Fresh heart for the journey
In the gift list of Romans 12, I am firmly established in the “Exhorter” category. I have other lesser rated gifts, but whenever the test is taken, this one is always on the top. Here’s some of what that means in my life: I instinctively talk to people in lines at Disneyland. Life is […]
Were you the kid who asked 450 questions a day? Was your favorite word ‘why?’ Do you enjoy word games? Like studying and investigating facts? Then you just may have a ‘Teacher’ gift. The Teachers have a keen intellectual capacity. They’re the ‘mind’ of the Body of Christ and a good deal of your […]
Ever been embarrassed by someone who always took on the jobs nobody else wanted, constantly volunteering for whatever comes along … even hard work. You feel scrounged because you assume that if you loved Jesus you would be more like them. Welcome to the world of the ‘Server.’ (Romans 12:7) They run toward words […]
When we hear the word ‘prophet’ we think immediately of the Old Testament characters who would walk up to a wicked king and say, ‘Thus saith the Lord …” and foretell his demise and destruction of his kingdom. These were powerful figures who spoke powerfully for God. If they spoke something and it didn’t […]
The average church congregation is multi-faceted! There are young, old, men, women, children, teens and in-betweens. Some are of means, others would be of means if they only had the means! There are Democrats and Republicans, Independents and non-political. (And we don’t make one group sit by itself.) There are high tech people, low […]
“When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.” Nehemiah 1:4 KJV Nehemiah was confronted with a crisis of national proportion. Jerusalem was in shambles and God’s people had a future that looked awfully bleak. Nehemiah’s first response to […]
King David was about to be ‘gathered to his fathers’ … in other words, was at the end of his life. As he prepares to pass the mantle to his son Solomon, he gives his parting words: “I’m about to go the way of all the earth, but you—be strong; show what you’re made […]
“Get ready … get set … GO!” There are people who do not follow this progression of preparation. We refer to them as ‘scatter-brained.’ They get an idea … and launch it. They think something … and say it. They often act out of the first burst of a concept in their minds. Sometimes […]
It’s almost always been ‘us’ versus them. Israel lived surrounded by ‘them’. But not content to list only heathen as ‘them’ we began to differentiate further The early church was made up of entirely of ‘us’…Jewish believers…until Peter ate with one of ‘them.’ Paul and his evangelistic party then turned their entire attention […]
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this:to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” James 1:27 ESV Mother Teresa’s personal bio is extraordinary in its clarity: “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. […]
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.