My Babies

Queen Victoria Our Grandaughter

Time to go to work

Our Grandson Christopher Gray

I am ready to build

Samuel our 29 month old son

There is nothing I would rather do than be with our family. God has blessed us with beautiful, healthy children.

To whom much is given much is required.

Ronnie

Judah is applauding our speaker

Judah had a great time this weekend at Divine Rhythm. He has learned to lift his hands in praise and applaud for the folks on stage.

Ronnie

Grace, our Divine Rhythm speaker, Mark 16: 1-8

Grace spoke on Mark 16: 1-8 this morning and she talked about Jesus saying “I will meet you in Galilee” in other words, I will go there before you. No matter the situation you face, Jesus is there before you, no need to fear.

Ray and Laura were blessed to be able to talk with Grace last night after the service and they truly received a blessing from her genuine kindness and concern for who they were.

Ronnie

Judah is in the Jeep (Gods Jeep) ready to worship @ Divine Rhythm

This Day In The Life Of Your Pastor – January 30th, 2010

1. You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on you. Psalm 86:5 http://myloc.me/3mU6O about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

2. bed-tired-not as young as I once was- God has sent U a text message, have U read it? about 10 hours ago from web

3. @keithmusser521 that would be me and Jordan Craig Worrell http://myloc.me/3mcUO about 11 hours ago from UberTwitter in reply to keithmusser521

4. Samuel just called me crying saying ”daddy I want U” breaks my heart. Im blessed with my 4 boys, having great time but can’t wait 2 get home about 12 hours ago from UberTwitter

5. Challenge to 1st Hillsville, no church tomorrow. Read the entire book of Matthew and text or fb what you learn. It is Gods text message 2 U about 13 hours ago from UberTwitter

6. UberTwitter, I like it better than Open Beak http://myloc.me/3lWBq about 14 hours ago from UberTwitter

7. The way you live speaks to your belief in God or your dis-belief http://myloc.me/3lWll about 14 hours ago from UberTwitter

8. Had an awesome steak dinner with Marty and the folks from Mt Olivet UMC http://myloc.me/3lQ2D about 15 hours ago from UberTwitter

9. did you know it’s cool to look like you when you come to Out Of The Box? about 17 hours ago from web

10. did U know it is cool to pray @ Out of the Box with your hat on? about 17 hours ago from web

11. SNL is canceled tomorrow night along with all srvcs @ 1st Hillsville tomorrow. Next time we meet will b Super Bowl Sunday @ OOTB 5pm Worship about 18 hours ago from web

12. lake junaluska doesn’t take reservations on the weekend. didn’t know about 18 hours ago from web

13. Myrtle Beach Marathon is 2 weeks away, this is gonna hurt! http://myloc.me/3lHoG about 19 hours ago from UberTwitter

14. All Sunday Services R canceled @ 1st UMC Hillsville due to weather conditions Sunday January 31st http://myloc.me/3lGNr about 19 hours ago from UberTwitter

15. Beat her twice and she quit http://myloc.me/3lCw9 about 20 hours ago from UberTwitter

16. Scrabble, tearing Misty up http://myloc.me/3lBWj about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

17. Afternoon break, should I work or nap? http://myloc.me/3lzbH about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

18. Lunch @ Flapjacks http://myloc.me/3lxuP about 22 hours ago from UberTwitter

19. Ok everyone @ 1st Hillsville if u are 18~40 u need 2 plan to come 2 Divine Rhythm in 2011 http://myloc.me/3luRX about 22 hours ago from UberTwitter

20. God always asks what do u want me to do 4 u bcause you need to have a part n your healing http://myloc.me/3lsSb about 20 hours ago from UberTwitter

21. God is on the unlimited texting plan http://myloc.me/3lrvN about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

22. RT @WXII: Correction: 1800 State Troopers deployed, 38 National Guard troops deployed in NC http://myloc.me/3lp4e about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

23. RT @WXII: Perdue: North Carolina is in a state of emergency. 1800 national guard troops deployed http://myloc.me/3logN about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

24. RT @RevMSlaughter: As always, was in the word early today to experience the pulse of God. What about you? http://myloc.me/3lmD9 about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter

25. RT @MaxLucado: See your struggle as God’s canvas. On it he will paint his multicolored supremacy. http://myloc.me/3lh3F about 22 hours ago from UberTwitter

26. Breakfast then spiritual food @ Divine Rhythm http://myloc.me/3lf1R about 22 hours ago from UberTwitter

27. Judah checking facebook https://imagebearer.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/judah-checking-facebook-1st-thing-this-am-he-is-addicted/ about 23 hours ago from web

28. RT @shawnlovejoy: Anything other than Jesus is not living water and will not satisfy us. Period. (See Jn 4). http://myloc.me/3laTn about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter

29. RT @perrynoble: Many people would rather choose the certainty associated with slavery than the uncertainty associated with freedom! about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter

30. we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28 about 23 hours ago from web

31. all have sinned & fall short of the glory of God, & all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. about 23 hours ago from web

32. through the law we become conscious of our sin. about 23 hours ago from web

33. I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: Romans 1:16 about 23 hours ago from web

34. reading a text message from God this morning

Day 31-90 Days to read the New Testament (TNIV)

Romans 4

Abraham Justified by Faith

¹ What then shall we say that Abraham, the forefather of us Jews, discovered in this matter? ² If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. ³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” ^[a]

⁴ Now to anyone who works, their wages are not credited to them as a gift, but as an obligation. ⁵ However, to anyone who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. ⁶ David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

⁷ “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.

⁸ Blessed are those
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.” ^[b]

⁹ Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. ¹⁰ Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! ¹¹ And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. ¹² And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

¹³ It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. ¹⁴ For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, ¹⁵ because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹⁶ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. ¹⁷ As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” ^[c] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

¹⁸ Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” ^{[d] 19} Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. ²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹ being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. ²² This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” ²³ The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, ²⁴ but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵ He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Romans 5

Peace and Hope

¹ Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we ^[e] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we ^[f] boast in the hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only so, but we ^[g] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹ Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! ¹⁰ For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! ¹¹ Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹² Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—

¹³ To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. ¹⁴ Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.

¹⁵ But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! ¹⁶ Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. ¹⁷ For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

¹⁸ Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all. ¹⁹ For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

²⁰ The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, ²¹ so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.