This is a video tribute that we shared this past Sunday @ The Ridge. I share it today to thank and honor all of our veterans and their families…because freedom is not free. My prayers go out on your behalf…especially today to those who were impacted by the attack at Ft. Hood. May God bless you and give you peace. Thank you for your service to God and our nation!
My favorite show will return in January. Nothing like a cold winter evening, a fire, kids in bed and watching a recording of “24″ with my wife. 
Here’s the trailer for the new season:
GREAT day @ The Ridge today! I was so pumped! I think God is really using this series. I am praying for the marriages in our church and community. Here’s the highlights:
One of the biggest lies and most deceitful traps we can fall into as Christians is the idea of our spouse being a “soul mate”
Eve was not the completion of Adam, she was the completion of God’s creation
Your spouse was designed to compliment you, not complete you.
If we are looking for anything other than God to complete us or fulfill us, we are in danger of practicing idolatry.
If we would stop focusing on the imperfections of our spouse and start working on our own, I believe that most marriages would change overnight.
Put your hope in God, not in outward beauty and not in man.
Here’s the Handle for today:
If we are expecting our spouse to complete us, we’ll always be disappointed.
The homework challenge this week is to see which spouse can out serve the other. I pray that we will have a ne perspective ont eh expectations we have and should have in our marriages. Can’t wait for next week: Part 3 Intientional Intimacy.
Was reading this Psalm this morning and the Lord encouraged me. Thought it was worth sharing. Where are you looking for your help? While this Psalm is written to and for Israel, it applies to us as well. No matter what you are facing, know that God loves you, is with you, and will take these circumstances and use them for your good and His glory.
Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
“I’m not thrilled with the deliberate onslaught of the public by the major networks in terms of the sitcoms. They still don’t get it about race. They still don’t get it about gender. Jokes are still about jerks and body parts and sex. The excuse is always the public wants stuff that raises the dopamine level.”
—Bill Cosby
Cosby is the 2009 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. This quote was on why he doesn’t watch television sitcoms. He also added, “Our youth [should be able to] find themselves being excited about things other than going straight for the genitalia.“ [usatoday.com, 10/22/09]
Good word!
Two things you DO NOT want to forget this Sunday!
2. Don’t forget to FALL BACK this weekend. Set your clocks BACK one hour Saturday night before you go to bed. If you don’t you’ll lose that extra hour of sleep. BTW don’t stay up an extra hour later just because you know you can get it back! That ruins the whole thing! If you forget to set your clock back, you’ll be at church an hour early. That would be okay too, because we can always use a little more help with set up teams. So, set it back and be on time or don’t det it back and come give us a hand. Either way, its all good!
Tim Hawkins is hilarious! If you haven’t seen it before, check out his ode to Chick-fil-A.
A new series @ The Ridge starts this Sunday, November 1st. What is the truth about God’s plan for your marriage? Do you feel like you need to get a handle on your marriage? Is it everything you expected? Maybe you need to get a GRIP on some “Love Handles!” Don’t miss this new series this Sunday. Check it out…
today we ended our One Month To Live series. As we wrapped up this series on living a no regrets life, we talked about a no regrets life is an obedient life.
Romans 1:16, says “For I am not ashamed of the gospel…”
Matthew 5:14-16 14“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
I taught on obedience and biblical baptism. We challenged people to take the first step of faith and then the first step of obedience in following Christ in baptism. at the end of the day, 8 people stood and prayed out loud to follow Jesus as their Lord and Savior! It was awesome! THEN 29 people responded to the call to obedience to follow Jesus in biblical, New Testament baptism! It was an amazing day @ The Ridge! God was glorified, lives were changed, a generation has been impacted! Praise God for doing something unexplainable and undeniable!
Changed lives! That is what it’s all about. THIS never gets old!!
Major probs to Beverly Johnson and her husband Ken who put a great team of volunteers to do all of the organizing and preparations. They had everything that anyone needed, including clothes, toiletries, towels, everything. Their team did a fantastic job! It made everything so smooth and took all the excuses that anyone might have had away.
The band also did their usual stellar job!
In addidtion, we had 36 families in our community who were victims of the flooding last month that we “adopted” . Today 36 families from The Ridge took packets to give to these families, including a case of water, a $100 gift card from Home Depot and a $25 gift card from Wal-Mart, along with a gift certificate from Chick-fil-A. We are taking these to families and encouraging them and praying with them and simply ministering to them. Thanks to two churches from out of state who made donations to make this relief project possible: my brother Tim’s church in St. Pete, FL, Bridgepoint Church and Fuel Church in Poteau, Oklahoma where Shane Waldrop is pastor. Thanks to the people of these churches who helped make this happen.
We intentionally have waited with this project, so that we could respond to specific families in a personal way after all of the initial “excitement” and emotion of helping out had worn off. Our goal is to “be here” for these families long term. We are still partnering with Samaritan’s Purse and still need volunteers to help with 200 projects they have that have yet to be done. So, don’t stop helping, because time has passed and you might have forgotten about our neighbors.
I was really proud of our folks as I saw them walking out with packets to deliver. I pray that this will be a blessing and a great opportunity to share God’s love in a practical way.
It was an amazing day…a God day.. @ The Ridge! I have been blown away by what He is doing and can’t wait to see what God is going to do. If you missed this Sunday @ The Ridge, you missed God move in a powerful way. You never know what He is going to do, so you shouldn’t miss a single Sunday!
Next week…
You do not want to miss this Sunday @ The Ridge! I promise you it is going to be a great day as we wrap up our One Month To Live series. If we want to live a no regrets life, we need to live it in a certain way. What does that look like? Be here tomorrow and you’ll find out. I can’t wait for this Sunday! I am really pumped about it! Some of you are on edge about it…you are anxious about it…you are thinking about it…and you don’t know why. Just be there. If you have other plans, change ‘em or adjust ‘em so you can be here. Bring someone with you…call ‘em or email ‘em this afternoon and talk to them about it. Most importantly, be there yourself. If you don’t come, you’ll be saying later, “Dang! I should have been there!” Don’t let that happen to you!
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