Highly Exalted

Following the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, AZ, in June of this year, I took a summer hiatus from blogging at HighlyExalted to refresh, refocus and recharge.  The summer was filled with many new things for me and my family.  I spent some time on vacation with my wife where we got to relax for a while.  I devoted some extra time to my current church ministry at Cash Creek.  The Lord taught me some valuable and hard lessons this summer.  One of which is His faithfulness.  As I look back on the summer and really the past year or so, I have seen God work in ways that astound me.  He reaffirmed to me through His Word that, indeed, He is sovereign over all things.  Even when my spiritual eyesight fools my feeble mind, His providence is evident.  Believe it or not, Jesus has a vested interest in His church.  After all, why shouldn’t He?  He died for it.  As I leave summer behind, I am renewed by the Holy Spirit and look forward to the rest of God’s unfolding plan for ministry.  I am so thankful for our Lord’s compassion and abounding grace in my life.

What’s coming up…

• Regular sermon previews will continue this week.  This will be an effort to get everyone’s mind engaged and prepared for worship each Sunday morning. 
• I started a new sermon series back in July (see an older post for details), and I will periodically publish a few notes and outlines for any of you who are interested in “Finding God’s Purposes in the Meta-Narrative of Scripture.”
• Look for a monthly or biweekly focus on worship in the near future.  In these posts, I will showcase a particular hymn or spiritual song and tell how this encourages our understanding of important biblical doctrines.  My prayer is that this segment will help spur our worship to deeper fathoms of biblical understanding.
• I now serve on the Board of Directors at Marsha’s Place in Henderson, KY.  Marsha’s Place is a pregnancy resource center that ministers to women who are pregnant in the community.  Be looking for more articles on this issue including related items such as adoption.