Christian Men Retreat

09/09/2024

"Live your life so fully that you could leave this world at any moment without regret or unfinished business."

08/30/2024

I'm still dealing with the consequences of my mistakes in my youth.

God may forgive your sins, but you will still face the repercussions of your actions. A person who gives themselves to alcohol in their youth may spend a lifetime battling alcoholism. Those who indulge in promiscuity may carry the scars of STDs and struggle with sexual sin and fidelity for years. People who turn to violence often meet violent ends or live with deep regret for the harm they've caused. People who practice placing leisure before responsibilities may spend a lifetime barely having enough.

This is the suffering of those who eventually come to their senses and try to live a life that pleases God. If you think you've got your act together, be open and share your struggles with our youth. Warn them to choose the narrow path because the path of pleasure is destructive. And if you've never stumbled... well, God bless your soul.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (NIV): "Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things, God will bring you to judgment."

08/30/2024

I am against materialism, NOT material wealth. The two are not synonymous.

08/12/2024

You have no control over when or where you're born, the color of your skin, your intelligence, or how long you live—these are not your accomplishments. But how do you treat others? That’s entirely up to you, and it’s in this choice that true greatness is defined. ~ Walter S. Poole, MG

08/08/2024

It is impossible to love God and to Love sin. Those who have given themselves to Jesus purify themselves of sin.

08/06/2024

The only unpardonable sin is the one you refuse to let go of. Unfortunately, you have placed that sin above God.

07/03/2024

Repenting and making confessions to God does not absolve you of your debt owed to the offended.

06/30/2024

06/01/2024

Are we all God’s children?

“God created us all” would be a more accurate statement.

We are not, however, all God’s children.

1 John 3:10 clearly describes those who have an intimate, personal, familial relationship with God: “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.”

Because God is a relational being, until we accept his gift of eternal life by confessing and repenting of our sins, accepting Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross on our behalf, and surrendering our lives to him, we cannot be his children in the truest, most biblical sense of the word. We are just one of his created beings.

-Lori Hatcher

04/24/2024

How does God talk to humans?
Tell us how below & join us as we discuss it tonight at 7:30 pm

04/17/2024

If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll stop doing the things you can do.