Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”   Our Bible verse for today: “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “The inspiring example of others”   This morning, I want to thank you for your patience over the past week as I was away on a mission trip and there were no daily devotional messages from me. One of the reasons I love mission trips is because of the inspiring example of other Christians that I get to meet on the mission field. I love to see what God is doing in and through other Christians in other places and their examples inspire me to try harder and to do better in my own work for Jesus here at home.   Take for instance, the El Arca Children’s Home in the Amazon Jungle of Peru. The home was founded and has been run by my friend Bud and Laura Lenz and their family. They have been in Peru for more than twenty-five years (Laura is now in heaven). Bud is my age now and says he expects to continue caring for children until the day he dies. Doing so is not an easy thing. Living and ministering in places like the Amazon Jungle can be a hard life. But it is what God has called Bud to do and the Holy Spirit has therefore empowered him and provided for him for more than a quarter of a century. His commitment and dedication are inspiring to witness and I love getting to sometimes be a part of the work during my short visits to see him.   In the Spring of 2025, we will take a team from our church to minister with our friends, the Gayhart family, in southeast Asia. They are Southern Baptist International missionaries on long-term assignment in a predominantly Muslim country. We are one of their sponsoring churches and so we get regular reports about their ministry efforts, and that is helpful – but being there with them for a short time will be much better. Again, their example is tremendously inspiring to us. It makes us want to do a better job on our own mission field right here in Cumberland County, Tennessee.   But God doesn’t call or equip most of us to do what the Lenz and Gayhart families do. That’s their adventure of being on-mission with Jesus. Your adventure with Jesus will almost certainly be different. We can participate in and be inspired by those who do work like the El Arca children’s home, and missions in Southeast Asia, or other ministry efforts like that – maybe even go there for short periods, but still, your adventure and my adventure with Jesus will probably look different – but it too can be inspiring to others. If you conduct your ministry with the same enthusiasm and commitment you observe in people like Bud Lenz and Jeff and Rachel Gayhart, other people will be inspired by your example too.   We will talk more about this in the days to come. The fact is that wherever you are; whatever season of life you are in; whatever your current calling from God is; life with Jesus is and should be a great adventure.   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”   Our Bible verse for today: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)   Our thought for today: “It’s time to go again”   Linda was the perfect military wife. She was strong, independent, capable, and determined. She saw her job in our family as taking care of things at home so I could focus fully on my career as a naval officer – and she was exceptionally good at it! Once I retired from the Navy and went into pastoral ministry, her attitude was the same. She told me, “My job is to take care of you, our family, and our home so you can focus on taking care of the people of the church.” And once again, she was very, very good at it.   Part of my calling from God as a minister was also to lead mission teams. Over more than thirty years I have led thirty-nine international teams and more domestic missions than I can remember. Once again, Linda took great care of things at home so I could go globetrotting with mission teams. However, once she had her stroke and brain surgery in 2007 it seemed to me that my traveling days needed to end – but Linda thought otherwise. She was determined not to be the reason I stayed home rather than going. So, with a combination of her fierce determination, and with the help of family members, church members, friends, and neighbors, along with great favor from God, between 2008 and her death in 2023 I was still able to lead nineteen international mission teams and many other domestic teams.   But in the last few years of her life that became increasingly impractical. Her health had declined to the point that she simply needed me to be home. And the truth was that I wanted to stay close to home. I didn’t want to leave her. (She still wanted me to go. I was the one who decided not to.)   Consequently, it has been five years since I have been on an international mission trip. But since Linda is now in heaven, it’s time for me to resume that part of my calling from God. As Solomon noted in Ecclesiastes 3:1 above, life unfolds in seasons. For me, sadly, a much-loved season has come to a close and I have moved into the next season – which will include going on mission trips.     This morning a mission team from our church will leave for a week in Peru and I will be going with them. Therefore, this will be the last daily devotional message until we get back. The next devotional will be on Monday August 12th. So, instead of reading a daily devotional message from me on those days, I would like to ask you to do two things instead. First, pray for our team. Second, prayerfully ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you about the adventure of your own life as a Christian. Are you approaching this life with Jesus as a great adventure? Are you eager to see what each new day holds? Are you involved in ministry activities that excite you, bless others, and help to advance the kingdom of God on earth?   For me, it’s time to begin traveling for the Lord again. What about you? What is He calling you to do during this current season of your life? We will think more about this in upcoming devotionals. For the coming week, please spend extra time in prayer for our team, and for yourself and your own adventures with the Lord.   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”   Our Bible verse for today: “For I know the plans I have for you – this is the Lord’s declaration – plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you …” Jeremiah 29:11-14 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “The possibilities go off the chart!”   The child’s game “Hide and Seek” has been around for a very long time. Historians have been able to trace it back to 2 B.C. in Greece, but it probably existed long before that. It’s a simple game where one child hides and the other child seeks to find him or her. Kids love this game! They will giggle and laugh and play it for hours. There’s something fun about seeking and finding.   And there’s something similar going on between God and Christians. Although God does not hide from us, He has chosen to keep his presence cloaked in a veil of spirituality that makes discovering and interacting with Him a little bit harder than if He were still here among us as a flesh and blood person (Jesus). You have to want God and you have to take action to discover Him. Initially, you will have to want Jesus and you will have to open your heart to Him to have your sins forgiven. That begins the relationship. From that point on, the entire rest of your time on earth is a matter of seeking and finding Him in deeper and more meaningful ways. That’s what God was saying through Jeremiah in 29:11-14 above. Walk through life with Him; call to Him; pray to Him; seek Him; and He will be found by you.   I have shared with you before one of my favorite quotes about the adventure of the Christian life. It is one I personally come back to frequently because it is such a good description of the adventure of the Christian life. It comes from author Jim Peterson out of his book “Lifestyle Discipleship”:   “One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the infinite opportunity for spiritual growth. But however much we have matured, there is always more beyond. It is in this that we find the adventure of living. There will always be new, unexplored dimensions of His person beckoning to us. The possibilities go off the chart.”   The best part of this adventure of the Christian life is getting to know God better and better. No matter how much you have grown and matured, God always has something more for you. The possibilities go off the chart!   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”   Our Bible verse for today: “The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus.” John 1:35-36 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “The Christian life is a great adventure”   In 1993 the Christian singer/songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman released a song called “The Great Adventure.” At that time, I was in the early years of exploring my call from God to full-time professional ministry and I was wondering what it would entail. I was on the verge of retiring from the Navy and by then I knew I would spend the rest of my life in vocational ministry, but at that point the specifics of it were very unclear. All I knew was that I was in for an adventure and this song spoke to me in a powerful way. Here are some of the lyrics but I encourage you to Google the song and listen to it as part of your devotional time this morning:   Started out this morning in the usual way Chasing thoughts inside my head I thought I had to do today Another time around the circle Try to make it better than the last I opened up the Bible And I read about me Said I’d been a prisoner And God’s Grace had set me free And somewhere between the pages It hit me like a lightning bolt I saw a big frontier in front of me And I heard somebody say ‘Let’s go!’ Saddle up your horses We’ve got a trail to blaze Through the yonder of God’s Amazing grace Let’s follow our leader into the Glorious unknown This is the life like no other whoa whoa This is The Great Adventure Those two disciples of John the Baptist referred to in John 1:35-36 (above) were about to discover what an adventure it is to be on-mission with Jesus in this world. How about you? Do you approach your life as a follower of Jesus is a great adventure? Well, it’s supposed to be! All this month we will explore that idea and think about ways in which we can be part of the great adventure of following Jesus.   God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.” 1 Timothy 5:23 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “Give them the gift of a healthier you”   First, let me be clear that in this devotional I am not arguing for or against the use of alcohol as a beverage. We will leave that debate for another day. The reason I quoted the verse above was to illustrate Paul’s concern for Timothy’s health. If you read Paul’s letters to Timothy you realize that he cared deeply about him (he considered him to be his son in the faith). Evidently Timothy was a worrier and somewhat frail and sickly. At the very least, we know he had stomach issues and Paul was concerned about him. Wine was used for medicinal purposes back then and so Paul was essentially saying, “Son, be sure to take your medicine. I want you to be well.”   As we conclude this series on taking care of yourself, I hope you have found it helpful. I hope each of us has a new resolve to take better care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I pray that the scripture verses and the teaching have helped you to achieve better health. Please, take care of yourself. We need you to stay as healthy as you can for as long as you can.   One of the ways in which Timothy could bless Paul was by taking care of himself. Paul loved Timothy and was concerned about him. Timothy, in turn, could reassure Paul and relieve him of his concerns by taking better care of himself.     The same is true for you. Your loved ones need you to take care of yourself. So much so, that one of the best gifts you could give them is a healthier you. Maybe you never thought of it that way but your well-being is a gift to those who love you most. One of the most difficult and agonizing situations in life is to watch a loved one suffer. If there are things each of us can do to be healthier and to therefore suffer less, that will be a gift to ourselves but also it will be a gift to our loved ones.   I encourage you to give your loved ones the gift of a healthier you.   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.” 1 Peter 3:8 (NLT)   Our thought for today: “There are no better people to do life with”   Mental health professionals report that loneliness is one of the greatest threats to the mental and physical health of Americans today. Loneliness has a serious negative impact on the overall quality of a person’s life, and it is rapidly increasing in our society. More people report feeling lonely now than ever before.   Steve DeWitt is the senior pastor of a large non-denominational church and has been the pastor of that church since 1997. He spent the first twenty-one years of his adult life (his description was “8000 nights”) as a single man. It’s not that he didn’t want to be married, he just never met the right woman (he finally got married in his forties and now has two children). One Christian magazine wrote that as far as they could find, Steve was the only single senior pastor of a mega-church in America.   Steve says that during those years many people assumed that because he was single, he must also be lonely. And, sometimes he was. But much of the time he was not. He noted that “Being alone and being lonely are not the same thing.” There are many people who are single and alone but who have full and rewarding lives; and there are many married people who although they are not technically alone, they are still lonely because theirs is not a good marriage.   Steve wrote a book about his experiences as a single pastor. The title is “Loneliness: Don’t Hate it or Waste it; Redeem It.” Although there are many helpful insights in the book for those whose life situations could produce a sense of feeling lonely, perhaps the most helpful insight pertains to the importance of being part of a good, healthy church family. Steve writes,   “God’s provision to a lonely world is a local, spiritually healthy, gospel-preaching, community-serving, one-another-loving, local church.” He also declared, “When a local church is on it’s A-game, there are no better people to do life with.” (Can I get an “Amen!”?)   We all experience loneliness at different times and for different reasons. You may be single and never married; or you may be divorced; or you may be a widow or widower; or you could be married but not in a good relationship; or perhaps you don’t have many friends; or, maybe, you are lonely for other reasons. But being alone doesn’t mean you have to be lonely. God’s answer for all of us is to be fully involved in the life of a good church.   When it comes to taking good care of yourself one of the best things you can do is to be active in a good church because, when a church is filled with healthy, spiritually mature Christians who truly love and care for each other, there are no better people to do life with.   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless. Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “Who are you going to believe about it?”   There is a scene in my mind, perhaps from a television show or movie, I can’t remember. What I do remember is there was a man who was just going about his business, apparently feeling fine and having a good day. Then two of his friends enter the scene, having conspired among themselves to play a practical joke on their friend. They approached him with looks of great concern on their faces and asked, “Frank, are you okay?” Frank replied, “Yes, I’m fine. Why do you ask?” The friends then said, “Well, you don’t look good. You look pale, drawn, and a bit haggard.” To that Frank replied, “No, I feel fine.” And the friends said, “Seriously, Frank, you don’t look good. You should go see your doctor and find out what’s going on. We’re concerned about you.”   After the friends left, Frank found himself wondering why they thought he was sick. Then he started wondering if perhaps he was sick. And soon, he wasn’t feeling so well anymore. The thing was, there was nothing wrong with Frank. But once the idea had been planted in his head, poor Frank began thinking that maybe he wasn’t well after all. And soon, he didn’t feel good anymore.   How we think about how we feel has a lot to do with how we actually feel. We can make ourselves feel better or worse depending on how we think about it. Even if we really do have some minor discomfort, we can blow it up in our minds by dwelling on it and soon convince ourselves that something minor is major, and we end up feeling a lot worse than our condition truly warrants. That’s true not just of how we feel physically, but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Self-talk matters.   A great remedy for negative self-talk about how we feel is found in Isaiah 40:29-31. There the prophet tells us to bring the subject of how we feel and lay it before God. Ask Him to relieve us of our feelings, and to renew and strengthen us. The promise we find there is that He will do it. So, if you believe God is good for His word, you can then embrace that truth, tell yourself that it is true, and make that the storyline that plays in your head. Tell yourself that God is renewing you and that you do feel better. Also, you can ask others to pray with you and for you about it.   Let me ask you, who are you going to believe about this – others, yourself, or God? As for me, I’m going to embrace God’s promise, believe it is true, then live like it is true. If I do that, pretty soon I will find that it is true. That won’t necessarily mean that the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual thing that was dragging me down wasn’t real or no longer exists, it will just mean that God has helped me to rise above it.   If God says He will help me to rise above something, then it must be true. So, rather than believing what I say or what others say, I choose to believe what God says. How about you?   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)   Our thought for today: “Your thinking will make you or break you”   This morning, I want to continue our thinking from yesterday regarding the truth that there is power in positive thinking when that positive thinking is based upon the promises of God. We have already learned that our thoughts are the seeds of our words and actions. Also, our words and actions, accumulated and built upon over an extended period, create the life we end up with. We have examined numerous verses and passages from the Bible which teach that truth. Proverbs 23:7 (above) is part of that body of Biblical literature which teach this important Biblical principle.   Yesterday, I referred to the classic book “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale. That book was written in 1952 and has been a best-seller ever since. Today I will quote from an even older book, “As a Man Thinketh” written in 1902 by Dr. James Allen and it too, has been continuously in print since it was first published over one hundred years. Allen was a British philosopher and a proponent of the power of positive thinking in shaping a person’s life. As we have been learning, this principle is solidly Biblical and as you can see from the title, Dr. Allen’s book was inspired by the truth of Proverbs 23:7.   He writes, “As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them.”   “A noble and Godlike character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with Godlike thoughts.”   “A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”   “With those who have lived righteously, age is calm, peaceful, and softly mellowed, like the setting of the sun.”   The bottom line is if you want to improve your life, improve how you think. Your thinking will make your or break you.   The Apostle Paul reminds us in Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – mediate on these things.”   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (CSB)   Our thought for today: “There is power in positive thinking”   Throughout this series on taking good care of ourselves, I have repeatedly stressed the importance of positive thinking. We have approached it in a variety of different ways. We have considered the virtues of optimism over pessimism; we have thought about the importance of our self-talk and how it is that the most important conversation you have is the one you have with yourself; and we have discussed the importance of filling your mind with thoughts, ideas, and influences that nurture your soul. We have even talked about the need to sometimes remove toxic people and toxic situations from your life.   The storyline you allow to play in your head will ultimately determine almost everything else about you, including how you think, speak, and act. That then will determine the overall quality of your life. The poet and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson once shared this insightful thought: “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” And it all begins with how you think. Your thinking shapes your life.   There is power in positive thinking. Positive thinking is just a mindset that focuses on hope, optimism, and faith in God’s goodness and provision. In the Bible we find numerous verses and passages that teach us to think positive and to expect good outcomes. Joshua 1:9 (above) is just one of them. There God instructs Joshua (and us) to choose to think in a positive way – do not allow yourself to give in to fear or pessimism. Instead, trust God.   In 1952 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale published a book with the title “The Power of Positive Thinking”. It quickly shot to the top of the best-seller lists and has been in print continuously now for more than seventy-five years. It has sold many millions of copies and has helped many millions of people. The book is solidly Biblical and very helpful in training yourself to think in positive ways and to maintain a positive mindset.     Taking good care of yourself in all ways – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, begins by cultivating and maintaining a positive mindset. As the Bible teaches over-and-over again, there is great power in positive thinking when that positive thinking is built upon the promises of God.   God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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Good morning everyone,   Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”   Our Bible verse for today: “Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving God not men.” Ephesians 6:7 (NIV)   Our thought for today: “Live your best life. Be your best you”   I remember when I was a young sailor newly reported aboard my first ship. I was initially assigned to work in the bake shop as one of the assistants to the baker on the midnight shift. He was a good guy who worked to produce good bread and sweet treats for the crew. Unfortunately, as many business owners and bosses will tell you, it can be tough to get good help. Our baker had difficulty getting dependable assistants who cared enough to consistently do a good job. The saying among many of us was, “It’s close enough for government work.” In other words, half-hearted efforts and mediocre results was all the effort the job was worth. I tried to do better than that, and I hope I did.   Personally, I think mediocrity is a sin – not to mention a terrible waste. As Christians, the New Testament calls us to work hard and to give all of life our best effort. Ephesians 6:7 (above) is just one of those verses. Paul says we are to make a good effort, with our whole heart put into it, as if we were doing this thing (whatever it is) for God and not for people. We commonly apply that verse to the workplace, making the argument that Christians should be the best employees in the place, and it certainly does apply in that sense. But the principle also applies to all of life. Paul makes this even clearer in Colossians 3:17, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord.” “Whatever” you do. That applies to everything – all of life. Give it your best.   Too many Christians are content to just shuffle through life making half-hearted efforts and getting mediocre results. I think that’s a waste of precious time on earth. It’s a waste of skills, talents, abilities, and resources. Mediocrity cheats God out of what is rightfully His – our best effort.   How does this apply to taking good care of ourselves? When it comes to the way we approach life and the steps we take to strive for good health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, we must make every effort to do our best. That includes a good effort at having a healthy diet and getting enough exercise; it includes doing the things we have talked about this month to maintain good mental and emotional health; and it especially includes good spiritual practices.   Don’t waste your precious time on earth by being content with mediocrity in any area of life. Don’t settle for anything less than your best. Live your best life. Be your best you.     God bless, Pastor Jim   (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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