Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
Sometimes despite my best efforts my cake still turns out like this! God hears me. God sees me. God knows me. God knows my desires, my passions and what I long for. I press on and at times even press and probe different areas to discern what’s ripe for picking. Sometimes I get it wrong.... Continue Reading →
Hunger hurts me. It hurts to the point that sometimes I start to feel sick and nauseous. I get weak and shake sometimes too. I cannot focus well when I feel pangs of hunger. Dehydration is a mean enemy! We can live without food a good time but cut off my liquids and all gets... Continue Reading →
It’s so easy to get distracted and off track from our mission. Thoughts enter our minds and try to lead us somewhere we’re not intended to go. It takes discipline to set our minds on what’s above, on God and God’s Kingdom and not on the here and now. The here and now will quickly... Continue Reading →
Some of us plan more than others. We’ll never perfectly agree how much planning is the perfect amount. Some of us plan out everything and feel out of sorts when life doesn’t go as planned. At the other extreme, some of us don’t plan hardly at all. Value is placed on the free spontaneity life... Continue Reading →
Our gut feeling is right: we don’t belong here. There’s more to life than this! If I love it here I’m in danger of missing out on what I was made for. As a forgiven, redeemed, transformed believer and follower of Jesus I belong to another world. That world is my hope. This world weighs... Continue Reading →
“A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.”Luke 6:45 HCSB Before this verse Jesus teaches that good trees produce good fruit; bad trees produce bad fruit. Jesus said it better... Continue Reading →
Is there a more beautiful truth? Nothing can separate us from God’s love. This means that nothing I do is bad enough for God to stop loving me. No sin is too large, nothing is too atrocious for God. God sees and knows all. God knows us more deeply than we even know ourselves. We... Continue Reading →
The overarching goal of missions is to share the Gospel message of Jesus Christ and to make disciples as Jesus commands in Matthew 28:18-20, the Great Commission, but we are also commanded by Jesus Himself to do good works. We do good works in obedience of the teachings of Jesus so doors can be opened... Continue Reading →
We’ve all heard some ask why we’re doing things “over there” when we have needs right here in our own communities. We cannot get away from Acts 1:8 that says we are to be witnesses in all these places. Choosing where and when to get involved can feel overwhelming with so many needs in our... Continue Reading →
