36 years ago this summer Evangelistic Singer Jack Price gave my name to Olive search committee- wrote it on a napkin and God went to work. Grateful!! This is their 66th anniversary picture!!

Waiting well is a power. Through patience God molds us into the person he wanted us to be all along. Coach Bobby Bowden

We are celebrating! 1️⃣ 12,000 churches planted since 2010 2️⃣ Last year, the highest number of churches planted in a single year since 2016 (699) “Let’s keep doing what Southern Baptists do best when we’re at our best: seek first the kingdom, stick together as a family, and think multiplication. The fields are ready. The moment is urgent. And the story God is writing through a sending people is far from finished.” -@NoahOldham Let’s get to work!

Be careful and do not worship your work, work at your play or play at your worship - Gordon Dhal

Amazing idea- fund TSA without add on sausage making riders. Do it for the traveling public.

“Beware of stopping anywhere short of total surrender to God” -Oswald Sanders, Utmost

It is easier to serve or work for God without a vision and without a call, because then you are not bothered by what HE requires -Oswald Chambers. March 4 Utmost

The curse of prayerless preachers is powerless pulpits, which produces problem pews— Stephen Olford

Come to Jesus with empty hands and an open heart. He will fill both with treasures from heaven. — Steven Scott

Praying tonight for Cities Church. This action must not be allowed.

Pride is sneaky: it hides inside good things. - Arthur Brooks

The Lord is a bottomless well of love, and a topless mountain of Grace-run to Him and do not fear-CHSpurgeon

DeBoer to Michigan? NO, he is headed to Pasadena!

“ Christ is worth all or He is worth nothing “ - George Whitfield

“ there is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still” Corrie Ten Boom(from her sister Betsie)

Sometimes those closest to us are far from God. 👇 Here are a few easy ways to start gospel-centered conversations around your table this week: 💬 “What’s one thing you’re thankful for from this year, even if it was hard?” → A bridge to talk about God’s faithfulness in every season. 💬 “What’s the best thing that has happened to you this year?” → Open space for testimony and personal faith stories. 💬 “Can I pray a quick prayer of thanks for us before we eat?” → A natural, kind way to bring Christ into the moment. 💬 “You know what I’m most thankful for? The hope I’ve found in Jesus.” → Simple. Relatable. Personal. Be bold. Be kind. Be thankful. And point people to Jesus!

O branch of the vine, thou canst have no fruit without the sap. Be filled with and quench not the Holy Spirit. - CH Spurgeon

I marked 35 years at Olive today. One of my greatest encouragers is Dr Jerry Passmore. He pastored Olive for 17 yrs before I came in 1990. #blessed

The 9-0 @UWFFootball Argos boil the Fighin Okra of Delta State in a wild game!