by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 16, 2014 | Motivation
Reprinted from Baptist Voice, Part 2 Ministry Lessons Philippians 4:19 – Missions! “If we take care of God’s business He will take care of our business.” God blesses a church that is committed to the Great Commission. We began supporting missionaries before we even...
by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 16, 2014 | Motivation
Reprinted from The Baptist Voice, Part 1 On a hot summer day in 1975, God answered my mom’s prayers and my dad was wonderfully saved from a life of alcohol addiction. At a service station, my parents picked up a church tract which resulted in our family attending...
by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 15, 2014 | Motivation
The Great Awakening Revival had a huge impact on the founding of our country. Our founding documents reverberate with the heartbeat of revival sparked by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield. Following the War for Independence, our Founding Fathers established a...
by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 15, 2014 | Motivation
There are literally millions of people in the world who can genuinely say, “I Love My Church!” These people have experienced the blessing of a church family that loves God, exalts Jesus Christ, and shows love and forgiveness to one another. It is this kind of a...
by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 15, 2014 | Motivation
Most of us had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We can all be grateful to God for His many blessings. My wife had an interesting Bible class this week with the 11th-12th graders in our academy. Jodie asked the girls to write down all the things they are thankful...
by samster@vfbt.org | Jan 15, 2014 | Motivation
Sometimes I feel like I have to pinch myself because of the blessings of God. As a teenager I committed to memory James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights….” This verse is a continual reminder to me...
