Rip Turning Fifty + Family + Friends = Rediscovered Focus

Have you ever just not seen something coming? That was Rip last night around 6:45ish. We were wrapping up a FULL day of working for some clients together, and as we casually decided to grab some dinner at Georgia Blue, …. what he didn’t know is that there...

The Basket Case

Devotion:   “So they ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.”  Matthew 14:20 Throughout my life; I’ve heard the age old idiom; “He or she is a basket case.”   Somehow, I knew it was not a...

In Context

 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. Acts 20:27,31-32 Scripture must always be interpreted in light of It’s context.  I challenge you to read and re-read the above passage.  Verse 31-32 reinforces verse 28.  Scripture exegetes...

Secret Strength

“You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”  Judges 13:5 Many people are...

Running Water

Isaiah 66:12-14 For this is what the Lord says: “I will extend peace to her like a river,     and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm     and dandled on her knees. 13 As a mother comforts her child,     so will I...

Does Curb Appeal Really Matter To Buyers?

I have never seen so many “For Sale” signs like I am seeing now!  Families are wanting to scale down, scale up, they are moving to another city or state and some families simply long to have more land and privacy. But there are some homes that I would just...

God of the Whole Earth

“For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; Who is called the God of all the earth.”  Isaiah 54:5 God says He inhabits the praises of His people.  We are to give thanks; however praise and...

Bible Study / Exodus 3-6

Hi Friend, I have heard from several members who are not able to get online to watch our Video lessons and are not able to work on the printed portions of our bible study until the weekends. They just have FULL days with kids home and so much going on, that the...

Driven to Distraction

 “And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.” Genesis 39:10 What drives you to distraction?  For me, it doesn’t take a lot.  Is it lack of responsibility?  I hope not.  Maybe it’s lack of...