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December 8, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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...
gods-loveNovember 30, 2023
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”Revelation 3:20 One of the most powerful things you need to understand as you follow Jesus is how much God loves you, He isn't interested in some religious...
courageNovember 29, 2023
“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
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...
gentle-wordsNovember 27, 2023
I’ve always been known as someone who “tells is like it is”. I’ve taken pride in the you may not like what I say, but I will always tell you like I see it. Well, maybe I need to work on the way in which I deliver my message...maybe you do too.I/we need to understand and leverage the power of gent...
integrityNovember 24, 2023
“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
“"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
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...
weaknessNovember 21, 2023
You know, people will do almost anything to appear strong, successful, and worthy of admiration. We exercise our bodies with intensity, post the process to Instagram, climb the corporate ladder at the expense of integrity, and struggle to accept the help of other people. Our society works by the...
prayerNovember 20, 2023
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
“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...
gods-rulesNovember 16, 2023
What “rules” do you play by? Human rules or God’s rules?You see, we add things to God’s rules and think it helps people. Usually, it causes people to take their eyes off God’s rules and put them on our rules. Soon, our rules become more important than God’s. Love one another. Forgive anyone who s...
testimonyNovember 15, 2023
“And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.”Matthew 14:35-36This was a story of a simple man who’d share wh...
faith-trialsNovember 14, 2023
So, you ever have a lot of things going on and you’re really having to lean on the Lord to give you patience and strength and deliver you from this storm that won’t seem to subside? I have, and it gets me asking myself how strong is my faith and is it strong enough to survive it? Am I ready to “w...
pleasing-godNovember 13, 2023
I don’t know whether it’s getting older or my growing desire to be closer to God, but I can say I seek more now to please Him than I do others. I think so anyhow, but it hasn’t always been that way. Who are you trying to please or impress? You see, we live in such a different world now where we s...
eternal-lifeNovember 10, 2023
Jesus tells Martha, “who ever lives and believes in me will never die”...“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”Psalms 16:11 I get your life right now may be getting hammered with frustrations and brokenness...
reputationNovember 9, 2023
How’s your reputation?“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.”Proverbs 22:1 A bad reputation has a ruthless way of catching up to you. And it doesn’t matter if you have a great family, if you are in good health, or if you are flush with cash...
social-mediaNovember 8, 2023
I probably enjoy social media a little bit more than I should, but to me it’s can be sad, hilarious, frustrating and many times disappointing. But I can’t help but see a reoccurring theme in so many of these “inspirational-motivational” posts. They all seemed centered around “trust your heart”, “...
moneyNovember 7, 2023
I’m really enjoying reading into what success is and is not in God’s eyes and how it’s become so lost on us. While I certainly don’t think a pursuit of financial well being is unrighteousness, I think the manner in which we go about it and the priority is has become in our culture is....“for we b...