Fresh heart for the journey
This is my third blog on hope in the last ten weeks. Blame this one on a quote from an excellent sermon I heard yesterday: You are the conduit of hope for a hopeless world – and a reflection of your Heavenly Father’s riches. But hope in what, or more importantly, who? When it comes […]
There is a fascinating series of questions that confront us when challenged by a truth or command in God’s Word. Let’s say we’ve just come upon Luke 9:23 where we are told by Jesus to ‘deny ourselves.’ We find it just as we are about to cross the narcissistic bridge into the land of […]
There’s an enormous difference between “God is no where” and “God is now here.” It’s as vast as the gulf between despair and hope … between victory and utter and complete annihilation … between getting up in the morning prepared for whatever comes or pulling the covers over your head for protection. And yet the […]
Fresh Heart For a New Week “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.” Psalm 37:23 Kings James Version I was missing my Dad, so I opened his Bible to see if it would pull him back into focus in my heart and mind. And it […]
And his name will be the hope of all the world.” Matthew 12:21 New Living Translation It’s understandable for the wicked to be afraid. They have good reason to lie awake starring at the darkened ceiling of their bedroom after watching the late news on television. Theirs is a troubled and troubling future. And […]
“ …you shall not harden your [minds and] hearts or close your hands to your poor brother; but you shall open your hands wide to him …”Deuteronomy 15:7,8 Amplified Bible We tend to measure success by what we are able to acquire. We get what we can and then ‘can’ what we get. The pile […]
“It looks dead out there,” my wife said, looking into our backyard. And she was spot on correct. From the brown grass to the lifeless rose bushes, the bare butterfly bush and ‘branches only’ fruit trees … it all looked dead. And if I hadn’t seen it happen every spring for many decades I would […]
“While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care.” Psalm 50:21 “The Lord isn’t looking,” they say, “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.” (Psalm 94:7) It’s dangerous for an individual to make assumptions about God. And it’s dangerous for a nation to do so also. The two […]
We have a ‘grand dog’ who is living with us on our acreage in the desert. She belongs to our son David whose temporary backyard cramps the style of an 80 pound lab. “DD” (David’s Dog) has a habit shared by many of her canine relatives. She barks at what other dogs bark at. She […]
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20 NIV In one of the most emotionally charged scenes in the entire Bible, we become the ‘fly on the wall’ and witness it firsthand. Joseph, now the second in command in […]
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.