Fresh heart for the journey
It was ‘fake news’ but it sounded so real! On Halloween night in 1938, millions of Americans were getting their Sunday evening entertainment sitting in front of their radios. Many were tuned to the CBS radio network’s “Mercury Theatre on the Air”, a one hour radio drama. Those who hadn’t heard the disclaimer at […]
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” II Corinthians 4:18 NIV A Christian lives in two different worlds … at the same time. One we experience through our five senses. The other is […]
If that picture above is of my grill … at my house … and you’re invited to dinner, I expect you to come hungry! Don’t grab a McFlurry at Macdonald’s on your way over. Don’t fill up on peanuts saved from your last airline trip. It’s probably even better if you skipped lunch that […]
Trust is sometimes rewarded with the answer … sometimes an answer or on occasion, no answer. Trust is not a creed we learn and repeat until memorized. Trust is confidence in a Person who has the ability to hear and respond when we turn to him. Trust does not ask for the suspension of reason […]
With our mouth salivating over the thought of a warm piece of our favorite cake with a cup of coffee, we pull it from the oven fifteen minutes early and although it had every required ingredient in it and in the right amounts, those ingredients desperately needed just fifteen more minutes for perfection. […]
God wants you to get where He wants you to go … More than you want to get where He wants you to go! They stared with panic at the scene before them. Glancing behind them they realized there was no going back. The rocky hills on both sides of them mocked any […]
The waiting rooms of life are filled with impatient people! We hate waiting for red lights, slow traffic, upcoming vacations, unhurried baristas, and mysteries that don’t reveal the culprit until the last page. We dislike waiting for Christmas when it’s only August and fuming as we wait to be connected to an actual person […]
“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” Psalm 37:23 (NLT) We never need to ‘call God’s attention’ to anything in our lives. We aren’t required to ‘bring God up to speed’ about our needs. God doesn’t ‘round up’ the balance in our checkbook. He’s aware […]
“Just trust God” we’re told when facing something that threatens to overwhelm us. Trusting God becomes a lifeline in times of struggle, uncertainty and the exit of hope from our lives. What does it mean to ‘trust God?’ The dictionary defines trust as: firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone […]
This is my 722nd blog (called Fresh Heart For A New Week) that I’ve written since the Fall of 2003. Allow me to give you a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the process that goes into each one. First of all, why devotionals called Fresh Heart? The desire to write a weekly blog to […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.