Fresh heart for the journey
“I waited and waited and waited some more…” Psalm 40:1 TPT I bet that verse never got put into an encouraging book of Bible promises to reflect upon. But it’s in God’s Word and reflection might just be an important thing to do! We live in a dizzying, hurried world where waiting […]
For the next several weeks, we will look back at some of Scripture’s best ‘life lesson’ instructors. Their stories can reset our live’s instrumentation. “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 […]
I believe that many of you who have read the last four devotionals have made a decision to respond to God. You believe that God has revealed His plan for these times, and is about to generate a massive revival around the world. You have decided to shake off any inactivity in his Kingdom projects […]
“The very day I call for help, the tide of the battle turns.” Psalm 56:9 TLB We’d like for that verse to say, “The very day I call for help, the battle is over by that evening.” Sorry… that’s not the way the Bible reads or the way God operates. Seldom are our prayers […]
God can and does move quickly when it suits his divine purposes. Some things take time … others don’t have time to resolve themselves. God’s watch shows only one time – ‘the fullness of time.’ That’s the time when everything is in the right place at precisely the opportune time for God’s plan to […]
With our mouth salivating over the thought of a warm piece of our favorite cake with a cup of coffee, we pull it from the oven fifteen minutes early and although it had every required ingredient in it and in the right amounts, those ingredients desperately needed just fifteen more minutes for perfection. […]
The waiting rooms of life are filled with impatient people! We hate waiting for red lights, slow traffic, upcoming vacations, unhurried baristas, and mysteries that don’t reveal the culprit until the last page. We dislike waiting for Christmas when it’s only August and fuming as we wait to be connected to an actual person […]
Sitting by the hospice-provided hospital bed in the living room of friends, the wife looked at her failing husband as he fought life’s last battle … and asked a question she knew did not have an obvious answer: “He’s ready to go, but why does God delay?” Why, indeed. Throughout Scripture we find the […]
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields and the cattle barns are empty, …” Habakkuk 3:17 New Living Translation When living in the desert […]
I think it was the machete used to cut the pineapple. In 1987 while ministering in Guatemala, we were visiting a tiny village a long way off the beaten path. The villagers wanted us to taste the fruit just picked. I wanted to taste the fruit just picked. But with the taste came the giardia. Returning […]
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.