My Papaw Tollett was a Missionary Baptist preacher.
What he lacked in physical stature, he more than made up for in spiritual boldness.
He was a pillar of our church. A strong cornerstone – not one to ever shy away from the Truth.
Continue reading Let This Cup Pass From Me
The word “passion,” as most people know it today, comes from a French word associated with a state or outburst of intense feelings. However, the word is also associated with the final hours of Jesus’ life on earth. That “passion” stems from Latin and means suffering or enduring. It is most definitely what Christ did. He suffered more than we care to imagine. The passion of Christ begins with His time in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He began to really feel the heavy burden of what He must do, through His death on the cross. Jesus suffered so many things in those last hours: the betrayal of Judas, abandonment and denial by His disciples, arrest, trials, mockery, shame, and torture. These things He endured voluntarily. Continue reading How Much Does it Cost to Save the Whole World?
More than 15 years ago now, I spent many days in a hospital room taking care of my mother when her time on earth was coming to an end. I slept in the bed beside her, fed her, bathed her, washed her hair, helped her brush her teeth, massaged her neck, talked to her, watched over her, and tried to comfort her during her pain and confusion. The emotions we all experienced during this time ran the gamut. My mother had not gone into this hospital to die. It was just another step in the process of getting her better, or so we thought. None of us, me or my three siblings, misunderstood the severity of the cancer that ravaged her body. Yet we were slow to accept the truth about how little time she had left. The reality of that fact would weigh heavier on me than anything I had ever faced before. So heavy, I all but crumbled beneath it. Continue reading 41 Hours to the Cross
Christ was sent from God to Earth
A plan, a prophesy, a promise from birth
He bridged a gap from old to new
He brought a covenant from God that’s true
A promise to all who would believe
The Son of God should be received
Eternal life, a life to serve
Straight and narrow is what God deserves
The blind to see, a leper healed
Forgiveness, Love, is Christ revealed
A sacrifice, no other way
Nailed to the cross, my sin is paid
Darryl Hanks
Have Thine own way Lord
Have Thine own way
Thou art the potter, I am the clay
Mold me and make me after Thy will
While I am waiting yielded and still
Lord, this is all I truly want. For You to have Your will fulfilled in me. Whatever You want me to do, wherever You want me to go, I want only that. I am ready and willing to serve You, and I pray that You will use me to bring glory to Your great name. Help me to know my calling. To hear Your voice, and have no doubt. To have the strength and the grace to pick up my cross and follow You. These things I pray in Jesus Holy Name.
Amen
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