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.…