Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchApr 2718 Prayers to Pray for UnbelieversA friend asked the question: How do I pray for unbelievers? How do I pray effectively? I trust that every Christian regularly prays for...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchSep 10, 2021“How can I trust God with my future if I secretly think my past decisions were wrong?”What do you do when you think you’ve blown it but you aren’t quite sure? Maybe you shouldn’t have changed jobs. Maybe you shouldn’t have...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJul 14, 2021Friends Are Born for AdversityA friend loves at all times and a brother (or sister) is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17) So few of these kinds of relationships seem...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJun 25, 2021Karma. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.Discernment is important. Slowing down and…thinking, asking questions…is vital for our spiritual health. Two things that initially seem...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJun 17, 2021Advice to My 30-Year-Old SelfIt happened on the way to the airport. We had just finished some mission work in Uganda and Tanzania and we were on the way back to the...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMay 12, 2021How to Deal with Pain Caused by Christians and the ChurchHate is easy. People are sinners who do sinful things to each other. Hatred over this is automatic. Love is hard. Jesus Christ, while you...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMar 7, 2021Four Myths About God's WillWhat Happened, Lord?” It’s a common question, isn’t it? You set out to get a new job, you work hard for it, you go through the interview...
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJun 7, 2020The Undivided Trinity We begin our celebration of Trinity Sunday with the humble acknowledgment that we are out of our depth.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchApr 22, 2020A Psalm for the PandemicHe who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchApr 4, 2020Family Devotional: "What We Really Need"And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchApr 3, 2020Family Devotional: “Why Does God Listen to Us?”And who is God? If we’re Christians, God is our Father! It’s not about earning anything from him!
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMar 26, 202010 Prayers Your Adult Children Need You to PrayOur role as parent never ends. The job description changes, but the job is never done. As grown adults, they are out of my hands.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMar 17, 2020What Our Adult Children Still Need From UsPerhaps your children may not be able to lean on you for physical help, but they still need you emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMar 11, 2020How to Pray for Your Adult Children: Six Verses to UseWe want our children – no matter what their age – to remember that the Lord has told us what is good and what He requires of us.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchMar 4, 2020The Most Important Thing My Mom DidFor all the good things my mom did for me, I believe that the most important was simply living as Christians before me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchFeb 29, 2020The Seeds of DivorceI recently spoke with a group of young adults, men and women in their late teens and early twenties, and we spoke about singleness, & dating
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJan 22, 2020New Year, New CreationSo in my life as a Christian, I have often felt guilty. Like I’m a big disappointment. And God is waiting to punish me.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJan 2, 2020Final Thoughts on 2019To paraphrase John Newton: "We needed everything that God sent us in 2019; we didn't need anything that he withheld."
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchSep 3, 2019On Whom or What Do I Depend?This is important to realize: we do not have the capacity to receive God or all that he offers us ALL AT ONCE.
Truevine Missionary Baptist ChurchJul 16, 2019What does God want to make possible? Meditation on Matthew 14:28-30I'm preaching to myself. When confronted with a problem, I usually ask, "What is possible given this set of circumstances?"