Jerry Davenport

Brother Jerry Davenport brings us more great insight into our spiritual life.  What an encouraging article for making certain the grass in our life isn’t overrun by the weeds of life.  Enjoy.

Brother Jerry is a graduate of Criswell College and also a West Texas rancher.  He told me that being a rancher does not mean he has bunches of money, it just means he has the capacity to lose bunches of money.  Brother Jerry also told me that his ranch is merely the object that God uses to allow him to take mission teams into Mexico. Jerry is a very effective missionary to Mexico and is being used by God to establish a mission plan for that area.  When many people are talking about evangelizing the dangerous territory of Mexico, Brother Jerry is doing it.   It was a mission trip to Mexico where Jerry and I met.  Brother Jerry heads up The River Ministry, a ministry where he coordinates mission trips into Mexico.  He is also an active member of Mother Holmes Memorial Baptist Church in Sheffield, Texas.  Jerry produces an article for the local papers in his area and he agreed to send them to me also.

Bushhoging

Most people do not know what it means unless you live in farming and ranching country. It is where farmers or ranchers mow their pastures so that weeds don’t grow up and choke the life out of the grass. It is usually done in the spring, summer and fall. I noticed a pasture last week before and after mowing and what a difference. Left unattended the weeds will eventually kill the grass. Seeing those tall weeds and the short grass reminded me of something in the Bible. It talks a lot about a conflict between two forces, the flesh and the spirit. We are born with the flesh but we do not receive the Spirit of God permently or indwelt with, until we are born again and that happens when we receive Christ, (John 3:3, 2 Peter 1:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17). If we recieve Christ those two natures will always be in conflict with each other, (Romans 8:5-11). The flesh does not want to submit to God, and the Holy Spirit will not abide in the presence of abundance of sin, (Galations 5:16–21, Ephesians 4:22-24). We can chose which one we want to thrive, the Holy Spirit or the flesh. The spirit life has a lot more joy and peace, (Galations 5:22-25). See you in Church next Sunday. Brother J

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Brother Jerry Davenport

In this installment of Saturday Citations Brother Jerry reminds us of our Biblical instructions concerning Widows.

Brother Jerry is a graduate of Criswell College and also a West Texas rancher.  He told me that being a rancher does not mean he has bunches of money, it just means he has the capacity to lose bunches of money.  Brother Jerry also told me that his ranch is merely the object that God uses to allow him to take mission teams into Mexico. Jerry is a very effective missionary to Mexico and is being used by God to establish a mission plan for that area.  When many people are talking about evangelizing the dangerous territory of Mexico, Brother Jerry is doing it.   It was a mission trip to Mexico where Jerry and I met.  Brother Jerry heads up The River Ministry, a ministry where he coordinates mission trips into Mexico.  He is also an active member of Mother Holmes Memorial Baptist Church in Sheffield, Texas.  Jerry produces an article for the local papers in his area and he agreed to send them to me also.

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Brother Jerry Davenport

Brother Jerry confronts us with sage wisdom from a time of watching the tedious work of his mother-in-law.  Great words of wisdom concerning sin.

Brother Jerry is a graduate of Criswell College and also a West Texas rancher.  He told me that being a rancher does not mean he has bunches of money, it just means he has the capacity to lose bunches of money.  Brother Jerry also told me that his ranch is merely the object that God uses to allow him to take mission teams into Mexico. Jerry is a very effective missionary to Mexico and is being used by God to establish a mission plan for that area.  When many people are talking about evangelizing the dangerous territory of Mexico, Brother Jerry is doing it.   It was a mission trip to Mexico where Jerry and I met.  Brother Jerry heads up The River Ministry, a ministry where he coordinates mission trips into Mexico.  He is also an active member of Mother Holmes Memorial Baptist Church in Sheffield, Texas.  Jerry produces an article for the local papers in his area and he agreed to send them to me also.

Digging  Out Grass Burrs

Years ago when my wife and I were newly weds we would visit my mother-in-law quite frequently. One reason, she was a good cook and she usually had homemade bread or cinnamon roll, (my favorite) and we usually managed to arrive around mealtime. One thing I  remember was that she had a grass burr problem in part of her yard. She would water the ground to make it soft and then go outside with small stool to sit on and take a funny looking little rod with a small prong on the end and very carefully dig up each grass burr plant one by one. When she first started there were a lot of grass burrs but in several years there were almost none. My mother-in-law getting rid of those grass burrs reminds me of something in the Bible. A problem that we all face is sin, (Romans 3:23). It is not a matter of if, but what do we do about it. Many try to ignore or deny it, while other think it is no big deal, (1 John 1:8). If we have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior our sin condemns us to death or eternal separation from God, (Romans 6:23& 7:11). If we are Christians, sin hinders our fellowship with God, (Ephesians 4:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:19). The solution is to admit, acknowledge, confess our sin and disobedience to God and ask forgiveness, (1 John 1:9). See you in Church next Sunday. Brother J

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