by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:25-27 The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline. Waiting for the Lord is hard to… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/25/2020
Category: Devotional
The Point is … On the Go 5/21/2020
by James Collins “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 Lois is a secretary. She was recently laid off. She worked for a business that shut down because the government said it was “nonessential.” Because she lost her job, she can barely make ends meet. Her husband… Continue reading The Point is … On the Go 5/21/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/18/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:22-24 The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” The unfailing love of the… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/18/2020
The Point is … Mom’s Cookie Jar 5/14/2020
by James Collins “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:14-15 My mother died on Mother’s Day. I was only a child when she died. It’s been over forty years now,… Continue reading The Point is … Mom’s Cookie Jar 5/14/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/11/2020
by Jim Hughes Jer. 31:33-34 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/11/2020
The Point is … Carpentry Work 5/7/2020
by James Collins “Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.” Isaiah 44:24 My life feels like an HGTV show. Our church has been going through a building expansion and remodeling. We recently added a new Family Life Building… Continue reading The Point is … Carpentry Work 5/7/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/4/2020
by Jim Hughes Jer. 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” You may not know what the future holds for you, but the Lord does. He knows all that lies… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/4/2020
The Point is … Going Places 4/30/2020
by James Collins “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11 During the COVID-19 quarantine, I have been going to work each day. However, my wife and kids have pretty much been stuck at home.… Continue reading The Point is … Going Places 4/30/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 4/27/2020
by Jim Hughes Jer. 23:35-36 You should keep asking each other, “What is the LORD’s answer? or “What is the LORD saying?” But stop using this phrase, “prophecy from the LORD.” For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 4/27/2020
The Point is … Is Church Essential? 4/23/2020
by James Collins “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” Acts 20:28 On August 21, 1973, a little girl named Christy was born. There were costs attached… Continue reading The Point is … Is Church Essential? 4/23/2020