Fresh heart for the journey
“A time for war; A time for peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:8 TLB There was a time in the past when God’s people had a stomach for spiritual battles! We’d raise our voices and sing: “Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war; with the cross of Jesus, going on before.” (Sabine Baring-Gould) There was militancy in […]
“… in your presence there is fullness of joy:” Psalm 16:11 ESV Imagine you’re halfway through your shift at Cosmos Burgers. There hasn’t been much to distinguish this workday from any others this week. But a burble starts to permeate the melancholy of this day when word has it the Presidential motorcade is pulling […]
Who do you look for when the sky begins to fall? What is your plan if an adversary pins you to the mat and intends your career to be over? Who do you instinctively call out to when your world quits making sense and panic finds you calling out into the night of your […]
Many feel alone, isolated and on their own because they’re suffering in some way. God cares greatly for them. He cares for the wildflowers that have a shelf life of mere days, and for birds that carry far less weight than humanity. (Matthew 6) He cares when our hearts are overwhelmed or broken. And […]
Three words… three possible locations and the third one sometimes appears exciting in its possibilities! ‘Here’ is where you presently are. It may be the results of ardent preparation and planning on your part – the gateway to a wonderful future. Or it may be the location where you discover that life isn’t really working […]
I recently reposted a devotional aimed at my Pastor mailing list (Just Another Monday). I didn’t realize it would also be sent to all the rest of you who receive the Monday morning devotional . So sorry for the mix-up. And, no, that was never a history of one of my days while pastoring. It […]
It’s Just Another Monday… It’s 10:30 Monday morning, and Chicken Little was right all along…the sky is falling. Not in its entirety, but significant chunks are coming down. It began yesterday morning when our Children’s Director told me that two elementary Sunday School teachers wanted a year’s sabbatical from their classes. That evening I […]
No one should dread getting an email or Facebook message and faint while reading it. So I’ve cut my weekly devotionals down. I’ve been pretty good in my limited communication. However… Today’s personal story with two take-aways, needs extra words. My knee replacement was scheduled for April 5, 2023. I steeled myself for the […]
God opened his mouth and hurled 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars across billions of light years. Counting them at one per second would consume the next fifteen hundred trillion years! (For just the stars in our small galaxy would only take you slightly less than ten thousand years to count!) God’s voice can break cedar trees (Psalm 29:5). […]
Excuse me, but there are some ‘Goliaths’ attempting to steal your God-given territory. They want to steal your peace, your kids, your future. At first glance they appear unstoppable, unbeatable; their progress causes you to believe they’’ll soon be in the winner’s spotlight. But that’s only what the physical eyes see. Look beyond the ‘obvious’ […]
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.