Fresh heart for the journey
Ever parked your car on the street and come back to find both the recently arrived cars in front and in back of you are both touching your bumpers? Hemmed in! In another scenario we make poor choices with our spending which soon result in us becoming hemmed in financially. Or because of contracting […]
Christians get kind of touchy when God doesn’t answer one of our prayers in a ‘timely manner.’ We roll our eyes, make no sense out of the delay and put God on the stand to defend His apparent ‘non action’ on our behalf. We should offer some grace to God inasmuch as He has […]
I should have known better. One devotion on ‘waiting on God’ was never going to get done in just one 400 word approach. So, Part 1 revealed the exact moment when the answer ‘begins coming… ‘the day I call for help.’ Psalm 56:9 Last week in Part 2 we acknowledged that even in the darkness […]
We have asked but have not received – sought, but as of yet haven’t found it – knocked but no one has come to the door! God has asked us to appeal to Him, we have taken Him up on the offer, but still we wait. Last week we studied ‘waiting on God’ and […]
Ever asked God for an answer, a healing, or a rescue from difficulties and to this point haven’t gotten an answer from Him? Maybe not so much as a “Got your message and will get back to you.” And then silence and the strong feeling that nothing is happening! We have been given the […]
“For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” II Corinthians 4:16-18 NLT What do we do when the news we continually see and hear forces fear into our hearts and almost hurts to get a deep, satisfying breath? What happens when bad news […]
While preparing to teach our home Bible study on the names of God, for some reason I chose the name Abba to look at first. I wasn’t even aware of why that one out of all the electrifying names that give us a glimpse of who He really is … why would that one […]
Don’t look now, but there’s danger behind you! It’s easy to feel like a runaway semi is in back of you and just about to close the distance and squash you! We are being ganged up on; there’s no doubt about that. There’s the rancid, hot breath of government stupidity behind us, threatening to […]
Jesus was not irreligious, yet He often had to interrupt religion to accomplish his purposes and gain the hearts and trust of His followers. Religion is man’s attempt to connect with God, and man works very hard at it. Many religious people deny themselves, batter themselves, sadden themselves, bores themselves half to death and […]
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 […]
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.