On a Sunday morning, as we were worshipping about God’s love and mercy, I started thinking about the words we were singing, GOD’S MERCY!! My mind went to “God, thank you for not throwing me away.” After we worshipped and sat down, my mind went to Adam and Eve, “God did not throw them away.” All the complaining the Israelites Read More
Live Your Life With Heaven In Mind
In this world, most people live for what they can accomplish here on earth. For example, we continue our education now so that we’ll have more opportunities after we graduate. We work hard for a promotion that will come with a raise, and with that raise, we envision a new car, a new home. We save today so we can Read More
Let’s All Go to Church!
If I were to count on my fingers and toes how many Sundays in my lifetime that I have missed a weekly church service, I’m not sure I would reach 20. 52 weeks in a year, 35 years of my life… boop boop boop Calculators out! We are talking roughly 1,800 church encounters, and that’s not even including a mid-week Read More
Rearview
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV There is an older song by Lecrae called “Tell the World.” Part of it goes like this: “I got the old me in the rearview, now the new me got a clear view… My face Read More
Jesus Understands
Do you ever feel everyone has turned against you? Even some of those closest to you? Jesus understands. When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus after Judas’ betrayal, all of Jesus’ disciples scattered. When He was led away to stand before the high priest, Peter denied he even knew Him three times. In Mark 15, several groups are mentioned that Read More
Natural Springs
This past March I was at a Prayer retreat – God was showing me so much about his flow, and how he wants to strengthen us and use us by his spirit. This is how a natural spring is created: Springs occur when water pressure causes a natural flow of groundwater onto the earth’s surface. … This pressure moves water Read More
The Search Is On
I am a very organized person most of the time. I am one of those, “A place for everything and everything in its place.” My house is not perfect, but I can easily find things as I am not a clutter person at all. It is a rare occurrence for me to misplace something and especially to not be able Read More
When There Seems To Be No Way
How many of us have been going along, minding our own business, enjoying life, as we are able to get out again with family and friends then, WHAM!!! you hit a pothole in the road of life! The whole bottom falls out from under you. Now there is this giant gaping hole in the road in front of you. You Read More
Wisdom is Not Enough
What comes to mind when you hear the name, Solomon? Wisdom? Wealth? Indiana Jones? Solomon was King David’s son and successor to his throne. Solomon had a front-row seat to the trials and blessings of being King-watching his father David. Before Solomon even became King, God chose him over David to be the one to build His Temple, God’s permanent Read More
On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand!
Standing by the bank of a river, I heard a plop. I turned to see what had happened, and the plop happened again. Over and over again, it happened. I watched as parts of the riverbank continually fell into the water. As it did so, it was quickly swept away. The water was muddy and unappealing. I was standing on Read More