Does it feel like things in our area are decaying? Well, it needs some salt. And if you are a follower of Christ, you are that salt our community sorely needs. Jesus said in Matthew 5:13, you are the salt of the earth. As salt flavors the food we eat, we should add a godly flavor to our community. And as salt…

Do you ever feel like you have a target on your back in today’s culture because you are a Christian? That’s certainly true in other countries, but it’s increasingly true here in America where aggressive godlessness is growing. Now, we shouldn’t be surprised. Jesus said like they hated him, they’d hate us. But never forget that even when you are mistreated and…

Are you a peace-breaker, peace-faker, or peace-maker? A peace-breaker always stirs up drama in everybody’s life. A peace-faker pretends they have peace but is actually just sweeping their problems under the rug, resolving nothing. But a peace-maker doesn’t look to create problems but definitely works to resolve them in a way that honors God when problems do come. So, which one do…

We in the South love to say, “Well, bless your heart.” God does indeed want to bless your heart because your heart is the key to one day seeing God. But it takes a pure heart. Jesus said in Matthew 5:8, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. But nobody’s born with a pure heart. We’re born sinners…

I absolutely love receiving mercy. Don’t you? Mercy is not receiving the bad thing you deserve. Like instead of getting a fired for missing that project deadline, your boss gives you an extension. That’s mercy. Or like the police officer giving you a warning instead of that ticket for speeding. That’s mercy. And I love receiving it. Everybody does. But do you…

As a father of five kids, I’ve heard the phrase “I’m hungry” or “I’m thirsty” innumerable times over the years. Sometimes it’s like, dude, we just got up from the table. You can’t be hungry. You can’t be thirsty. But if my children were actually hungry or thirsty, I’d do everything in my power to make sure they were filled with good…

Have you ever heard that the meek shall inherit the earth? Jesus said that in Matthew 5:4. Now, to be meek doesn’t mean you are weak or wimpy. Meekness is choosing to bring your strength under self-control so that you can be gentle to others. Now when the world hears that, they say, “Are you crazy? The meek will be torn to…

As a pastor, I’ve done a lot of funerals and have witnessed some of the saddest moments you can imagine. Like the mom whose adult son had been run over by a train. In a moment of grief at the funeral, she literally tried to climb into the casket with her son. She was just broken with grief. But what if we…

I’ve met tons of people over the course of my life, and they all have at least one thing in common:  they want to be blessed. Whether they recognize God or not, they want to experience happiness, contentment, and goodness. Don’t you want to be blessed? Well, true blessing only comes from God. Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:3 that God blesses…

Do you ever look around Meridian and surrounding communities and wish that things were different? Do you long for something to change for the better? Yes, we live in brokenness, but there is hope in God because He has promised in Revelation 21:5, “Behold, I am making all things new.” In other words, all of this brokenness is about to be fixed.…