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From the Practice of the Presence of God: Brother Lawrence BIBLE VERSES “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13 “The Lord replied, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’” – Exodus 33:14 “And that He may send the Messiah, […]

Today I want to tell the rest of the story of Jeremy. I need to backtrack a little bit. The cancer in his leg was pretty aggressive and chemo did not work on it. To prevent it from spreading farther, they had to amputate above the knee. John Freeland was our pastor then and he […]

From the YouVersion Bible App Missed a day? Catch up on Day 4, Day 3, Day 2 and Day 1. BIBLE VERSES “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, like streams in the Negev.” – Psalm 126:3-4 “And my God will meet all your needs […]

Today I want to talk about the power of prayer and the power in speaking the Word into situations and over problems and concerns. More than 25 ago, I read This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti, which is a fictional book dealing with spiritual warfare in a small town. It was the first time I […]

I woke up this morning a little sad. My phone is synched with the church YArooms calendar and it reminds me of all the scheduled events at pre-determined, advance intervals. It tends to go off quite a bit. I could go into the program and delete all these events, but I just cannot bring myself […]

From the YouVersion Bible App Missed a day? Catch up on Day 3, Day 2 and Day 1. BIBLE VERSES “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” – Hebrews 4:16 “The Lord is my shepherd, […]

We have not been able to worship together in too many Sundays now. I confess to missing it very much. But Skyland is blessed with a special group of extremely gifted, tech-savvy people who are working very hard on ways to get us all connected through our computers or smartphones. In the interim, we have […]

From the YouVersion Bible App Missed a day? Catch up on Day 2 and Day 1. BIBLE VERSES “Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.” – Amos 5:23 “‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and […]

Today I am sharing messages from two members today, a great music video courtesy of Kristen Wages, and giving you all a break from me! The first is from John Borg: I just got back from Piedmont Atlanta this Friday morning after doing pre-op testing for my thyroid cancer surgery which looks to be scheduled […]