You Have Not Seen ANYTHING …. Yet!
A new day will be dawning soon. The day will come soon when a body will come to life. The body has been resting, recuperating, and healing. Gone are the programs and dog/pony shows. The time has come for working and fighting to advance God's Kingdom. The work is not...
It’s COMING!
Shhh…It’s a secret. You can’t tell ANYBODY! I divulge this information only because you have been sworn to absolute secrecy. There is something looming on the horizon that will change countless lives, young and old. Soon an army will arise from the ashes of a church,...
Faith Comes By Hearing…So Let’em Hear
There are times once or twice a month when I have the opportunity to go into a nursing home and deliver a message for their Sunday service. I spend a great deal of time in prayer and study to prepare these messages. I take them seriously and, for the most part, so do...
Restored to the KING’s TABLE!!
At the Gathering Church, we are currently being taught about the restorative powers of our Almighty God. God restored a lot to a lot of people in the Bible. I don't know that I can come out and clearly say that restoration is a promise, but I can say that there seems...
Let Your Little Light Shine
I'm a thinker. Throughout most of the day I'm pondering one thing or another. It's my nature to think about things. The Bible tells us to meditate upon the Scriptures. I do that quite frequently and for some duration of time during the day. My problem is that when I...
Now that’s a REAL Christmas story!
It really was a Merry Christmas this year. It was more so for some than others. Here is a real Christmas story that I was blessed to be a part of.I was off work Christmas Eve. That's a rarity because, being a nurse, I usually have to work on holidays. But this year I...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
I was walking in the mall the other day finishing up some last minute shopping when I happened to pass a young lady. I made eye contact briefly and greeted her with a hearty "Merry Christmas!"She stopped and said, "You mean 'Happy Holidays'!"My redneck mind thought...
Pattern For Prayer: Our Father…
Let's see if we can delve into Matthew 6:9 which is the first verse of what we have all come to know as "The Lord's Prayer".9. "Pray, then, in this way: Our Father who is in Heaven, Hallowed by Your name."Seems pretty simple right? Weelllll...not really. There is more...
Let’s Not Play Church-Part Deaux
We have all seen it before. Cars pulling into parking lots finding their customary parking spaces. People are getting out of their cars dressed in their Sunday finest and walk briskly into the church building to distribute children, middle school, and youth to their...
Instructions for Prayer
I have elected to re-post this entry as it was the beginning entry I had posted in March when I felt instructed to "not write anything". Further teaching will come very soon but I just wanted to make sure that we could all start from the same page. God Bless!We all...
About LJRM
I grew up in Northeast Louisiana in a very rural area five miles east of Kilbourne. I work as a Licensed Practical Nurse in a nursing home providing care for people with various forms of dementia. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Religion from Liberty University and I am an ordained Deacon at our church, The Gathering Church, in South Knoxville, TN. Additionally, I am an ordained Minister of the Gospel by the same church....read more