Mitchell Landress

Few songs have been able to minister to me in the way this song has. Through the hardest times in my life this song has been a source of comfort, strength, and joy. I just wanted to share it with anyone who may need it as much as I have. Thy Mercy Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue Thy free grace alone from the first to the last Hath won my affection and bound my soul fast Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here Sin would reduce me to utter despair But through Thy free goodness my spirit's revived And He that first made me still keeps me alive Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart Dissolved by Thy goodness I fall to the ground And weep for the praise of the mercy I've found Hallelujah! Great Father of mercies Thy goodness I own In the covenant love of Thy crucified Son All praise to the Spirit whose whisper divine Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine All pra...

Colossians 2:13-15 13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. My wife says that I am terrible "movie-picker-outer". It's not that the movies that I choose are full of violence or nudity or anything of that sort, it is just that some of my favorites movies tend to lack a few key elements; such as plot, direction, good actors, and so on and so forth. So I was greatly dismayed this week as I did some research on one of the films that I loved as a child. In 1981 there was a remake of the 1952 classic The Legend of The Lone Ranger. This movie held a great place in m...

You simply must see this!! This is John Piper at his best and he is taking on the prosperity gospel and rightly calling it the lie that it is. It is an incredible message from a godly and holy man. Please take the time to watch this!

At the beginning of Mark chapter thirteen Jesus is leaving the temple area and one of his disciples points out the grandure of the temple buildings. Jesus' remark to that disciple concerns the fact that these buildings will one day be torn down. The disciples question Him further as to the times of these events, and so begins an extended teaching from Jesus on the end times.As Jesus' remarks are drawing to a close, He makes this comment in Mark 13:30: "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place." (NASB) So the reader is left to wonder the meaning of this statement. Either our understanding of generation is wrong, or we are understanding what Jesus meant by "these things" wrong. I think there are at least two solutions. The word for generation (genea: Greek) could mean, as some side column reference Bibles note, "the human race". This is possible, since the events have not all happened and the human race...

Every once and a while The Lord will allow you to go through situations that you would never imagine could be beneficial. Jesus told Peter, on the night that He was betrayed, that Satan had demanded permission to sift him like wheat. Jesus told Peter that He had prayed for him and then instructed Peter that when he returns that he was to strengthen his brothers. (Luke 22:31-34) I do not know what Peter felt during this time. I do know what his life was like after Christ was raised from the dead. Peter was changed. That is in fact putting it lightly. I want to share a few lessons I learned from the grace that God has shown to me as He allowed me to be sifted. God will stop at nothing to humble his servants. He abhors arrogance and will seek it out to destroy it at all costs and will not tolerate any to remain. Ministry is a privilege and not a right. No one deserves to be a minister, it is an honor and must be treated as such. God's Word is the only thing that will heal some wounds....