I have enjoyed a little parental satisfaction as my daughter has grown up and left our home.  Parents have a few years to teach and guide their children.  Your kids are a captive audience during these years.  As adults your words become suggestions and not law.There is a temptation to view God’s Bible in the same manner.  Our society is based on moral decisions.  The real test for each person is o...  Read More

1 Timothy 4:11-16Prescribe and teach these things.  Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.  Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.  Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with th...  Read More

This week HBC will going to Romar Baptist Church Retreat Center for time of worship and renewal.  Our leaders will be sharing spiritual disciplines of Bible Study, Prayer, Service and Worship to guide the group to experience God's joyous presence.Pray for our students!  Give intercessory prayers for all those who will be attending.Our theme is from 1 Timothy 4:7-8….discipline yourself for the purp...  Read More

Matthew 13:44-46The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it....  Read More

In 2 Kings 20:1-6 we learn that Israelite King Hezekiah became mortally sick and asked God to grant him more time to live. God granted him fifteen more years.  In those years Hezekiah fathered a child named Manasseh.  Be careful what you pray for.  Manasseh is known as the most wicked king in the Old Testament (21:11).  He worshiped many pagan gods, practiced witchcraft, and even sacrificed his ow...  Read More

“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).We live in a world where chaos abounds and we want to feel secure when things are uncertain all around us .With the knowledge of this blessed truth we can be calm in times of trouble. We understand and have experienced a lot of storms in our area the last couple of years.  It seems like almost every few weeks a tornado comes near our area and causes...  Read More

I have forgot so much!  I was engrossed in agriculture for the first half of my adult life..  I studied plants and insects.  I knew scientific names of most of the trees and shrubs that were native to West Tennessee.  I also new the best ways to grow those plants and how to protect them from pathogens and predators.That part of my life stopped around 15 years ago.  I don’t think about those facts ...  Read More

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, jus...  Read More

Today, HBC students and adults will join others to bring the good news of God to Hardeman County.  They will work on construction projects, clean yards, paint benches, clean homes and share their testimonies of Jesus.Pray for this ministry.  It’s your ministry as well.  Your encouragement, support and prayers will be used by God to bring spiritual fruit in our neighbors.“How then will they call on...  Read More

1 Thessalonians 1:1-7Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.  We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, knowin...  Read More

"Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).The phrase “cast your care” is something many people misinterpret. Most think it comes by turning problems over to God; He will take it away or solve the issue to our liking.Casting your care means we do our part, as much as we can, and then turn it over to God to do as He sees fit.  We then abide by His decisions.  It means we...  Read More

“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).Lions attack sick young or straggling animals; they choose victims who are alone or not alert.  Satan is the lion looking for someone to devour. Peter warns us to watch out for Satan when we are suffering, weak or vulnerable. When we are feeling alone, weak or helpless...  Read More