Monthly Archives: August 2016

Fall Meeting with Elder Don Gilbert

Hello Brothers & Sisters,  Northside church is looking forward to our Fall Meeting with Elder Don Gilbert, Sept 9-11.  We will be having refreshments following the evening service on Friday and lunch following services on Sunday.  Join us if you are in the Atlanta/North Georgia area. Friday, Sept 9 @ 7:30PM followed by refreshments Saturday, […]

Glory in Weakness – 2 Corinthians 11:30

2 Corinthians 11:30 – If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. “I am proud of my kids.  I am proud of my church.  I am proud of my accomplishments.”  Have you ever said any of these things?  I reckon that all of us have felt that internal swelling […]

Praying All Night – Like 6:12-13

Luke 6:12-13 – And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; Have you ever been up […]

Among the Sheaves – Ruth 2:7-9

Ruth 2:7-9 – And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in […]

The Gathering – Psalm 26:9

Psalm 26:9 – Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men One time on my way to work, I was sitting in traffic waiting to move forward when suddenly I was rear-ended.  As it turns out, I was at the front of a three-car pileup.  The vehicle behind me was hit […]

Golden Apples – Proverbs 25:11

Proverbs 25:11 – A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. When I was a boy, my mother used to say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.”   This often repeated axiom is rather true.  While sometimes we have bad news or […]

Do As I Have Done – John 13:15

John 13:15 – For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. We have many influences in life, but often times there is one particular person who impacted our lives most.  My father followed my grandfather everywhere he went on the family farm and anywhere else when […]

The Blessing of the Upright – Proverbs 11:11

Proverbs 11:11 – By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. Have you ever stopped to consider how you can clean a clogged drain?  Over time sink drains clog with dirt, hair, and other filthier things that we would rather just forget.  Some […]

Transfigured – Matthew 17:1-2

Matthew 17:1-2 – And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Many years ago I traveled to Paris as a student, […]

Stick Close – Proverbs 18:24

Proverbs 18:24 – A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Friends are great.  I would hope that if you met me then you would find that I am friendly person.  I have been blessed with a caring family and many kind teachers, […]