Author Archives: alexwatkins10

Do you ever feel like something is missing when you take a look at the local church? Do you feel like there are generation gaps in our local body of believers? If you have ever had these feelings or questions, you aren’t wrong. Something is missing. The gaps are becoming wider and wider. And, theContinue reading “multi-generational churches”

Recently I heard a sermon from Dr. David Platt on giving, based on Psalm 86. I want to borrow from his exhortations and applications: Five Motives or Worldly Giving: Pride. Power. Guilt. Greed. Temporary need. Five Motives for Godly Giving: Grace from God. Glory for God. Good for others’ lives. Godliness in our lives. EternalContinue reading “We Give For His Glory”

Christmas Lights at New Friendship has now come and gone. Even though the day is now over with the story lives on. The story of Christmas Lights lives on in each of us every single day. It lives on through the Christmas season and even into the rest of the days of the year. TheseContinue reading “reflections from Christmas Lights”

Open my eyes. Oh heart believe. The wonder of these Christmas lights be born in me. Take a look around. We are finally here. Christmas has come. The trees are up and the garland is being hung. The decorations are all around. The sights and sounds of Christmas have arrived. With that so have theContinue reading “Christmas Lights”

Want to make the most out of the Christmas worship gatherings that you attend during the month of December? It’s a question that we all ask ourselves every time we near the season. So, do you? If you do, here a few things to try this Christmas season when you come to any worship gatheringContinue reading “Make the Most Out of Christmas Worship Gatherings This Year”

Defining this past Tuesday as humbling is an understatement. I had the privilege, and let me iterate, privilege, of seeing husband and wives, moms and dads, men and women, be commissioned to the greatest mission field with the greatest story of all time in their hands and on their hearts. Seeing everyday, ordinary people willinglyContinue reading “humbling to say the least”

We live in a world where it is easy to go through the motions. We have seen it time, and time again. We go through the motions of our daily routines. We go through he motions of our time with our families. We go through the motions of just about everything. From work, to ourContinue reading “don’t just go through the motions”