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December 7, 2022
“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 Some people seem to play life so safe against risk that they have little or no strength left to pursue their dreams and accomplish thei...
trialsDecember 6, 2022
As I sit here this morning reading and wondering what we will talk about, my mind continues to slip to Wednesday’s surgery and how this has seemingly drug on forever. In fact, just this weekend I caught myself telling a couple folks how many surgeries and treatments I’ve had in eighteen months…ba...
wisdomDecember 5, 2022
As I’ve grown older and I hope wiser, I’ve learned quite a few things that I couldn’t have accepted when I was younger and more stupid. One of the most glaringly things, obvious to me now, is I could never have gotten where I am today both professionally and personally without the help and counse...
gods-purposeDecember 2, 2022
I believe in something very simple. Regardless of your age or current phase of life, God isn’t done with us yet. Despite our sometimes dissatisfaction of where we are in our life currently, God has us right where He wants us for a reason. Look, I’m as guilt as the next for daydreaming and looking...
worldlinessDecember 1, 2022
Ok, I’m going to “get real” for a minute. Too often I allow myself to think in ways that lead me to act contrary to God’s Word. What exactly do I mean? Simple, I like you maybe, can easily get caught up in what the world around me says is ok and acceptable. What is “normal” these days is hard to...
prayerNovember 30, 2022
How often do you find yourself picking up the phone and calling close friends, colleagues, family, etc. when you have a big decision to make? If you’re like me, probably a lot…Crazy to think sometimes the last thing we do when we face obstacles is consult God’s Word. We turn to other people for a...
decision-makingNovember 29, 2022
It’s hard making big decisions in life. Often times we put it off or because we are so afraid we don’t make them at all. But in those circumstances that demand a grown up response, those who trust in God can look to him for guidance. That’s the only way I know how to make them. In the Bible David...
christian-livingNovember 28, 2022
What are you doing? I don’t mean what are you doing right now, but what are you doing in your life and how are you dong it?I ask myself this question a lot. I ask it not in relation to my career or anything, I ask myself this as it pertains to what am I doing and how am I doing it?Are our weekend...
decision-makingNovember 25, 2022
You know, we hear a lot about what people who have done wrong and whether or not someone is guilty or not. Just turn on the news and you can have your fill in just about a minute! But here is something I’ve been thinking about and I think it bears discussing. It’s the decision making process wher...
thanksgivingNovember 24, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the...
following-jesusNovember 23, 2022
If we are going to be thankful and live a life of gratitude, He must become number one. “He must increase, but I must decrease."”John 3:30 Work with me a little, what are we doing here? What is reading the Bible, prayer, and Christianity all about? It’s about loving God and others, right? It’s fo...
gratitudeNovember 22, 2022
Listen, you ever held the door for someone these days and they don’t say thank you or even acknowledge the act of kindness? I have and I see it happening more and more in all areas of our lives. Sadly, when people are treated with courtesy, sometimes there is no acknowledgement or appreciation. W...
thanksgivingNovember 21, 2022
With this being the start of Thanksgiving week, I thought I would try something different and talk about the act of giving thanks to the Lord this week. Simply focusing on being thankful for all we have and for all the Lord has done for us. Tomorrow is “treatment Tuesday” and this time it will be...
spiritual-giftsNovember 18, 2022
You know, in my ongoing search to be a better person, I would always ask God to help me become “a better man.” Funny thing is, I wasn’t exactly sure what that meant. I just knew that it wasn’t who I was feeling I was inside. Well, a funny thing happened...You see, while I was searching and hoping...
perseveranceNovember 17, 2022
This has been a tough week and it’s only Thursday, but you know what, life keeps going doesn’t it? I love the saying, “you’ve survived 100% of everything you’ve gone through so far, so there’s a good chance you’re going to make it through this...”The things you go through make you unique. Everyon...
forgivenessNovember 16, 2022
Talking forgiveness a little more, I just want to say, forgiveness is not easy. But no matter how many times a person hurts you, you got to forgive them without limit. I know, I get it, but we have to. To forgive doesn’t mean to forget. You don’t have to reconcile with the person that wronged you...
forgivenessNovember 15, 2022
One of my most favorite topics to discuss is forgiveness. If you’ve been in this devotional journey with me for the last four and a half years, you know I like to talk about it. But why you may ask? Well, it’s forgiveness that has given us the hope for an eternal life with our maker and it’s forg...
peaceNovember 14, 2022
“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....
spiritual-warfareNovember 11, 2022
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while...
evangelismNovember 10, 2022
Welp, I guess we gotta keep talking about election stuff for a while longer…it’s a bit exhausting really. It’s all I’ve been hearing people talk about. But let’s take a minute and think about what we are always “talking about”. If you’re like most people, and I assume you are, you’re talking abou...
discipleshipNovember 9, 2022
“Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his s...
mind-renewalNovember 8, 2022
“As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7Lets talk about the strongest part of our body. The most powerful. Our minds. While admittedly, some of us may not exercise that part as much as we should or as others, it’s still not arguable that it’s the most powerful. Our minds control our...
healingNovember 7, 2022
Ok, here’s the deal. We can only break our dependency on defining ourselves by our circumstances if we wrestle with Jesus’ question: Do you want to get well?If we genuinely desire wellness in all areas of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, we must let go of the labels we have allo...
hateNovember 4, 2022
This has been an emotional roller coaster week for me and I’ve had plenty to think about…the reality of life for one, so it got me thinking. How often do you find yourself hating things? Oh, I do all the time. I hate this traffic, I hate all this rain, I hate bad scans or bad text results, I hate...