I’ve been away for a few weeks.  Busy, distracted, lazy, and after you read this, I suppose you’ll figure I’m finding value in my life elsewhere.  Sadly, this is true, although I know it shouldn’t be. How often we find value in things outside of what we KNOW we are supposed to be doing!  I [...]

I often ponder Proverbs 3:5, where God tells us to trust in Him with all of our hearts and to not lean on our own understanding, and I often marvel at just how easy it is to get those two seemingly simple commands so horribly wrong. Lean not on your own understanding. Wow, don’t we [...]

We have been given FREEDOM. The war is already won, and we have been given VICTORY. Live within the FREEDOM and VICTORY Christ has given you.

In Christ, you…

Since yesterday was Labor Day, I took the day off, so I think I’ll go with a Tuesday/Thursday schedule this week.  As such, here are my thoughts for today… Did you know that you don’t have to believe something for it to be true, nor do you have to believe in something for it to [...]

Matthew 19:1-12 1When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.  3Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife [...]

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, [...]

Did you know that you were not only created by Christ but that you were created for Him?

I had a conversation yesterday with my buddy whose wife was killed last year, and we were discussing the day he celebrated what would have been their 8th wedding anniversary.  This was approximately 3.5 months after she was killed, and he spread some of her ashes in the Atlantic Ocean to commemorate the occasion.  It [...]

So, God brought the above verse to my attention a few weeks ago, and it has been on my mind ever since.  I’ve been contemplating a blog post regarding the amazing nuances and power of this one verse for some time, but before I do that, I’d like for each of you to do me [...]