Temple Thoughts - April 5, 2012

Helping and praying for others, Easy and Joyful.

Being brave enough to ask for prayer for yourself -- wondering if it is ok, or are you worthy. Hard and Scary.

The kind and comforting look in that person’s face and the touch of them holding your hands and praying with you. Peaceful and PRICELESS.

-- Ronda Rich

Temple Thoughts - April 4, 2012

"To you I call, O Lord my rock: do not turn a deaf ear to me", Psalm 28:1
For the most part, we are poor listeners. As someone who is struggling tells us their hurts, even when we've made ourselves available, our thoughts drift away to our own problems...our tasks for the day…where we'll eat tonight. When we cry out, aren't you glad God makes us His priority and listens? --Charles Morgan

Temple Thoughts - April 3

Choose this day whom you will serve…but for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. – Joshua 24:15

Do you wake up in the morning and start your day thanking and praising God? That is how you will feel all day, if you start the day off right –thanking God for our blessings, for being alive – and praising him. Try it! – Lynn Broussard

Note: If you wish to remain on the list of recipients of these daily devotions, do nothing. If you do not wish to receive them, hit reply and tell me to take you off the list. I will welcome appropriate, short devotional writings from any Temple member or friend. I do, however, retain the right to edit and select. – Janet Cline

Temple Thoughts - April 2, 2012

1 Samuel 2:1


1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Have you ever been surrounded by doomsayers? Naysayers? Doubters? Basically overwhelmed and influenced by those who say you cannot do what God says you can do? Hannah was surrounded by those kind of people. Her secret? Her mouth was “enlarged” in KJV. Her secret was when the world says “you can’t do it” she would say repeatedly “my God can do it.” This is not a “blab it and grab it” theology; rather it is a realization that God’s word is eternal and we have to say what He has said to watch faith work in our lives.

Father I am surrounded by doubters and fear. Help me keep your word in my heart and in my mouth so my meditations will be pleasing in your sight. Amen -- Dave Arena

Temple Thoughts April 1st

Temple Thoughts

Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths. – Psalm 25:4

I’ve been rereading a book by Ronald Greer, an Atlanta, GA, pastor, called If You Know Who You Are, You’ll Know What to Do. The book is about living with integrity, a word we don’t hear too much nowadays. My online dictionary defines it as “adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty,” but Rev. Greer takes it farther than that.“Integrity” means knowing you are a child of God and seeking to live by that standard. If you know that – truly, -- you will not be swayed by the fads and follies of today. You truly “know what to do” in the situations that occur in your life. – Janet Cline

April 1: This is the first of a series of daily devotions we will be emailing to Temple members and friends. If you wish to remain on the list of recipients, do nothing. If you do not wish to receive them, hit reply and tell me to take you off the list. I will welcome appropriate, short devotional writings from any Temple member or friend. I do, however, retain the right to edit and select.

Minute to Win It at UMT

In case you missed it elsewhere, we wanted you to see the fun that the kids had a couple of weeks ago when minute to win it came to the Temple!

New Videos - VBS

Here is a look at VBS 2010. This video will be used to show folks how much fun our VBS is every year!

Take a look and tell us what you think!



Watch for these to start showing up on our web page and look for more new videos later this year!