The North Santa Rosa Ministerial Association is coordinating a National Day of Prayer Service at the Jay Community Center on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 6:30pm. All denominational church members are encouraged to attend this special community service.
Most of us can point to periods in our lives when we weren’t walking as close to God as we use to. As I visit people or invite them to church, some of them say, “Well I use to go to church when I was a kid.” Or they might say, “I need to start […]
Religious convictions sustain many people through the good times and the bad. But there must be a discernment made between “knowing about” a religious preference and “knowing” its truth. It’s similar to making the distinction between knowing about a particular food and actually eating it. A person can starve themselves knowing there is food to […]
There’s been many books written about how to forgive and in theory it seems to be a fairly simple concept. But ask the person who needs to give it or get it and the feelings sometimes don’t qualify as simple. Many people walking around today lack inner peace and they sentence themselves to something called […]
Joy seems to come to us in different forms and at different times. So when a person says, “I’m happy all the time”, don’t think they’re living in fantasy land. It’s probably because they’re living the words of Philippians 4:4, “May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again, […]
As people living in a fast-changing world, there are some things that never seem to change. One of those things happens to be something we experience early in life. It’s the need to be loved and accepted; especially by our parents. I had some early success in life while running competitive races. Even as a […]
I hope you enjoy the guest columnist this week. This is an excerpt from my daughter, Anna Marie Dobson’s blog spot. She is a high school senior and plans to attend Columbus State University after she graduates. You can access her blogs at: notabasicgirl.blogspot.com. She begins with a story from the New Testament: […]
Childhood can bring many fond memories and one of mine was going to church on Wednesday nights. My parents were both counselors in a boy’s mission education program called Royal Ambassadors (RAs). We met weekly and participated in special events and completed age appropriate workbooks that led to service pins and patches. But mainly we […]
Think for a moment of a wrong that you’ve committed only once. For most people, the list of one-time-only sins is short because most of our sins get repeated. Whatever the temptation or attitude that leads you into the sin the first time can often come back again and again. It may have happen to […]
Maybe you’ve been trying to get in better shape. Perhaps you’ve been trying to eat the right kinds of foods to promote weight loss and good health. You look for time to work out; you run, you walk, you do all the things you’re supposed to do. In time and if you stay consistent, you […]
