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Patience

by Brad

Howpatientareyou? Well, let’s see. I want to ask you a few questions to see if your have a lot of a little patience. How well do you handle interruptions?Let’ssayyou’refinishinga project at work and someonecomes into your office and just wantstochat,andwhentheyleaveyou’rebehindschedule. How do you handle inconveniences? Let’s say you’redriving somewhere and there’s a detour or a […]

Labor of Love

by Brad

Well friends, it’s that time of year to honor our mothers! There’s a Mother’s Day card that, on the front, reads: “Mom, I remember that little prayer you used to say for me every day.” When opened it reads: “God help you if you ever do that again!” It seems like I remember hearing something […]

God’s Not Dead

by Brad

By now you have either heard of or have watched the movie, “God’s Not Dead.” If by chance you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to take your family to the movies and watch it. It is worth the price of admission. Josh Wheaton, who is a devoted Christian and freshman college student, enrolls in […]

In You

by Brad

There was this little girl who was being questioned by her mother, “Honey, do you know Jesus?” The little girl looked at her mother with a peculiar eye, “YES, I know Jesus!” The mother continued to question the little girl, “What do you know about Jesus?” She responded, “He loves me!” The mother said, “Yes, […]

Who’s you daddy

by Brad

“Who’s your daddy?” This term has been around for years and has become a part of our cultural dialect. It’s a slang expression that, in one use, takes the form of a rhetorical question and is commonly used as a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener. Most of you know I’m a football guy, […]

Commit

by Brad
Brad Patterson

Why do you think we have such a hard time with commitment? It’s difficult to think of all the times I have failed in life simply because I wasn’t committed to my endeavor. We turn back from so many things we had at one point committed to: exercise, diet, breaking addictions, marriage; you get the […]

Loves Way

by Brad

There is a story about a college professor who went around in the last century and appeared in a lot of county fairs and a lot of exhibitions, because he was a great speaker. He could recite from memory all the great works of literature. He had a deep, melodious, mesmerizing voice and when he […]

Loves Way

by Brad

There was an old preacher who was sharing a message on love and how this world needs more of it. The next day he had had some concrete poured for the new sidewalk he was building and the concrete had not set yet. Some neighborhood kids decided they would play, so they took sticks and […]

Close to Perfect

by Brad

Valentines Day is quickly approaching and will be here before you know it. Men, let me encourage you to plan well and show the special lady in your life how much you love her. This week I want to discuss what love looks like in the world of marriage. Many of you know it can […]

God’s Approach to Love

by Brad
Brad Patterson

Well friends, its February, so over the next couple of weeks I want to talk to you about love. Love is a beautiful thing when done in the right context. The problem is most people don’t truly understand the full scope of what love looks like. For instance, when I was a boy I loved […]