Here is my sermon from Sunday night. It was my first sermon in the new study of Philippians. I’ve titled this series called: Living a Life of Joy! Here is the link if you care to listen :-)
pastorjfreeman
Pastor of FBC Newcastle, OK
Category Archives: Pray 4 Trey
I love you Trey!
Hi Trey! I bet you’re having a great time in heaven with Jesus! Your mom and I sure miss you. Your brothers and sisters miss you too. I was watching some old videos tonight and you sure brought us so much joy. It’s truly amazing how much joy you brought us. We miss EVERYTHING about you. You have the best smile and cutest dimple I’ve ever seen. I miss holding your hand and having you sit in my lap. I miss playing catch with you, hearing you sing, watching you color, hearing you pray, and on and on. You also gave the best hugs and are the best snuggler ever. I can’t wait to see and experience those things with you again. Thank you for being such a great son. You’re everything I could have ever wanted. I love you buddy! You will FOREVER be my hero. Thanks for making me want to be a better Christian, husband and father. You changed my life in so many ways buddy. I love you so much.
Special day
Special, but hard day for our family. Our community had rallied around our family in amazing ways! A big thank you to all who made this day special. We love you all.
Sovereign
This song called Sovereign ministered to me greatly at the Chris Tomlin concert last night. Listen to it:
Nice article on Trey
Take a minute and read this nice article in the Baptist Messenger on Trey. If you don’t subscribe to the Baptist Messenger, you should. It’s an excellent resource! A big thanks to Brian Hobbs and Bob Nigh for doing this.
Sweet Note from my oldest daughter
My 13 year old daughter sent this note to me right before I preached the 1st service last Sunday. She is such a wonderful daughter!
Dad. I love you so much. Your going to do great today. You always do. I know it’s going to be hard,, but we’re gonna make it.
Philippians 4:13
Jeremiah 29:11
2 Corinthians 4:18
I love you dad😘
A New Day…
Today is a new day and the Lord’s mercies have met my pain and have brought forth a renewed joy and focus. The feeling of loss is still great and thoughts of Trey are continual and still stir my emotions, but my joy and focus today are being renewed. Thanks be unto God for this.
I am beginning to read through Philippians…sometimes referred to as the Epistle of Joy. Paul wrote this letter while in prison, but his joy was never lacking. I am hoping that studying through this book of the Bible will continue to build my joy.
My plan is also to begin preaching through this letter beginning this Sunday night. So, if you’re in need of some encouragement, come join us. I also plan to begin preaching on heaven on Sunday mornings two weeks from this Sunday, and I am very much looking forward to that study. I pray God lifts our hearts and minds tremendously through this study. So…this Sunday night, I will begin preaching through Philippians and on Sunday morning, October 20th, I will begin preaching on heaven.
You might be wondering why the delay to start my series on heaven. We already had some things planned on Sundays mornings many months ago, and we didn’t want to change what we had planned. This Sunday morning we have a guest preacher as we honor our precious senior adults, and next Sunday morning, my father will be preaching for the conclusion of our youth disciple now weekend. I am looking forward to hearing these two great preachers and will also enjoy a couple of more weeks to really get prepared for the launch of the heaven series.
Any way, if you can join us at FBC Newcastle, we’d love to have you. If you can’t, you can always listen online if you want at http://www.fbcnewcastle.com.
Hard Day
Hard day today. Just one of those days where emotions got the best of me. The day started well…but by lunchtime, too many memories kept flooding my mind. I just miss him. Any way, I’m trying to finish this day well and re-start tomorrow. Of course, if the Lord returned tonight, I’d be okay with that :-). I did tell Emily today that at least Trey got to escape this pathetic, sin-stained world. He’s not missing out on anything here.
Trey’s Voice
One of the things I miss most about Trey is his voice. Thankfully I have three voicemails he left me on my cell phone that I listen to almost daily…I never want to forget his sweet little raspy voice.
As I listened to his voicemails this morning, I was reminded how much I need to hear from God every day…how I need to hear His voice. I’d give anything to hear Trey’s again, but I can still hear the Lord’s every day.
I’m attempting, beginning today, to get up early and really start each day right. My plan is to exercise, spend time with the Lord, have our morning family devotion and take the kids to school. I need this routine…I need to stay in shape physically and spiritually.
Oh how I miss Trey! I feel like I’m dying daily on the inside…and if I don’t get into this healthy routine, I will absolutely be of no good to anyone. Oh Lord, I’m committing to a new way…please give me strength to make it through somehow. I love you oh Lord my strength!
Missing my hero!
I love you and miss you Trey Robert Freeman! You brought me more joy than you will ever know. I miss everything about you…your laugh, your smile, your dimple like mine, your heart for Jesus, your love for your brothers and sisters…and on and on! I’m counting down the days until I see you again. I love you buddy. You will always be my hero!!! Forever!!!
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