A Year of Prayer

Today in my devotions I was in the book of Psalms and Psalm 8:1 jumped out at me. It reads,“be gracious to me and hear my prayer.”  and thenPsalm 115:3 says, “Our God is in the heavens; He does all that He pleases.”   Isn’t it amazing that our God, the everlasting king and creator of the…

Recently in Men’s Bible Study we went over the first twenty verses of 1 Samuel. The main focus of the passage was on Hannah and how in response to her grief, she took all her anxiety and vexation to God through prayer. There is something very interesting in this passage of Scripture. After Hannah prayed,…

We have all heard the famous words of Patrick Henry: “Give me liberty or give me death.” Those words resonate deeply with us because we grip our freedoms with resolute passion.  One of the many reasons the pandemic was so hard was because many felt like their freedoms were being snatched away.  America was founded…

About a year ago when I seriously started exploring becoming an elder, I never expected to be involved in the details of doing church during a pandemic.  Trying to reconcile scriptures dealing with submission to authority (Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2) with those scriptures calling for collective and corporate worship (Hebrews 10:24-25) have led…