Did you know that the Lord delights in you (Ps 18:19)? Did you know that you are wonderful to Him because He made you (Ps 139:14)? When God made the world, over and over again He said that it was “goo...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 12:13- "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."Many of you know that I spent many years serving in the Marines. ...  Read More

Isaiah 49:10, “Do not fear for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God, I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”...  Read More

Hebrews 2:11, "For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason, He is not ashamed to call them brethren."Jesus is He Who Sanctifies you. The word “sancti...  Read More

Mark Batterson wrote in his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God’s What If Possibilities: “If you woke up this morning with more health than illness- you are more blessed than the million wh...  Read More

Romans 15:5-6, "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Fat...  Read More

Greetings Lakeside family:As we are in this advent season, I have been thinking about what worship is to me. In recent weeks, Libby was teaching worship theology on Sunday mornings and it made me paus...  Read More

Ephesians 5:23. "Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body."Salvation means that you are in Jesus and He is in you. At your conversion, Jesus came into your heart to become a part...  Read More

This time of year just after Thanksgiving, and just before Christmas, can be an overwhelming time of year for me. It seems there is no escape from retailers telling us we need to shop here, save there...  Read More

I was recently reminded of a quote from John Wesley;“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people ...  Read More

A month ago, we were down at the Harbor Network Conference. We were driving through the hills of Kentucky right as the changing colors of fall foliage was starting to occur. Instead of cornfields on e...  Read More

Proverbs 19:21 21, "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."James 4:15, "Instead you ought to say,  If the Lord wills, we will live anddo this or th...  Read More