Archives for June 2008

It is great to see all that God is doing. I am so very proud of all of you and your willingness to work for the cause and person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Keep up the good work! Sunday, June 29th the North American, Europe, Caribbean World Evangelism Committee met for the […]

Aaron sent out the following update. Please be praying for him! Well, I am still sitting in the hospital. Yesterday they did a bronchoscopy on my right lung. That’s where they go down there with some lights, a camera, and some tiny tools to cut away at the mucus plug they THOUGHT was in my […]

Check out this post about what people in churches are believing! I hope you know that the truth will be taught in Vision Baptist. Orginally published on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:01 AM by Todd Rhoades A recent article in USA Today says that religion in the United States is now a “salad bar” […]

The above cartoon and its commentary can be found here.

The following quotes came from my good friend Ron Maggard As you read them consider how you could apply these to your life and ministry. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs. — Vance Havner The Church is […]

Mark sent out the following letter to the South American World Evangelism Committee. Read and pray! Also get involved giving, praying, and working with a group just like this one is. We have place where you can begin serving right now! We had a great fellowship time with Curtis and Debra Couch this afternoon. I […]

The following is the report from our South American World Evangelism Committee. If you are not part of one of these groups then I invite you to get with someone and get to be part of a group that is getting very involved in World Evangelism. This past Sunday the South America World Evangelism Committee […]

This is an update from our friend’s blog. Please be praying for him. This is very difficult for him. Thanks to everyone for praying for me. I was checked into the hospital on Friday and here I still sit. At first they thought I had a Pleural Effussion (infection in the lung wall) then they […]

I got a phone call from Dean Hamby giving me the details on Pastor Moore’s funeral. There will be a viewing from 7 to 9 this evening, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow. All this will take place at the Flanigan Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at Old Suwanee Baptist […]

With the home going of Pastor McHoyt Moore on my mind I wanted to share a couple of thoughts with the congregation of Vision Baptist Church. Are you ready to die? I can think of no greater question. It is going to happen to all of us and sooner than we think. It seems that […]

I read the blogs of every one that I know that is serving God some where in this world, but I really pay close attention to those that are from our church. Today I just read something so special from Kristen’s blog. She is over seas serving in North Africa on a short term mission’s […]

I gave you a couple of prayer requests earlier for Pastor McHoyt Moore. When I got up this morning I had an email from Josh Ewing saying that he had gone on to be with the Lord. I don’t know anyone that loved God more than Pastor Moore so I am sure that he is […]

The following letter came from one of our missionaries, Josh Ewing. Please read and pray. Please pray for my former Pastor, McHoyt Moore. He is very sick in the ICU. He was Pastor of Old Suwanee Baptist Church in Buford, GA for over forty years. this letter was from my mother in law. Thank you […]

What you are to preach is determined by God, not by your own natural inclinations. Keep your soul steadfastly related to God, and remember that you are called not to bear testimony only, but to preach the gospel. Every Christian must testify, but when it comes to the call to preach, there must be the […]

I am not sure how many have heard but our friend Aaron that serves God in North Africa is back in the hospital. He has asked that you be praying. It appears now that he may have a collapsed lung and will be dealing with that but I have no official word. Here are the […]

Pastor McHoyt Moore preached for us at Vision not long ago. He has been my friend for over 21 years. He served with Macedonia World Baptist Missions for many years on their board of directors. I just got a note from Tony Howeth saying that Pastor Moore is in the hospital and is not doing […]

I feel a little bit like Thatcher and am unable to express my words. We are so thankful to have such a great church family. Neither Stephanie or I am are from Atlanta, but because of our great church family and friends we had over 50 visitors to come see little Thatcher. In the words […]

We must study the Word of God. We have to know what is right! If it is truth it is not your faith tradition but rather the very Word of God. Are you faithful to the services? Are you growing in grace? Do you know the Lord Jesus? Is church just something you do or […]

The following is from the same lady and is really good! November 1, 2007 — Dana How can we train our girls to be godly? We must be godly. As mothers we need to seek and love our God with all our heart so that we can show our girls what it looks like to […]

I stumbled across this today! As I prayed for our ladies and thought of our Home Improvement Sunday School class I thought you might enjoy this.! by Dana Bailey My mom has been an excellant example to me as how to love my husband. My parents just celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary and they are […]

At 5 pm we got a call here in Dearing, Georgia visiting our grandchildren that Thatcher had arrived. Mark Coffey called and all are well!

I just thought you might like to know that Trent and Stephanie Cornwell went to the baby doctor this morning. They were told to leave and go on down to the hospital. Today could be the day! Be praying for them! This will be a tough day for Stephanie but a super exciting day for […]

I was just doing my devotions and thinking and praying and Mariangela Simeon came across my mind. I can hear Betty and the grandkids running around the house. My grandkids love Mariangela to death. This young lady jumps to help and serve every chance she gets. I often think that I do not notice enough […]

The Kotvas family will be with us this Thursday evening at 7:15. You will not want to miss them. Joe is an exciting preacher and has a tremendous family. I want you to know them. We support them as missionaries and they are very good friends. You can learn more about them by clicking here. […]

I am very proud of Mark and Amy and count it a great privilege to work with them. They are two of the finest people that I know on this planet. I love them very much. Tomorrow is their wedding anniversary. I am not able to do much for them in the way of gifts […]

by Charles Spurgeon One sorry piece of craft which Satan teaches to many is to make them doubt, or pretend to doubt, anything in Scripture which frowns upon them. If they find that dying as they are they will be driven from the presence of God for ever, they comfort themselves by recollecting that a […]

After reading the last posts I got notes from several missionaries telling me to cut their support or hold it until we were able to catch up! Chris Gardner was the first to respond, then Jason Holt and Jeremy Hall. Someone else may have responded not really sure but it is alright for now. God […]

I have been praying about our mission’s budget. We need $1,384.62 a week to make our normal budget and here we are right before the last Sunday before we have to mail the checks and are $1,800 short. I was praying and asking God what to do and here comes a letter from our own […]

That is how much short we are on being able to pay our missionaries for the month! I hope you will pray that God work a miracle tomorrow in the services. I was mistaken. We do not have 9 days just tomorrow. The checks have to be mailed on Sunday! We need a miracle. Please […]

This has been, as far as I know, our lowest month ever in our Faith Promise Mission’s offering. I was quite concerned and spent extra time praying about it this morning. I do not want to have to drop any missionaries. I really want to see us doing more for mission’s than ever. I was […]

This Sunday evening we will celebrate the Lord’s supper. That is one of the most special events that we have as Christians as we remember all that He did for us as He gave His life. I hope that you will be with us and that most of all He will be honored.

Vision Baptist Church has its first church van. The purchase was finished yesterday. John informed me that it is our now. We have to move it to a shop and get a catalytic converter put on it. It is so loud that John wants to have a wrecker move it. We got a good deal, […]

I thank God that we get to support missionaries at Vision Baptist Church! God has allowed us to touch the world. I am also glad that you are so faithful in your giving. Even in the summer you have given and honored the Lord. Our church has a great deal of expenses and yet God […]

Click here to read about Kristen as she travels and serves. She is doing pretty good keeping up on her blog and you will find it interesting. Here is the post from today just to get you interested enough to want to subscribe to it! I had some crazy experiences today. My friend and her […]

I praise the Lord that the Deputation Manual continues to be a blessing to missionaries that are raising their support. We get regular orders for the book. There is no great market for such a project but for those that God is sending to the field it has proven to be a wonderful tool I […]

Check out www.projectchina.org! That is the web site of our newest missionaries from Vision Baptist Church. Our church is super blessed to already have 3 missionary families serving out of our church. God is using them in great ways in different parts of the world. Our newest family is Mark and Natasha. They will be […]

I am going to be allowed to put a 30 minute a day program on the television station in Peru, Lord willing. I just recorded the first 4 programs today. The guys there will have to put an intro and outro on there but the preaching is done. It isn’t the best but it is […]

I hate to admit it but Victory Baptist Church beat Vision Baptist Church staff in the weight loss program. They lost 21.7% of their goal this month and we only lost 21.6%. We are however poised for the win next month. Chad Gordon is the man with the largest percentage of weight lost but I […]

Betty and I just took 3 of the grandkids to ride ponies. I wanted to tell you how nice this people are and to invite you to get in touch with them. I will have their cards available at the church but they are just over on Mullinax Road and very well trained, well behaved […]

Scott Newton is at home and the procedures were a success. Thank you for praying. The doctors think that they took care of everything and that he will be as good as normal. God is a prayer hearing and prayer answering God. Thank you for praying.

EM Bounds: “Praying that does not result in right thinking and right living, is a farce. We have missed the whole concern of prayer if it fails to purge character and correct conduct. We have failed entirely to apprehend the virtue of prayer if it does not bring about the revolutionizing of the life. In […]

The doctors did the MRI and found out that Scott does have ventricular tachycardia. They will be doing an ablation tomorrow. Lord willing this will solve his problem. Please keep praying for him and we will let you know how things turn out. I thank God for the good men and women who have been […]

Kristen Pearson is a tremendous blessing to Vision Baptist Church. She plays our piano and has done so since we started the church. She carries a major load with all of our music at the church and does a super job at it. Kristen is in Morocco right now serving as a short term missionary. […]

The following article was on Martin Wicken’s blog and I thought it was worth reading. I so desperately want you all to become Bible readers and Bible lovers. It is very important that you know what God can do in your life just from getting into His word. “The noted Bible scholar James M. Gray […]

In our discipleship study right now we are seeing how God directs our lives and how we can find His will. I came across this in one of the blogs that I read each day and thought it went hand in hand with what we are studying and thought that it would be a blessing […]

Check out the depth of thought and love for God expressed by a young man not even 20 in physical years but much more mature in spiritual years. God bless you Ransom. Keep up the good work. I am grateful to God for you and proud of how He is using you. By Ranson Maggard […]

The following article has some great information and could be what you are looking for. You do want to be self disciplined and you have wondered why you weren’t and why you couldn’t change. Read the article and start applying it today! (By John MacArthur) Practically speaking, how can a person develop self-discipline in his […]

I wanted to give a very special thank you for a very special Father’s Day. My parents were able to come to the house and gave a very nice “money” gift! That is always nice and needed. My mother in law sent a nice card with a check and called! My wife and kids got […]