My prayer to The Father today… Let them see You in me. Simple. Paul wrote volumes about it. It should be our Goal always and everyday. Jesus prayed it and in His Final Prayer in John 17, He declared He had done it and asked that It would remain in His disciples, of which we are. Terry
September 1, 2014

Several of you are raising a teenage daughter. There are so many diverse issues there, a couple of you have more than one teenage daughter.
Pray discernment, patience, strength, perseverance, consistency for yourself and your peers as the process goes on. The teenagers are caught between the adult world and the children’s world. They are told to act grown up… and told not to be too quick to grow up. You see them as the children you gave life to…and see them as young adults trying to find their way. It can be challenging for you and them. Terry September 2, 2014

Our pastors’ sermons have been continually escalating in their depth and definitiveness. We can be benefiting greatly from them if we are paying attention and heeding the message. Read Hebrews 2:1 Seek to have open ears and an open heart to receive what God is saying to us through our Pastor. As the sermons have been escalating, may we be doing the same in our pursuit of Holiness and Right living. The shepherd can lead, the sheep need to follow. Let us follow and pursue The Word, the knowledge of It…which becomes weaponry against the enemy and essential equipment in a prospering life. How much time do you spend pursuing The Word on a consistent basis?? Let it be as our shepherds’ sermons….escalating. Terry
September 2, 2014

Pray for your brothers, guys. We all need it. We all need to know that guys going through life as we are… Pray for us. Who of you know for sure that another guy prays for you at least semi- regularly ??? If we all cannot name 3, then we are failing each other. We do have to ask. Ask for prayer from others. Ask to pray for some guys. Ask them what’s on their hearts so you can agree with them or lead them on a new direction. We should be praying the Holy Spirit into the lives of those around us. If we care, we will. Terry
September 1, 2014

We celebrate WORK today by having a holiday. Work, in this country, has yielded great rewards for many people individually and collectively. Freedom gives rise to opportunity and when combined with good work….varying levels of success and prosperity follow.
Work is ordained by God. Even in Eden, Adam was led to lead, to name the animals, to have and assert dominion. Work today, because of The Fall, has toil and suffering attached to it. If we partner with God in our work, the toil is lessened and blessing can come. God blessed us with gifts, talents and abilities. If your work involves using those, it can be enjoyable. Put your heart into your work. If you work for someone, honor them with your best effort – as Gods Word says – “as unto God”. Don’t cheat your work or any superior with less than your best. A “man in full” does not try to skirt by with minimum effort. A man does not do “just enough”. You would not teach your son that. If those before us did that we would not have the freedoms nor the comfort we have today. Maximize your effort. Seek better results. Aim higher. That is why today is a holiday…. Because Men before us did those three things. Terry Labor Day 2014

There are great lines of dialogue in movies. Allow those lines to reach your mind. When I hear a line that holds substance….I write it down. One line that grabbed my attention is from Lord of The Rings – the “Fellowship” episode. Frodo is lamenting his plight having to bear the ring and speaking to Gandalf. He says he wishes he did not have to bear this burden and wishes he did not live in the time he does, that it is too hard. Gandalf looks at the little Hobbit and says …. “Ours is not to determine the time in which we live. It is up to us to decide what to do with the time given us”. It is up to us to decide what to do with the time given us. Time is a gift . Maximize the use of it. Excel in the task before you, the life before you. Do not cheat that time . Do not waste it. You do not want to look back and lament the ill use of the time given you. If you have lamentation about a bit of your past …. Determine to exercise fully every ability given you and never give your self the opportunity for regret again. The time, when spent is irretrievable. Be wise and strong in the use of what time lay ahead. Decide to fully use your gifts. Decide and then do those things given you to do. Doing determines life. Do life well…. Do it to your end. Do NOT retire from life….EVER. God does not have it for us – even in Heaven – to lay around and not use the gifts given us to do the work given us. There are times I wasted. I cannot get a “mulligan” Decide to put to full use what God placed within you. Get rest when needed. Then get back to doing those things that will fully exercise you toward fulfilling your journey. Your eyes are in the front of your head to look forward. Your hands are structured to work on things in front of you, not behind you. Decide . Move. Forward. Terry September 4, 2014

Being blessed isn’t based on your circumstances, but about belonging to the God of your circumstances. And the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of that. As I recommended yesterday , pray for those guys around you. Specific prayer for those you know about … Corporate prayer for those you do not . We need to know prayers are being lifted for us. Have you contacted those guys whose a Corner you are in? How are they doing? Be there for them. We should pray for all the pastoral staff of our church. Very influential in the life of our Church. Have you separated yourself from things for a few minutes this year ??? To meditate, to pray, to hear from and have extended time with God. The year is 2/3 over… Have we spent it well? Have we invested well in those around us? Try to get away…. Even if it’s a long drive in your car for a while… Get alone, meditate to hear from The Father. You know that if you seek Him…He will speak…. After you have emptied yourself, He will fill you. Terry
September 1, 2014

The goal of partnering with other guys …. Getting in their CORNER and getting some particular guys in your CORNER … is perfectly described by Paul in II Corinthians 3:1-5. Read it. We ARE the Gospel. Living, breathing, walking manifestations of Epistle of Christ…. written, not with ink, but by the Spirit of God. And we become known of, and are daily read by all those around us. Know today that the story of your life, the Scripture you compose everyday with the words, actions and reactions… are the Fifth Gospel in the eyes of the world. Terry August 31, 2014

We are there. “In season ” From now until after January 1 we will be involved with the teams we pull for, the teams we pull against ( that will be the subject of another message) and the ups and downs of the Football season. Then there is hunting season. It could be some guys are absentee from Friday through Monday morning for the next 4-6 months. You know it’s true in some instances. I have a friend in Texas, he quits working on Nov 1 and is out until mid January. Sometimes he is in San Angelo stalking white tail deer for days at a time. He lives in Dallas with his wife. His children are grown. But he did this when they weren’t. I know a guy here in Birmingham who sat in his wife’s hospital room after she gave birth to their first child…. Looking at hunting videos rather than tending to her or the baby. It was late October and he has a farm where he hunts. Nothing is out of balance by being involved with football. Nothing is wrong with being an avid deer hunter. If ANYTHING draws you away from your family excessively… It can GET out of balance. Football, hunting seasons, work, any hobby… Anything can get out of balance. Balance it properly. If you sense it is too much, cut back. You know that you know when it’s too much. Assert your dominion over ANYTHING trying to dominate your relationship to God, to your wife, to your children. And each of you receiving this message has enough of Gods Word in you to know when that begins to happen. The first Man was placed on earth to have and assert dominion ….not to be dominated. I hope your team wins every game. I hope you kill the biggest deer you have ever seen. Don’t miss any of your wife or children’s lives as you do these things. Matthew 6:33 Words for the season Terry August 30, 2014