Mark Batterson wrote in his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God’s What If Possibilities: “If you woke up this morning with more health than illness- you are more blessed than the million wh...  Read More

Romans 15:5-6, "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Fat...  Read More

Greetings Lakeside family:As we are in this advent season, I have been thinking about what worship is to me. In recent weeks, Libby was teaching worship theology on Sunday mornings and it made me paus...  Read More

Ephesians 5:23. "Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body."Salvation means that you are in Jesus and He is in you. At your conversion, Jesus came into your heart to become a part...  Read More

This time of year just after Thanksgiving, and just before Christmas, can be an overwhelming time of year for me. It seems there is no escape from retailers telling us we need to shop here, save there...  Read More

I was recently reminded of a quote from John Wesley;“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people ...  Read More

A month ago, we were down at the Harbor Network Conference. We were driving through the hills of Kentucky right as the changing colors of fall foliage was starting to occur. Instead of cornfields on e...  Read More

Proverbs 19:21 21, "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."James 4:15, "Instead you ought to say,  If the Lord wills, we will live anddo this or th...  Read More

These last few weeks I am finding my life is even messier than normal. I have felt frustration, anxiety, depression and even anger in all of these events following a surgery. Being in physical discom...  Read More

For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:27     Jesus is the Holy One of God. He was the Father’s Representative sent to Earth to redeem the ...  Read More

Charles Spurgeon wrote that “nothing teaches us about the  preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.” Here are a few verses to help us draw near to God by ...  Read More

He Is The Light Reed LeitingAs I drove to work last week on Thursday, the sun was just coming over the horizon but there was only a small portion of blue sky as the clouds were pressing in from the we...  Read More