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I have just returned from Gridiron Men’s Conference in Huntsville sponsored by Phil Waldrep Ministries.  This year’s conference marks the twelfth year of Gridiron Men’s Conferences.  Gridiron is the one event I will not miss.  Imagine being in a huge arena with thousands of men praising God together and hearing speakers and testimonies that are relevant, inspirational and spirit filled.       I thought why are our Alabama Church of God pastors not bringing men to Gridiron.  It is close, affordable, and powerful.  Churches from all over south east had buses of…

In case you have not heard the good news, God is moving at Camp Chula Vista this year as students are accepting Christ, relationships are being created, memories are being made and God is being glorified. Even on hot, humid days God is at work in the activities and services to help students and counselors grow in faith. Thank you to the leaders who plan the camps, the counselors who work with the students, the staff who keep the camp running, the people who pray…

Unimaginable tragedy struck Uvalde, Texas on May 24.   Twenty-one Innocent, helpless, beautiful lives were violently destroyed.  We are angry, we grieve and pray for the families.  What can be done to protect our most vulnerable from the most evil in our world?  Jesus confronted evil and healed it.  When he visited the area of the Gerasenes he found a community enduring an evil man who could not be controlled or tamed.  Jesus cast out the demons that were tormenting the man and community and left them all at peace.  As more information…

I met a young man this week who is originally from France but is now living in Alabama.  He is a minster and a graduate of a well know bible college.  He told me about his faith journey, his wife and family.  God has used him in significant ways for the Kingdom of God.  As I was telling him about the Church of God in Alabama, I mentioned that our camping season was coming in June.  He told me, “I was saved at a camp very similar to your camps.”  I…

19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 The cross changed us and the world  forever because on this day all injustice, all offence and all sin for all time was reconciled on the cross. Through the cross God brought justice to the whole world and reconciled us to God and to one another.  However, war and conflict still…

I am home on Monday, Feb 21 after being at Forge since Friday and I am still feeling the glow of God’s presence from the conference.  God was evident in the worship, (Whit Pressley and Jacob Garrison really brought it as worship leaders), the openness and hunger of the students to hear God’s word and respond, the leaders who arranged the activities (Valarie, Syndney, Michele), brought their students and planned the event.  There will be eternal consequences from this event. I am so impressed with the generation…

Teach us to pray One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 The disciples recognized in Jesus, their teacher, that he had experience, expertise, and competency in prayer which they did not have.  They wanted to learn from him because they saw his effective prayer life.  Would someone say to you, “Teach me to pray’?  Is your prayer life evident to the others?  Do you want your congregation…

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 The disciples recognized in Jesus, their teacher, that he had experience, expertise, and competency in prayer which they did not have.  They wanted to learn from him because they saw his effective prayer life.  Would someone say to you, “Teach me to pray’?  Is your prayer life evident to the others?  Do you…