I was reading this passage in Ecclesiastes this morning... "Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil. 2 [...]
Sometimes we can think that what God expects of us is a very elaborate, burdensome task list of hoops we must jump through to be one of His children and enter the kingdom of heaven. When I was reading the passage below from the Apostle Paul this morning I was reminded that it is when [...]
The concept of a bitter root is so descriptive. I grow pretty bitter myself towards a couple of types of roots in my garden because I didn’t plant them and they are strangling the plants that I intentionally planted that are beautiful and provide stunning blossoms. But my weeds and invasive plants didn’t get the [...]
A good friend of mine always reminds me that “God wastes nothing” …including our suffering. It is amazing how the LORD can get our attention through our pain. I love this quote by C.S. Lewis, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone [...]
Do you ever notice how people like to debate and at times argue over things they are passionate and confident about? I always find it captivating and sometime amusing when people try to debate God as shared in the Scriptures.In the book of Job, while Job is debating with his friends the Lord is the [...]
This morning I woke up in the middle of the night, a little frantic as I remembered something I had forgotten to do, which led me to think about a million other things on my to do list. It was amazing how quickly I went from peacefully sleeping to worrying with a heaviness of heart. [...]
Everyone likes to hear good news. It gives us hope and encouragement. But what to do when the good news is wrapped up in a baby lying in a manger and a savior hanging on the cross, what do we do with that kind of good news? During Christ’s time on earth, many found his [...]
The past week we attended the Christian Camping Association Conference. The speaker was outstanding in preaching, in character and in vulnerability. As I sat down to eat breakfast with our staff members, I realized Chris, the speaker was sitting right next to me. I was thrilled because I wanted to thank him for his message [...]
Do you ever notice that at night your worries seem to grow exponentially? For me as evening grows darker, and I begin to analyze the events of the day my problems seem to become very big…so big in fact that I can’t see Jesus just my enormous problem. The words penned below are so analogous [...]
So much of what we choose to do or not do is linked to our feelings. In our culture one of the things that we really link to our emotions is music. We play music to cheer us up or to calm us down or create a romantic environment with the one we love. [...]
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