14 Sep

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A few years ago I was in Florida to preach for a dear friend of mine.  When we arrived they took us to a beautiful restaurant down by the ocean.  While we were waiting to be seated, we walked out on a pier overlooking the ocean.  As I often do, I engaged in a conversation with another couple I had never met who were also walking on the pier.  They were a very nice couple but the wife had clearly had too much to drink.   As we continued our conversation it was clear that God had orchestrated this moment.  They had...

07 Sep

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The first of each month we share - First Tuesday's Teaching Tips These are teaching nuggets from over thirty years in ministry. As we jump into the FALL, let's share about: INSPIRATION ~ Successful people overcome the temptation to give up ~ Tough people last. Tough times don't. ~ Many times the greatest pressure to quit comes right before manifested victory ~ Don't let failure be an excuse to not try again ~from Winning with Wisdom Volume 4 (available for purchase in the Joy Store at Joy Church, Mt. Juliet, TN) Come join us at Joy Church on the first Wednesday of each month for our leadership series. ...

17 Aug

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Over the last few months we began our teaching series with the following “Three Plan Principles”: Acknowledge that God has a plan for your life (Jer. 29:11). “Three Acknowledge Axioms”:     1.) God has a wonderful plan for your life…not a wonderful life for YOUR plan!     2.) Destiny is not to be decided.      3.) Destiny is to be discovered.What you were created for is connected to who you were created by. 2. Accept God’s plan for your life (Mark 8:35).  “Eight Accept Axioms”: - If we always do what we want to do, we may end up where we don’t...

10 Aug

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Our ministerial team just returned from a two day prayer meeting!  We were praying over and discussing our departmental one-year and five-year God-given goals.   One evening we decided to walk and pray.  All of us had gathered around a little space to sit in a public area.  As we were praying, a teenage young lady walked quietly by our team.  She clearly saw us praying and circled back round to talk with us.  She came over to us and sweetly told us that she had noticed we were praying and wondered what church we were from.  She then shared her heart. ...

20 Jul

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Over the last few months we began our teaching series with the following “Three Plan Principles”: Acknowledge that God has a plan for your life (Jer. 29:11).         “Three Acknowledge Axioms”: God has a wonderful plan for your life…not a wonderful life for YOUR plan! Destiny is not to be decided.  Destiny is to be discovered. What you were created for is connected to who you were created by.          2. Accept God’s plan for your life (Mark 8:35).          “Eight Accept Axioms”: If we always do what we want to do, we may end up where we don’t want to be! If...

22 Jun

Posted at 08:15h in Uncategorized

Over the last three months we began our series with the following “Three Plan Principles”: Acknowledge that God has a plan for your life (Jer. 29:11).    “Three Acknowledge Axioms”: God has a wonderful plan for your life…not a wonderful life for YOUR plan! Destiny is not to be decided.  Destiny is to be discovered. What you were created for is connected to who you were created by.       2. Accept God’s plan for your life (Mark 8:35). “Eight Accept Axioms”: If we always do what we want to do, we may end up where we don’t want to be! If you get...