Seven others from First Assembly left on Friday, June 22 for El Salvador to join the ministries of King’s Castle (pictured here to the left) for eight days!They’ll be helping to conduct medical outreach and working on maintenance of the King’s Castle campus. Our group will be hosted by our very own Landon Thompson who has been a student at the … Read More
What I’ve Learned in the First 36 Hours of Fasting
Just yesterday I began a 21-day season of fasting, prayer and devotion, along with the amazing congregation I lead in Lafayette, Indiana. The first few days of a fast are not entirely fun. I feel kind of groggy from a lack of caffeine. I have a headache. I’m not really physically up for much activity, and I want to sleep. … Read More
Awakening Fast
Do you want to see your spiritual life explode with a new intensity and vibrancy? I know I do. This coming January 15-February 5, 2012, we will be calling Lafayette First Assembly of God to a 21-day fast. This three season will be be a great way to start the New Year right and experience a powerful journey for resetting your … Read More
Good News for Lost Hopes
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly. 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both … Read More
Feeling God’s Presence
Q: How can I, as a teenager, begin to feel God’s presence? How does he become more real and personal? This excellent question, submitted on our Q Sunday event on February 6, 2011 asks a question that many people pose at all stages of life. Becoming more aware of God’s presence and finding God to be more intimate in one’s … Read More
S.O.A.P.
Today I’m really busy. Maybe too busy to write this blog. So, I wanted to give you a little tool that doesn’t take much time for taking in the Bible devotionally. It requires that you write, read one chapter of the Bible and follow this acronym “S.O.A.P.”. A few of my friends have led their churches in adopting S.O.A.P. as … Read More