Fresh heart for the journey
It’s a delight to be able to draw clean water amid those drinking from polluted streams. “With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!” Isaiah 12:3 New Living Translation It’s a joy to gain strength while others around you are losing theirs. “Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the […]
“… and the powerful are not what they appear to be.” Psalm 62:9 New Living Translation It is a truly epic battle! Two kingdoms opposing each other and each beckoning us to join their side in the conflict. There is the ‘kingdom of this world’ and the ‘Kingdom of the King.’ The first is led […]
“… and the powerful are not what they appear to be.” Psalm 62:9 New Living Translation It is a truly epic battle! Two kingdoms opposing each other and each beckoning us to join their side in the conflict. There is the ‘kingdom of this world’ and the ‘Kingdom of the King.’ The first is […]
“We don’t know what to do; we’re looking to you.” II Chronicles 20:12 The Message Do you know what to do when you don’t know what to do! Jehoshaphat did. As Israel’s leader he had just been given devastating news. A ‘vast’ horde of a confederacy of three nations was ready to attack. God’s […]
“(Israel) even spoke against God himself, saying, ‘God can’t give us food in the wilderness. Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out, but he can’t give his people bread and meat.’” Psalm 78:19,20 New Living Translation I love it when in a worship service ‘we’ quit singing and ‘I’ start singing. It’s not that […]
“ Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you . Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.” Luke 19:43,44 New […]
Disciple: follower of person or idea Disciple of Jesus: imitator of Christ At some point the student learns what the teacher knows. Somewhere along the line the character and ideals of the master rubs off on those who follow him. He speaks … they listen. He acts … they emulate. Put Jesus and us […]
“You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on […]
It’s tempting to try to learn of the future … to have your palms read, consult a horoscope, peer intently into the very foggy distance. We’re concerned about what’s out there and we want to know. It’s better to trust. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will […]
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.