Spiritual Vitamin

Spiritual Vitamin Oct 5 Peter, with John at his side, looked straight in the eye…He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. Acts 3:4, 7 (MSG)   It happened in Grapevine, Texas. No one had ever seen anything quite like it. No one had ever heard anything like it.   It was [...]

A few weeks ago, I was at the store because I’d run out of deodorant and needed to buy some more. You can thank me for that later.   It was a frustrating trip. After I discovered that the store had moved the deodorant aisle, I quickly learned that my deodorant manufacturer had introduced all new [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Sept 21 DEVOTED Be devoted to one another in love. Romans 12: 10   Larry Crabb in his book, Connecting, says that “Ordinary people can change other people’s lives.” He speaks about God’s dynamic and powerful influence that comes to us from other people in our lives. Connecting deeply and spiritually to people [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Sept 16   This Sunday afternoon Pastor Herb, Suzanne Holmes and I will be meeting with individuals who have signed up for Discover LIFE @ Clay.  Discover LIFE @ Clay is a smaller group gathering whose purpose is discussing Clay Church’s vision and mission of walking with more people towards a transforming relationship [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Sept 8 Walking a Mile in Someone’s Shoes There were no needy persons among them. Acts 4:32   You probably know this already, but I need to say it here just in case you haven’t heard it: 13,000 children will die of hunger today, and tomorrow, and the next day. Poverty — the [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Aug 31 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. I Cor. 12: 27 When I was in college there was a song that was sometimes sung in college worship gatherings. It went like this: We are drops of water in a mighty ocean! [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Aug 25 I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Jesus, John 10: 10   It is a miracle, really, that each of us is here, that we made it into life. Biologically and mathematically, the odds were way against us ever making it. But somehow, by [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Aug 17   LABYRINTH DEDICATION Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:45 a.m. Clay North     That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good. Romans 8:28, The Message   Sacred literally means: devoted, or dedicated to God. We all have [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Aug 11 Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. I Timothy 3: 1   We all have them — people we respect, people we love, people we have confidence in, people we look to for help in our lives.   They are friends, mentors, teachers, pastors, guides, big brothers/sisters, leaders, [...]

Spiritual Vitamin Aug 4   Rev. Bob Vale, Associate Pastor, Clay Church, 2000-2003 TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young I Timothy 4:12   Ten years ago, before anything called Firehouse even existed, Reverend Bob Vale was the youth pastor at Clay Church. Before I was [...]