Today and tomorrow we will be celebrating our nation's birthday. It's a time to pause and remember the price many paid for our freedom and the price many are...
Today is America's birthday. It's a day to celebrate, to relax and to eat. It's also a time to say thank you to those who are serving in our armed forces and...
Do you know the name of Abraham's father? I bet you don't. Without looking it up, I didn't remember it either. We all know about Abraham . . . Jews, Gentiles...
When Abraham left his father's family and country and set out to find the place God would show him, I'm sure he traveled with a mixture of excitement and fear...
You may remember that God promised Abraham that a son, coming from his own body, would be born to him and that his offspring would be like the stars in the...
Failure, condemnation, fear, not measuring up, are you feeling any of these emotions today? I listen to many people who can't seem to get out from under the...
When I think of the unconditional love of God I can't help but think of the story of Jonah because not one person in the story of Jonah deserved God's love,...
When I was a child and I heard the story of Jonah, I focused on the big fish coming and swallowing Jonah and how cool it must have been to be inside a fish for...
Even though Jonah was self-centered, arrogant, and blatantly disobedient, the Lord provided a fish to swallow Jonah and there he stayed for three day and three...
One of the things you have to love about God is He is the God of the second and third and fourth chance . . . or however many chances you need . . . He is the...
I know a few weeks ago we looked at Psalm 23, but today I feel compelled to go back again and to meditate and chew on these intimate words once again. We are...
Do you need a vacation . . . a time to get away from it all? Maybe you're kind-of like me, I didn't take a vacation last year and I don't see one coming this...
Because a sheep is timid and easily frightened, he would prefer to stay in the same pasture every day of his life. He is only comfortable in familiar...
Next in Psalm 23 we come to a powerful and revealing verse: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are...
As we finish our look at Psalm 23 today, we see the simple, wonderful promise that whatever you are going through The Shepherd is there. Whether it is to...
As I rise this morning, I have something on my heart and mind that I can't get away from . . . one question that I feel the need to ask. Is the Word of God...
Today I am in the waiting room . . . you know that room where life seems to be on hold waiting for a reply or decision. You try to think on other things but...
I hope as you work today you are eager to complete your work with a sense of pride . . . allowing God to not only use you to touch others but to accomplish a...
Yesterday my life crossed the paths of two well-mannered, clean-cut young men. I was in my office at church working, it was around 6:15pm and no one else was...
Last night a young man from our church came over for supper. He has been a Christian for a little over a year. He is a beautiful picture of old things...
Last week I spoke to you about being in the "waiting room", that difficult place of waiting for a response or decision from man or God. How we wait may not...
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...