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Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268
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Memories That Motivate

1/17/2018

 
One of the precious memories of growing up in a small Baptist church in South Georgia 
was singing the hymns from the Broadman Hymnal.  Church music has experienced transitions from 
the years of fifties and sixties until the present. Today, as I was admiring the beauty of the new fallen snow, my mind went back to one of those old hymns..... I haven't heard it in quiet some time.  


PURER IN HEART O GOD, 
HELP ME TO BE.
MAY I DEVOTE MY LIFE WHOLLY TO THEE .
WATCH THOU MAY WAYWARD FEET, GUIDE ME WITH COUNSEL SWEET.
PURER IN HEART, HELP ME TO ME.  

AS I REFELCTED UPON THE WORDS THAT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES, THE THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND, "AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?"  AS  WE TAKE THE FIRST STEPS INTO A NEW YEAR THIS COULD BE A TIME FOR US TO ASK THAT VERY PROBING QUESTION.  YES, THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO CHECK UP ON OUR MOTIVES.    SO, I ENCOURAGE EACH READER TO REFLECT UPON THE WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IN OUR CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE.  

PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE REFLECT UPON THE FOLLOWING: 
LET OUR MOTIVE FOR COMING TO CHURCH BE TO WORSHP GOD AND LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.  LET'S MINISTER TO OTHERS WITH A PURE HEART REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF JESUS, "INASMUCH AS YOU HAVE DONE IT TO THE LEAST OF THESE YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME."  

Paul reminds in I Thessalonians 2: 4.  "Our purpose is to please God and not people.  He alone examines the motives of our heart."  

Blessings, 
Doc
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    Dr. Gene ("Doc")Tyre, Pastor
    Dr. Gene Tyre came to the pastorate of Providence Baptist Church in October of 2005.  Dr. Tyre is native of Wayne County Georgia.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer University and his Master’s and Doctor of Ministry Degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky  He has participated in special studies at Central State Hospital and Yale University.   For twenty-three years he was Pastor of First Baptist Church, Newnan, Georgia.

    Dr. Tyre has also been active in the Georgia Baptist Convention, having served as Chairman of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Administration Committee, Chairman of the Georgia Baptist Hospital Board, and Vice President of the Convention.  He has served as a member of the Mercer University Board of Trustees.  In 1993 he was named "Coweta County Citizen of the Year." He is on the Board of the Samaritan Clinic in Newnan. He has participated in preaching missions to Liberia, Kenya, South America, and Honduras.

    Dr. Tyre's philosophy of ministry is to "Preach the Gospel" and "Love the People." His wife, Margaret, has served as the President of the Ministers' Wives of Georgia. The Tyres have a daughter, Jenny and a grandson, Mihai.

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