Saturday, January 4, 2020

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Psalm 140:12-13 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence. The first 11 verses of Psalm 140 are a plea to God for deliverance from the wicked, the violent,…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, This morning the preacher at Calvary Baptist Church in Rapid City, SD spoke on the idolatry, ignorance, and insolence of Jonah from Jonah 4:1-3. I was encouraged to hear good preaching and challenged as I considered the likelihood of my idolatry, ignorance, and insolence. Because we are in Mountain Time, we…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Proverbs 28:9 “One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.” I have often been frustrated when people don’t listen to me. Perhaps it was my children or even Lin. Perhaps it has been in my classrooms or even in my preaching. Then, those who have…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. This psalm plainly states that our efforts and our worrying are without effect unless God does the work. Psalm 127 goes on to apply this truth especially to family, but…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family, I was doing some errands outside of our house and saw several of our church families walk in to get their pictures taken for our new directory. My heart said, “I love our Church!” Thank you for being a part of this. I am looking froward to a great directory. Pray…

Dear Trinity Baptist Church Family: “But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.’ ” Isaiah 43:1 “Fear not! You are mine!” What an awesome declaration from our Omnipotent God to His own – to me! So why do…