Matthew 18:15-22 Link to YouTube Video – Foregiving From Pastor Will Shewey: Introducing another face of homelessness : He was a small fragile man with bushy hair and scrubby beard. Always wore coke bottle thick glasses and a tattered baseball cap. Couldn’t hear it thunder and often appeared agitated or anxious. His constant transportation was a bicycle, pushed more than ridden . I rarely recall seeeing him without it. For…Keep Reading

We Shall Behold “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!” “Acts 1:11” Last Saturday evening the Starlink satellite train was supposed to fly over Kingsport at 8:54. It would come out of the west going southeast. Pat and I went out…Keep Reading

COME TO ME “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” “Matthew 11: 28-30” Today, we celebrate the ones who labor by the sweat of their brow….Keep Reading

Matthew 16:21-28 Link to YouTube Video – Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection – Take Up the Cross and Follow Him From Pastor Will Shewey: Introducing another face of homelessness: We met her about five years ago when she was seventy years old. She had been sleeping at Salvation Army and spent many days at Shades of Grace : A United Methodist Congregation. I was intrigued by her life story…Keep Reading

Ezekiel 47:5 “…the water had risen, enough water to swim in.” “SPIRITUAL WATERS” Several years ago a man was taking me to visit someone. I was riding in his work truck. It was a very hot day and we were on a bridge. Suddenly he stops, gets out and jumps off the bridge into the lake. I get out and go to the side of the bridge and see him…Keep Reading

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” “No One Is Ever Called Ordinary” “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of…Keep Reading

Personal Relationship with God “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” “1 Peter 5:7” I am convinced that the devil gets great mileage from the false idea that God isn’t interested in us personally. If he can get us to believe that, then he has shut down our prayer life. We are in danger of replacing great praying with much worrying and fussing about things. There…Keep Reading

Isaiah 46:4 I Will Bear You up When You Turn Gray “Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you…” The beauty of life is much like that of a kaleidoscope. Each view is a rapture of light and colors that you are allowed to see only once. The next…Keep Reading

Luke 6:38 When Abundance Comes Give “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you fully pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” “I’ve never made a fortune, and It’s probably too late now. but I don’t worry about that much, I’m happy anyhow, and as I go…Keep Reading

The hand of the Lord was upon me.” Ezekiel 37:1 “For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me…” Psalm 32:4 “God’s Arms Are Long enough to Reach You” “Can I pray with you?” I had just met a new friend in the hospital. I remember his response, “I don’t think that even God has arms long enough to reach me.” Was it more of a confession for the…Keep Reading

Intercessory Prayer Is Like The Strategic Air Command “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.” “Genesis 18:32” “Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.” Genesis 18:32 I was proud to be a part of The Strategic Air Command. Its emblem was an iron fist in the sky that was gripping three thunderbolts. Intercessory prayer can…Keep Reading

God’s Touch of Hands Bidding of the Heart “And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.” “Mark 10:16” I can think of no other part of the body that does the bidding of the heart more than the hands. When a newborn child wraps its little hand around our finger, we realize that we are holding the closest thing to Heaven that…Keep Reading