by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 14, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow Prayer: To Be Heard and Answered!Have you ever wondered why, when you throw prayers up to God, that God seemingly is not listening much less answering your prayers? God “promised” that He would hear and answer our prayers! He HAS to answer our...
by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 11, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow My earlier post about “playing church” seemed somewhat vague to me and fearing that it may seem vague to my readers I have decided to spend the next several weeks clarifying what “playing church” means and how it can be avoided. In...
by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 10, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow Up to this point I have been somewhat vague in witnessing. There is a reason for that. It has been my intent to express the importance of witnessing in our daily lives. The time has come to begin dialing in on how to witness specifically to...
by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 10, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow I have said in an earlier post that Bible study and Bible reading are two different things. Reading the Bible is reading in the sense that one reads passages of Scripture that they are covering in a daily devotional or digesting the last...
by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 9, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow I have been asked, “What is the big deal about discipleship?” Well, the big deal is that growing in knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and faith is expected of us. Paul demonstrates this beautifully in 1st Corinthians 3:1-8:...
by Lonnie Richardson | Jan 9, 2014 | Life Lessons, Spiritual
FollowFollowFollowFollow The topic today is praying according to God’s Will. We who pray often pray in times of conflict and turmoil. We pray for God to remove the conflict and turmoil. We pray for God to change our present circumstances. We pray that God will...
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