Revival

What is revival? Maybe when you were growing up it was a series of meetings where everyone came to church every night for a week for some good preaching. It had to be good or by the third night no one would show up. Sometimes, a tent would be set up and there would be […]

Gratefulness

In Matthew chapters 14 and 15 we find two accounts of JESUS feeding large crowds of people. Those testimonies and how JESUS approached the need has caused me to stop and reflect in my own life. I ask myself, “Am I approaching my place of need as JESUS did?”In both testimonies where JESUS fed those […]

Waiting

Sometimes waiting for GOD to answer prayers can be tough. Our feeling may be that it’s been a long time. From my experience, GOD doesn’t usually act quickly but many times He does act suddenly!Some years ago as I drove to work I’d pray over a place known for drugs. I asked the LORD to […]

Expect in 2015

“Call (cry out) to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).” Jeremiah 33:3This coming year, 2015, will be a significant year for stepping out and also stepping out of comfort zones. […]

Red Light Invitation

Red lights! We all cross paths with them frequently. They all seem to catch us when we are in a hurry! But we can all agree red lights serve a purpose, to help with the flow of traffic. There have probably been occasions we were thankful a light turned red~ so our light would turn […]

Trust GOD’s Love

Most would say GOD can be trusted. We think, of course he can be trusted, He’s GOD. Yet, at times, we all find ourselves in that place of uncertainty. When we trust GOD’s love we don’t have to give in to fear. Fear causes us to try to control— and that causes a mess (in […]

GOD Never Changes

GOD never changes.Just a simple statement that many agree is quite true. We humans, on the other hand, are constantly changing. Because we change so frequently, at times, we find it hard to understand GOD doesn’t change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. When we lived in Colorado Springs I always knew that no […]

Be Strong and Courageous

What is your destiny? What were you created to do? What can we learn from looking at the life of Joshua? There are many things we can learn from the life of Joshua— much more than a few words of a blog could say. For this particular blog I am focusing on one portion of […]

The Best is Yet to Come!

The Best is Yet to Come! A simple yet profound statement. It’s the statement I heard Christmas Day (2013). On Christmas Day I was thinking of my birthday coming up the next week. A new decade for me. As I thought on the next season of my life, I reasoned that I hadn’t accomplished much thus […]

Forgiving: Step by Step

Forgiving. It is something we are all faced with multiple times throughout the course of our lives. Sometimes it’s just hard. Many times we may want to forgive but can’t seem to get past the hurt. Yet, as hard as it may be, forgiving is one of the most freeing things we will ever do. […]