From the desk of Pastor John Johnston 7-15-13

Life worth Living:

As I was growing up I sometimes would wonder what I wanted to be. As I got older I decided that I needed to be a successful person no matter what I became. I believe that this is the dream of most all people. Everyone wants to be happy and rich…

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston 7-1-13

 

 Kids Revival:

Have you ever noticed that in most all churches that they will try to have a revival every year? For the most part they are going through the motions but revival still has not truly come. For most people it is a good time to get preached at for 4-5 nights in a row… “Ahhhh, that was a great week of sermons…” you will hear someone say, or maybe someone will say, “Wow that preacher really stepped on my toes, or man, he hit the nail on the head.”  The only problem with that is, that is the extent of the revival…

To me, if I have learned this correctly, revival is supposed to start in yours and my heart. If that is the case then revival should not be announced until the people are ready for revival. All too often churches will schedule a revival every year on the same week or month. If the people are not ready then what really happens?

Summer is Hear

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 6-10-13

Well I know it has been awhile since I have blogged so I thought I better get on the stick… Since Tina and I got back from vacation it seems like we have been going 24/7. I have decided to cut the blogs back to once or twice a month instead of every week due to the fact that church has gotten very busy. No… that can’t be??? Preachers don’t work… do they???

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 04-29-13

 Vacation or to not vacation… that is the question?

If you took a poll across the nation I wonder what the consensus would be. Should I go or should I not???  I was joking with some folks at church and was telling them that Tina and I would not go on vacation again… we would just take off time from work. I here you… your asking yourself, “What is the difference?” Well, a vacation is something that you plan and usually you map everything out to an agenda and it is supposed to be relaxing. (Yea wright) If you just take time off it is spontaneous, fun, no real direction, relaxing, fun, spontaneous, no specific time frame, fun, spontaneous… oh I said that already…

True Worship 04-08-2013

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 04-08-13

 How do you define true worship? For me it is not just going to church or hearing good music or just singing. Even though all of those are pathways to worship it has to be something deeper…

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 03-26-13

A time to celebrate…

I am not sure about you but this time of year has become my favorite time of year. As a child growing up in Brinkley Arkansas I remember it was Christmas that was the favorite holiday. It stands to reason… we got toys…  Easter was good too, as it had the Easter Bunny and we got to hunt Easter Eggs after church. Yes we celebrated those holidays as Christ’s birth and Resurrection but as a child the glory of both days mostly landed on presents.

From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 03-19-13

March Madness…

I don’t know about you but I love this time of year… The flowers are starting to bloom, the trees are budding out, my allergies are in full warp mode, and you can wear shorts one day and it is snowing the next day… You know that true Arkansas weather! No one else in the country has weather the way we do. Well maybe a few have the same. I am not sure if anyone else can attest to the fact that we now have 3 tornado seasons a year, fall, winter and spring.