Randy Murray - The “Hot Mess” series has been an excellent one albeit one where I had a difficult time anticipating the exact manner of our Pastor’s approach. A “hot mess” in my lifetime would have been used as a phrase to describe a quantity of freshly fried crappie or deer steak, not a person! Relating it to an individual hasn’t been the easiest thing for this old East Texas redneck! This last ins...  Read More

Stacy Warner - You may remember this past weekend (and 10 inches of snow ago), that pastor Matt Graves and his wife Corey discussed their marriage, as well as some biblical based marriage, advice. The bible also discusses the fact that, if you are a believer, another marriage has taken place. That marriage is between you and Christ. This union and its importance in your spiritual walk and right standing before God are discussed in Romans 7.  Read More

Matt Graves - Did you know that the global poverty line is $1.90/a day? We are tremendously blessed with material wealth in the US compared to the rest of the world. A lot of churches and ministries try to shame and guilt you for having an abundance of wealth. Some will misinterpret Jesus’ words to the rich young ruler when He tells the young man to sell all his stuff and follow Him. They’ll bring that story to this side of the cross and tell you that you need to do the same. But Jesus was addressing where the young ruler put his trust and his hope…in riches…which can never bring about salvation, or contentment. Jesus was telling the young man that He was THE WAY.  Read More

Cody Burt - Matt started his message off by talking about how busy we are and I couldn’t agree more! Like Matt, I’m the type that can’t sit idle for too long. If you ever see me physically taking a break my mind is still at max throttle. The busyness of life is a direct attack by the enemy. Satan has put so much in front of us that we can’t see the forest for the trees. This busyness can lead to conformity to the world.  Read More

Chris Williams - This week Pastor Matt talked about how we can live in this world and still be content and have peace with all that goes on. Being in the construction trade, I relate a lot of things to that. Having this peace is like building a house. In order to have a sturdy house, you need a solid foundation. We can have that solid foundation and still waste it if we don’t use the right anchors and fasteners to keep the house joined to the foundation. These anchors keep our house stable, making it strong enough to keep the wind from knocking it off its foundation.  Read More

Will Huddleston - “Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me. Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you stand by me…Oh stand by me, oh won’t you stand now, stand…Stand by me…” As I listened to our worship team sing this song Sunday morning, I was reminded of a time in my life where those words became extremely significant. It is profound and life-changing when people stand at your side…when you feel all alone.   Read More