Category: Christian Living

We understand and receive grace and forgiveness daily from God, and we can extend that grace and forgiveness to our spouse. Mercy is when you don’t get something you deserve. Grace is when you get something you don’t deserve. Eight Ways to Show Grace to Your Spouse 1. Grace is patient, kind, and seeks to…

The message this morning from Pastor Andy at Trinity Baptist Church was about having the courage to boldly walk the walk and talk the talk about our faith as Christians and leading others to believe in God. The culture we live in today encourages us to be timid about our faith. There are 3 ways…

God truly works in amazing ways. I’ll share more about this journey later, but I just wanted to say how blessed Brandon Bell and I were to find Trinity Baptist Church this summer. We thought we were doing it because our daughter needed it. In mid-July they played a video about a marriage ministry they…

This morning’s message at Trinity Baptist Church from Pastor Andy Coats was about letting go of the strongholds in our life. Ephesians 4:25-32 gives us a good list of commands for living a healthy spiritual life. Nestled in the middle of those verses is also the root of the reason we often fail to do…

In his message today at Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Andy Coats discussed how unhealthy relationships will destroy our spiritual life. They are like a virus 🦠… they infect our actions, our conversations, our thoughts, and put us in a position of compromise. The secret to a healthy spiritual life is to have healthy relationships with…

In his message today at Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Andy Coats talked about letting go of the negative thoughts and finding the positive in everything we go through. **** 2 Corinthians 10:5 **** We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to…

In college I had a sociology professor share the words, “The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.” It was a quote that changed my view at the time on relationships. I boxed the power of the thought into that narrow category and committed the quote to memory. Fast forward to tonight. In…

In his message today at Trinity Baptist Church, Pastor Kent Mathias discussed the waves of life we face as a Christian. What you believe about God is the most important thing in your life.  The more spiritual you become, the calmer the waves become.  You will still struggle through the pains and the losses in…

Fall in love with moments… The moments that make you smile. The moments that make you laugh. The moments that make you go hum. The moments that break your heart. The moments that keep you up late at night. The moments that make you think. The moments that make you cry. The moments that you…