Derek SmithLead Pastor 1 Samuel 25:28 Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the Lord’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you.Whenever we think about battles we often think about the daily circumstantial battles in our lives. Battles for our soul, our attention, and our devotion to the Lord wage d...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHBC Worship PastorDeuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.Most of us don’t look under the hood of our cars to check if our batteries are connected before we go to Wal-Mart. We don’t check the oil before we hop in to go to work. We do...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorJeremiah 18:1-4This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.[a] 4 But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right f...  Read More

Irvin WasswaTylertown Campus PastorEphesians 5:15-1615 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.How many of you are like me in that you have fallen victim to that pesky ol’ snooze button on your alarm? Whether you use your smartphone or have an actual alarm clock, the snooze button on more than one occasion has becom...  Read More

Derek SmithLead Pastor 1 Timothy 1:13-14 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.In Paul’s first letter to Timothy he begins with a look back on his own testimony. Paul was not suggesting that he had received th...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHBC Worship PastorRomans 5:6-8For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die - but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Sometimes the idea of being used by Jesus can feel impossible. He sees us for wh...  Read More

Andrew ThompsonDunbar Cave, Campus PastorJeremiah 32:40-41 “I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me. I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.”As I sit down to write this dev...  Read More

Irvin WasswaTylertown Campus PastorGenesis 41:14-1614 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph...  Read More

Derek SmithLead Pastor Luke 2:48-4948 And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” 49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”I still remember it like it was yesterday. A while back our son An...  Read More

Justin TuckerLHC Worship PastorLuke 7:36-38 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her te...  Read More

Andrew ThompsonDunbar Cave, Campus PastorJohn 21:5-6Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you?” “No,” they answered. “Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. Do you remember when you were young and unable to do anything on your own? It might be a distant memo...  Read More

Daniel FosterNext Gen PastorProverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.“Spiritual freedom is the foundation of political freedom. God gives us freedom and when we decide to follow Jesus, we find ourselves the most free: Free from selfishness, free to love others, free to forgive, and free to follow the life that  God has for each of us.“  Dave E...  Read More