28 Jun

Posted at 09:26h in Uncategorized

Let's review our key verse for this series found in I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discussed the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In every day language, it means “from here”.  Then we began to share with you “13  Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go of what you do know because of what...

21 Jun

Posted at 09:25h in Uncategorized

Before we jump into new territory let's review our key verse for this series found in I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discussed the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In every day language, it means “from here”.  Then we began to share with you “13  Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go of what...

14 Jun

Posted at 01:21h in Uncategorized

Over the last number of months, we have shared with you our key verse for this series in I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discussed the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In every day language, it means “from here”.  Then we began to share with you “13  Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go...

07 Jun

Posted at 10:09h in Uncategorized

          A few years ago we had a very nice couple begin to attend at Joy.  The husband was a Christian but the wife was Jewish.  She was very curious about the whole “Christianity thing”.  She was inquisitive about Jesus possibly being the actual Messiah that she had read so much about in her Old Testament.  She continued to come and slowly but surely began to see our Jesus in a new light and finally became convinced that He indeed was the Christ!  Only one thing was holding her back from receiving Jesus into her heart...

31 May

Posted at 12:00h in Uncategorized

Before we jump into new territory let's review our “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: For the past several weeks we have been sharing our key verse for this series from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”. Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).   Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26).  You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go of...

24 May

Posted at 01:40h in Uncategorized

For the past several weeks we have been sharing our key verse for this series from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”.   Before we jump into new territory let's review our “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).   Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26).  You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go...

17 May

Posted at 02:50h in Uncategorized

Today we jump back into our key verse for this series from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful Scripture, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”.   Then we began to share with you “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).   Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26).  You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go of what you do know because...

10 May

Posted at 08:00h in Uncategorized

      I have lived in the “Volunteer” state of Tennessee for many years.  Down here in Tennessee the people are crazy about their college football team.  Everybody loves University of Tennessee football (I remain the one exception)!  If you ever actually played football for the University of Tennessee you have reached iconic status.        Many years ago, I knew a quarterback for U.T. (mind you, he was the quarterback in the 1970’s).  Yet almost every time we got together that is all he ever would talk about was back then in the old glory days.  Please don’t...

26 Apr

Posted at 07:40h in Uncategorized

This week we continue with our key Scripture from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful verse, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”.   Over the past weeks we began to share with you “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).   Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26).  You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never let go of what you do know because of...

19 Apr

Posted at 07:50h in Uncategorized

As you know, for several weeks we have been sharing from our series "From Here" -  our key Scripture is from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful verse, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”.   Then we began to share with you “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).   Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26).  You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14). Never...