August 15, 2015, was just an ordinary day; I was driving to pick up someone to bring them to a local shop. On the way, I was hit on the side of the car and spun, knocking me unconscious. I was flown by air to Shands Trauma Unit from the scene of my accident and didn't remember anything that happened because I had a slight concussion. The grace of God kept me from having anything major happen. I wa...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 19 Through Scripture. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Matthew 22:29 (NLT)Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.For further Biblical Read: Matthew 22:23-33 What did you see, feel, experience, and realize a...  Read More

Did you know that America is one of the top mission fields in the world today? If you search America Mission Field, you'll find millions of articles about why America is the place to be right now to share the Gospel. We don't have to pack up our families, change our jobs, or uproot our lives. So how can we, the Church, think about ourselves as missionaries? That's what this series is all about. T...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 18 A New Spirit. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.For further Biblical Read: 2 Timothy 1:3-18 How easily do you open yourself to a spirit of fear––and when ...  Read More

In November, I get to be 34 years out with my heart transplant. In 2018, I was listed again for a another heart transplant and now kidney, and at the time started having water retention. After a year of tests my heart function improved. Faith and trusting God got me through all the run arounds of being listed and now currently my function hasn't changed. I still am stable, but one day I will need ...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 17: Faith Focus. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Philippians 3:10 (NLT)I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,For further Biblical Read: Philippians 3:1-11 What sometimes compe...  Read More

I’ve been praying for a 9 year old granddaughter of a friend who had a heart transplant. She coded at least once that I know of in the hospital prior to getting her heart. I prayed for donor family, patients family, doctors, nurses, the little girl and her family etc. She went home from the hospital Friday with a new heart. Miracles happen!...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 16: For Eternal Life. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 6:14 (NLT)And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.For further Biblical Read: 1 Corinthians 6:5-18 It's been said that in Christ, death is not the final...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 15: Through Our Words. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (NLT)And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human w...  Read More

I scheduled the hour of prayer yesterday at 3. However, I couldn’t do it at that time because we were busy. When we got back from a call, I went out and rang 3 1/2 miles, that’s when I started my prayer hour. Right when I was finished, we had a call for an apartment fire in Orange Park. I felt different than I have on other fires. No one got hurt. But I actually felt like the God heard my prayers ...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 14: Everything We Need. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: 2 Peter 1:3 (NLT)By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glor...  Read More

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 13: Dunamis Wisdom. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 1:21-25 (NLT)Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for...  Read More