Newsletter September 2022
It always brings me great joy to travel down to the inner-city and preach to the homeless at Memphis Union Mission. Having read many Christian biographies over many years, I have always noticed that people must first come to the end of themselves before God Who loves them begins to work in and through them. […]
Total Surrender
by Larry Browning So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will know then [without any doubt] that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own authority, but I say these things just as My Father taught Me. 29And He who sent Me is [always] […]
Newsletter August 2022
The Gospel Tract Distribution in the Greater Philadelphia area was a wonderful success in getting the gospel out to a lost and dying world. We had a team of 12 men doing raw evangelism in the city center! We distributed about 60,000 gospel tracts! Thank you for praying for us! Each day from early morning […]
The Source of Perfect Peace
by Chris Hodges The steadfast of mind you will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 NASB If you are not careful, when you think about perfect peace, you may think, “What must I do to be peaceful?” This is the wrong way to think. There is only one way you […]
The Link to Faith
by Brad Jolly I was reading and dwelling on the following passage in Romans 10. “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can […]
The Greatest Relationship Ever
By Brad Jolly God wants a relationship with each of us. And as I ponder on this truth, it is just so hard to fathom. I find myself in awe that He didn’t just stop with a desire, but that He also made that desire into reality through Jesus and the cross. Think about that […]
Newsletter July 2022
Many years ago, as I was trying to make one of the hardest decisions of my life, transitioning from pastoral care at Bellevue Baptist Church to beginning Abiding Above Ministries, I sensed God lay this on my heart: Go and make disciples to the nations. This will involve you in two primary things: 1) Preach […]
Our God of Abundance
by Brad Jolly Abundance. In Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, the word abundance means to have an adequate amount; affluence or wealth; or a relative degree of plentifulness. When you think of God, do you think of Him as one who works or gives in abundance? As one who is excessive or abounding in what He does for […]
Making Christ Real To You
by Brad jolly Jesus Christ dwells in every believer. He lives in us by the Holy Spirit, who makes Christ real to us by reminding us that we belong to Christ. The Holy Spirit also enables us to enjoy Christ’s presence in our lives moment-by-moment. The Bible tells us in John 16:14-15 “He will bring […]
Jesus Is My…Justification
by Brad Jolly Justification. It’s such a big “theological” sounding word, isn’t it? Maybe you’ve heard a preacher use it before. But what does the word justification, or justified, actually mean? Justification is the act of God declaring a sinner to be righteous before Him. In more simple terms, God takes a guilty sinner and […]
