (ESV)
Your way, O God, is holy.
What god is great like our God?
You are the God who works wonders;
you have made known your might among the peoples.
12 Nov
James 1 – Ask Him
In James 1 we find help in times of trial and temptation. On our own, we just don’t know how to process a trial. We aren’t wise enough to see the good, meaningful purpose behind them. We are prone to be stuck “in the moment”, only able to comprehend the sorrow that we are experiencing [...]
11 Nov
Christmas Gifts From Desiring God
Desiring God has put together a few different packages that they suggest as gifts as we approach Christmas. They have packages for: mom, dad, missionaries, etc… These resources are God-centered, and would be a great gift for anyone that you are wishing to see grow in Christ this coming year.
Check out the sale here.
9 Nov
Fighter Verse 11/8-11/15
Psalm 73:25-26 (ESV)
“Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
6 Nov
Prayer and Faith
Kevin DeYoung offers a brief article that challenges us with this fact, “Prayerlessness is Unbelief”. I was particularly challenged by this brief word. Here’s an excerpt:
“Prayerlessness is an expression of our meager confidence in God’s ability to provide and of our strong confidence in our ability to take care of ourselves without God’s help.”
You can [...]
5 Nov
Free Audio Book
Desiring God by John Piper is being offered, in audio format, for free this month. This is considered to be one of Piper’s foundational works. In it, Piper works out the reality that we ought to be happy in God, and that God’s desire to receive glory and our desire to receive joy are not [...]
2 Nov
Fighter Verse for 11/1-11/8
1 John 2:15-17
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is [...]
26 Oct
Fighter Verse for 10/26-11/1
1 John 1:8-9 (ESV)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
