These blogs are meant to enhance the 40 Days of Focus for The Grove Church
God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. Romans 12:6, Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them:if prophecy, in proportion to our faith Though you may not think you do, everyone has abilities that they can put to giving God glory. Lots of [...]
A verse that is one of my favorites, and is pretty well-known is Romans 3:23 which says, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” This verse could not show more truth, because we cannot even begin to compete with God’s glory! Glory can be defined as very great praise or [...]
As I stand rolling Christmas cookies in powdered sugar, I lift my eyes and catch a glimpse of my digital picture frame on the far wall. A picture of my children appears on the screen… and then another. I watch the scenes change as my hands mindlessly pick up another cookie, roll it in sugar [...]
My heart. My passion. Let me see.... Family? Of course. Hungry kids? Yes! Most definitely. Oh. And fishing. Now you’re talking. I am passionate about fishing. Not the kind of fishing around here in Middle Tennessee, where you pick up a cup of night crawlers from WalMart, drop a line in the pond and hope [...]
I am thinking, as I write this, of the various approaches to prayer. Some use prayer as a means of “preaching” or expressing an opinion on a matter. Others tend to be extremely formal in their approach to our Father. Some rely on prayers learned over the years. In certain situations, I use prayers written [...]
Worship is a tricky thing to define. We tend to think of worship as being an exclusively corporate activity and reinforce this idea by saying things such as, "we are going to go to worship," or "we will have a time of worship and then a time of teaching." It's not that it's wrong to [...]
Having been your pastor for a full 5 1/2 years, I have seen The Lord do amazing things in my life personally and I have seen Him do incredible things with us corporately. Each year I have presented a state of the church message which recounts specifics of each year and share some of the [...]