Fresh heart for the journey
Don’t expect easy assignments from a God this big! What if God says something preposterous to you? What if He expected something of you that was totally absurd and almost laughable? What if his instructions were totally unreasonable and outrageous? Guess what! When God talks and we listen, we can almost be assured that […]
It may never been this dark, this lonely, this hopeless before. But God remains fully God and you remain forever His loved and chosen child. It was a quiet, relentless building terror. It wasn’t like the door being broken down with invaders rushing into my life. Its stranglehold actually began as a prayer… a request for […]
You will miss what I’m saying in this devotional unless you stop right now and read Joshua 19:10-15. (I trust you did that and are back.) Did you ever wonder why this seemingly unnecessary list of ancient cities is part of the Bible that God needed us to have?’ Is […]
“People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.” Proverbs 19:3 NLT It takes unmitigated gall to put God on the defense stand! we sow seeds of unfaithfulness in a relationship, then shake our fist at God when that relationship fails we sow seeds of indifference in our […]
Don’t know what to do with that stick in your hand? Give it to Someone who knows how to use it! It’s startling, but we seldom conceive of the difference God will make in a situation! We should know better. We’ve been around long enough to see that when God is combined with any […]
Oops! My mind didn’t see what my fingers were producing. I knew it wasn’t Job 2:28. It should have been, because it’s always been… Joel 2:28 Embarrassed but onward! Paul
Who and what are you going to believe? Who are you going to throw your confidence behind… the devil and his scary fake news? Or are you going with God’s Word with its scary but hopeful outlook? The scary news is not necessarily all fake or false, not all of it anyhow. These are […]
“He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth.” Isaiah 42:2-4 NLT For those of us waiting for […]
It happened while we were out of state celebrating Christmas with our family. During a rare prolonged period of freezing weather, a water pipe in our attic burst and for several days sprayed water above the ceiling. A neighbor saw water running out our front door. As a result the ceiling over our family […]
“I waited and waited and waited some more…” Psalm 40:1 TPT I bet that verse never got put into an encouraging book of Bible promises to reflect upon. But it’s in God’s Word and reflection might just be an important thing to do! We live in a dizzying, hurried world where waiting […]
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.