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January 11, 2024
If God Be For Us: Living in the Divine Majority
So in Romans 8, we are told, “if God is for us, who can be against us?” What an incredibly comforting promise from the living God, especially in the troubled times in which we are living. But God requires from us two things in return: they are faithfulness and obedience. You see, He is a jealous...
humilityJanuary 9, 2024
The Secret of True Heroes: Embracing Humility Over Fame
This past week was somewhat disappointing but at the same time gratifying. You see, somewhere in the crazy journey of mine to grow my relationship with Christ, I think I’m beginning to learn what humility all means. For years I set my sights on accomplishing thing that defined “who” I was...but t...
spiritual-protectionJanuary 8, 2024
Spiritual Protection: Being Ready for Life's Unexpected Moments
Why do we protect ourselves with seat belts when driving, helmets and boots when riding and life jackets when on the water? It’s so we are ready when the unexpected comes. Right? When we wear these protective devices, they don’t restrict us from enjoying the activity we’re are choosing, rather it...
peaceJanuary 4, 2024
Finding Peace Through Life's Problems
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 Do you ever feel like life is one problem after another?You make it through one issue, but before you can recover another one shoots up....
witnessingJanuary 2, 2024
What Would Jesus Do? A New Year Resolution
24Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to another lap around the sun. With the new year, I want make our way back around to a topic we discussed a few years ago…consider it kind of a resolution of sorts. Y’all remember the trend many years ago that we all wore in our arms and stuck bumper sti...
healingDecember 26, 2023
Returning to the Shepherd: Healing From Sin
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”1 Peter 2:24-25 Have you ever gotten lost? It can be one o...
christmasDecember 22, 2023
God With Us: The Christmas Promise
“But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save h...
hardshipDecember 20, 2023
Finding God's Purpose in Life's Heavy Burdens
Let keep digging into 2 Corinthians;“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us...
weaknessDecember 19, 2023
Strong in Weakness: Embracing God's Sufficient Grace
Hope everyone’s week is off to a great start. I want to shift gears this week by discussing probably my most favorite verse in the Bible;“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass...
spiritual-giftsDecember 15, 2023
You Have a Gift to Share - Discovering Your Purpose
Did you know you have a gift to share? You do, whether you are aware of it or not you’ve got something to share. I got to reflecting about last weekend and all the different people I took up flying and how excited they were to get to do something they may never otherwise do. I feel so blessed to...
resilienceDecember 12, 2023
Learning Contentment and Pressing On Through Hardship
I’m going to wrap up our discussion I stated yesterday with this; how quickly can you or do you bounce back from hardship and loss? Maybe it paralyses you into a depressed state? The key is learning to press on in life regardless of your adverse circumstances.“Not that I am speaking of being in n...
moneyDecember 8, 2023
You Cannot Serve Both God and Money
Sorry I’m late today. I’m traveling to see family. So, I want to keep on track this week about some of the things that in many ways separate us from our relationship with God. The pursuit of “more” is definitely one of those things...“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he wh...
fearDecember 7, 2023
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear and Worry
I’m sure I’m like the rest of us when I say I’m bad about fear and worry. No matter how much I KNOW my life is in Gods hands and he always provides, I still get caught in worry. When that happens, I think we are not necessarily driving God away, but we are certainly keeping him at bay. “There is...
bible-studyDecember 6, 2023
The Bible: God's Instruction Manual for Life
Ok folks, this next comment is mainly focused to us men, but ladies it applies to you too. Read the instructions...I know, but this one is THE manual. So, I’m like you and often just wish sometimes that life had an instruction manual? Well, actually God has given us one. It’s called The Bible; it...
evangelismDecember 5, 2023
Share the Cure
So far this week we’ve talked about what God did for us by sending his one and only son to die for our sins. We’ve talked about loving God passionately and loving others selflessly. But how do we really share the Gospel? By staying on a mission! Now you and I know about God’s grace and the salvat...
loveDecember 4, 2023
Love God, Love People
Following Jesus truly comes down to two things: Love God passionately, and love people selflessly! Our world we live in is starved for love. Not the fake, strings attached kind of love, but the real kind of love that only comes from God. That’s the kind we get from a relationship with God that we...
salvationDecember 1, 2023
More Than Sunday Faith
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"”John 11:25-26 That’s really all there is to it, isn’t it? I mean, just believe that Jesus died for you...
courageNovember 29, 2023
God Commands Your Courage
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."”Joshua 1:9 Hearing that you should be strong and courageous is a lofty notion. It’s a pretty great idea. It’s something nice to hear. But God step...
restraintNovember 28, 2023
Wisdom in Knowing When to Hold Your Tongue
I got to thinking over the last week how some things are better left unspoken; don’t give them airtime. In other words, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all...right? Proverbs 10:19 “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise”.Some th...
integrityNovember 24, 2023
Walking with Integrity in a Crooked World
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”Proverbs 10:9 It’s a big weekend for college football the next couple weekend and I for one am excited. It’s hard though not to see what is going on with the new NIL deals and the transfer portals. In...
salvationNovember 23, 2023
The Ultimate Thanksgiving: God's Gift of Salvation
“"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”John 3:16 So this morning’s verse popped up on my phone and it was John 3:16. We see it everywhere, it’s been commercialized, advertised and immortalized by famous athlet...
faith-testingNovember 22, 2023
Trusting God's Goodness Through Life's Hardest Moments
We will all face those times in our lives when we question whether or not God is on our side. I am sure I’ve told this story before, but in light of Thanksgiving, I feel like telling it again. In September of 2016, I was seriously injured doing what I love, racing motocross. I broke my jaw requir...
prayerNovember 20, 2023
When God is Silent
So I’ve been reading-thinking about prayer and when God is listening. Does he take a break from listening? I don’t think so…But how do we react when God is silent? You see, God uses silence to draw out faith. Great faith!When God is silent, do we listen to voices that question our right to hear f...
heart-transformationNovember 17, 2023
What Comes Out of Your Heart
“But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us." And he said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the...