From the Pastor: greetings to the members and friends of Victory Lighthouse in the name of Jesus! We are waiting with great anticipation two important events. First, the birth of our daughter (to be named later), and our new beginning in New Albany. I know that both of these events hold great promise for the future, and we can hardly wait for either one. We appreciate very much your patience and support at this time, and our family is looking forward to meeting all of you in person soon. I am going to try to keep in contact with you via this web-log during the interim period, and if it is a blessing it may continue afterward. God loves you, and may God bless you- Pastor Sam Smith and family.

Topic of the Day: Rejoicing in the Lord

Prayer of the Day: Psa 40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Devotion of the Day: If you're not in the middle of a trial right now, just hang around. None of us can dodge trials. So we need to find out the resources God has given us to deal with trials.
What is a trial, anyway? It's an adverse circumstance that God allows or even brings about in the lives of us His children to deepen our faith. We'll see this week that trials are not designed to sink our boat, but to help us improve our navigation skills. In the words of the Apostles Paul and James, we can actually rejoice when we undergo trials, because we know God is doing something special in our lives. Read the rest of this devotion by Tony Evans here.

Sermon of the Day: Listen to part 1 of "So You're Going Through A Trial" by Jerry Savelle here and part 2 here.