Red Ribbon Rally

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is looking forward to a Great week. I am excited about this afternoon because I get to be the guest speaker at our elementary school for the annual Red Ribbon Rally. I will be speaking at 1:00 and the theme is " Keep your Head in the Game". Have you ever not been paying attention and something really embarassing happen to you? I have and that's because I didn't have my head in the game, I wasn't paying attention. I am going to encourage the kids to pay attention and make good decisions. Love all of you have a Great week!

Friend Day this Sunday!

Hey everyone I can't wait 'til Sunday. I am so excited about all the people they have been prayed for and invited to come to our service. I hope all of you will do your part to get someone to the service. There has been a lot of preparation go in to making Sunday a GREAT DAY. The worship service is going to be amazing as in "Amazing Grace" come check it out. I am going to be talking about living your DASH to the fullest. This is going to be a fun day. Don't forget about the Fish Fry and concert on Sunday Night starting at 5:00PM. Eternal Vision will be with us again and you don't want to miss this concert. I am PUMPED and it feels good, come join me and let's have some fun worshipping the Lord!!!!! Check out www.eternalvison.net !

Make the most of today!

Has anyone been discouraged yet today. If not just wait because the devil will not let one day go by without trying to bring discouragement your way. So how do we fight being discouraged?
Here are just a few things that might work:

1) consider the source from which discouragement may come

2) if it is something that can be fixed, fix it don't be discouraged about it

3) don't fight alone, there is strength in numbers, find encouragers to be around.

4) get plenty of rest

5) eat as healthy as you can so your energy level will be good to go

6) read the book of Colossians

Hope that helps a little.

Made it Home!

That's right I am home! I really enjoyed visiting with The Richey family and their wonderful church for the past couple of days, but it is always good to get back to Piggott. On my way home I went thru Memphis to visit with David Moody one of our church members who is recovering at the Med from a terrible accident a little over a week ago. As most of you know David had 72,000 volts of electricity go thru his body and lived to tell about it. David has a wonderful attitude and is grateful to God for still being around. He has severe damage to his right hand but the doctors are doing a Great job of taking care of his wounds. Please keep David and his wife Mary in your prayers. I don't have the phone number with me but I will post it later so you can call and encourage him. Good to be back home, looking forward to the next several weeks! Who are you gonna bring to church this week?

Vistiing a Friend

Hey everyone I am in Warren, Ar. at the Immanuel Baptist church for a few days. I preached last night and had an incredible response. The folks were so kind and the Lord really spoke to my heart and theirs. David Richey who is a Great friend of mine is the pastor and he and his family have been here for about 6 months and things are going really good for them. I love to talk about evangelism and that is what I was asked to do while I'm here. Pray for me today because I will be preaching again tonight and I really want God to use me to encourage these fine people.
What a great day it was at Emmanuel in Piggott yesterday. If you were there you know what I am talking about. I felt so free to preach God's word and then to see such a great response from the church was Great. If you weren't there I encourage you to pick up a copy of the service and just judge for yourself. I hardly ever encourage folks to get my preaching tapes, but this one might be worth getting. Well it's lunch time gotta go.

See you Sunday!

Hey everyone I am really excited about this weekend service! I hope all of you will come and be a part of something very encouraging. See ya Sunday.

Hey everyone I hope you are all having a Great Day. I love Great Days. When Johnna and I went to visit my friend Troy this summer in Ft. Lauderdale, FL we had some Great days. To bad everyday can't be vacation. So what do we do with the days in between vacations. Here are a few suggestions for you until you are able to get away.

1. Exercise - it will make you feel better about yourself.

2. Develop a Good Attitude - it will make others feel better about you

3. Take some time every week to do something that you enjoy doing. Life is to short not to.

4. Invest in someone - time=investment (gradeschools are a good place to start)

5. Make your home a fun place to be!

These are just a few suggestions maybe you have some more, if so please leave me a comment and maybe i'll give'm a try .

New Ministry a success!

This past weekend we launched the first annual Enter Up roping camp. We had 31 youngsters and several parents spend the weekend learning Gods word and how to be a better team roper. Professional team roper and committed Christian, Ricky Green came from Stephensville, TX and shared the word of God with us and it was an incredible weekend. The camp was full of fun and fellowship for the kids and plenty of instruction was given on both team roping and living the Christian life. I am so thankful for all the people who made this weekend possible, lives where changed. A special thanks goes out to Ricky Green for making such a difference in two of my boys lives. Logan and Ethan had a great time, we can't wait until next year!

New Laptop

I am back up and running. My old laptop finally quit me and I have been looking for a couple of weeks for a new one. I settled for a Toshiba Satellite, much faster than my acer. Any way maybe I will be able to blog more often. It's Labor Day weekend and I hope all of you have a safe holiday be careful and enjoy yourself it's along time 'til the next one. Me and the boys will be spending this weekend at a Ministry event up in Missouri. I will be back to preach on Sunday morning. Pray for us as we minister to about thiry kids and parents.

Great to be back!

It is great to be back in the swing of things. School started today and I got to pick up my friend Aaron who is in a wheelchair and take him to school on the bus. I love happy people and Aaron was sure happy. He brought his Gold Medals from the special Olympics that he won this summer. Isn't it amazing how some people can overcome the past and others can't. Aaron could really be discouraged about the life that he has been dealt but he chooses to focus on the victories that he can win. All of us could be discouraged about something and if we let it that discouragement will rob us of our own Gold Medals, victories! Let me encourage all of us to go out and compete in life today and bring home the Gold! Look out Michael Phelps I'm after your record.

On vacation

Hi everyone, we are in San Antonio, Texas with Tanners baseball team. We wrapped up the season last night as we lost to Colorado to end our season. We have had a very good trip the boys won their first game ever in the Regional tournament by defeating New Mexico and then fell to Texas 6 - 5. We are about to go to the Alamo and then tomorrow the largest waterpark in the USA. First I must find a Wal Mart and get plenty of sunscreen.

I want to thank everyone for praying for my mom she is doing better and out of the hospital. I can't wait to tell you all more about some exciting stuff that is coming to Emmanuel. It's going to be a great fall! Love ya.

State Baseball Tournament

We are on our way to the State American Legion Baseball tournament tonight. Tanner is playing in the semifinals of the state tournament tonight in Paragould. It has been so much fun watching the boys play this summer, but it's just about over. The summer has been so much fun for them and us too. I'll let you know how it goes.