Recently my stress level has been very high and most of the stress has been triggered by the word CHANGE. It began about three years ago when God moved me...
Yesterday while reading through my journals, I came across a time the Lord really ministered to me while I was in another "waiting room" of my life. It was...
Are you going through a situation and you don't know what to do? Do you have lots of questions about something concerning your life? God has a Word for you...
I love to put God's truth in visual pictures . . . it helps me to understand the reality of God's Word . . . that it is practical and needed in the issues of...
Does it seem odd to you in a world that has more knowledge than every before, in a world where communication from around the world can happen instantly, in a...
Do you ever just want to quit? Quit your job, or quit working on a relationship, or maybe someone out there just wants to quit living. Life can be hard, and...
Sometimes I like to do word studies in the Bible . . . today while reading in Psalms the word `shout' caught my attention. Over and over again in Psalms it...
In this fast paced world sometimes we are tempted to by-pass things that are really important for things that we have to do. For example, sometimes we put off...
I don't know about you, but the recent events in the world have me thinking about end time events. It amazes me how much time we can spend discussing the end...
The Psalms are a record of David's life experiences and his emotions . . . of his pain and of his faith and trust in God. Many express openly and honestly his...
When athletes are preparing for a race they go into strict training. When my kids were running cross country in high school, their coach had a specific...
Do you ever have one of those days you would like to freeze in time? You know a day that you just want to remember and savor for a long time? Yesterday was...
Sometimes we are called to a task that seems bigger than us . . . a new area of ministry, a difficult class in school, a new job. All these things can present...
Sometimes in the uncertainty of life, when the storms are coming from all directions we feel fear and anxiety. Sometimes when darkness settles and the house...
Do you ever think about how sometimes the songs we sing at church make us a liar? Probably not. I mean who wants to go to church to think about whether all...
You know over the past few weeks I've been talking about changes in life, enduring the waiting times in life, and processing the stress it creates. I'm sorry...
The last three months of Jesus' life were plagued with suspicion from the Jewish people, hostility from the religious leaders, and doubt from the disciples....
Do you remember the story of Hannah in the Bible? Remember how she was married to Elkanah, who also had another wife named Peninnah. Peninnah had many sons...
Today is one of those exciting moments in life and one of those painful moments in life. Today I will be leaving my daughter at Nyack College in New York. As...
(The following message was written by a young lady who shared her heart with me; I wanted to share her heart with you.) Sitting here now, I'm thinking about...
First I want to thank you for praying for us while taking my daughter to college last week . . . the prayers were greatly appreciated and felt. She seems very...
Today a woman came into my office. She was an emotional wreck. Her husband of 35 years just left her . . . she went to work . . . she came home and he was...
Yesterday as I sorted through my e-mails, I received a prayer request from someone I knew who was requesting prayer for someone else. It was a critical cancer...
Recently I've been thinking about the purpose of the church and how we, the church, have chosen to accomplish our purpose. Since this is a devotional I'll keep...
Today is Labor Day . . . for most of us that means a day-off from work . . . which means we cease from our labor and choose to rest . . . to do something with...
Well today for many of us it is back to work, back to school, or back to our routine. The three-day weekend is over and we're off and running. The end of the...
Recently Jake, my son in college, and I spent the day at the beach with my in-laws. I remember when Jake was just a toddler how `Pop', my father-in-law, would...
Did you know you have two sets of eyes and two sets of ears? You have one set of physical eyes that see the natural world . . . that see what people look...
Yesterday I took a "God-day". What that means is I intentionally and purposefully took a day to be with God and to hear from Him. Yes, I have my daily...
September 11 . . . the day is imbedded into our minds. The day that sought to destroy us eventually, if only for a brief time, united us. As I ponder over the...