One day, among a surging crowd, a blind beggar, sitting beside the road inquired of someone what all the commotion was about. When he heard that it was Jesus, he began shouting out to the Lord to have mercy on him. Many told him to be quiet but he shouted out all the more. Suddenly… Read More »

How well does the Lord know you? Imagine, when we run to our favorite hiding place and open the door, He is already there, eating a banana. Everywhere we turn He beats us to the spot. We can choose to withhold our hearts from Him but we cannot conceal them. So we might as well… Read More »

After reading a horrifying and heart-wrenching headline about a woman and her small child being gunned down, (I didn’t even want to read the rest of the story) my heart flirted with the question “Why do You not stop such things as this, Lord.”  There is no answer that will completely satisfy our human craving… Read More »

Never succumb to the idea that your life is on “hold.” There has not been one moment of your life when “nothing” was happening. Every second of your life complex operations have been executed by your body under the conscious and subconscious direction of your brain. You made that face you make. Debated about whether… Read More »

“Would your faith be as strong as it is if_____________ happened to you?”  I don’t like questions that begin this way.  Why deal with hypothetical situations?  I believe God’s grace will be sufficient for whatever is required of me in whatever may be in my future, just as it has been in my past.  So… Read More »

You’ve made it to another weekend. God has provided for you. He has protected you. He has allowed you some pleasures. You’ve had some refreshing moments with people. He’s given you some perspective. Blessed you with His presence. So go ahead “O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to… Read More »

As athletes feed off the energy of the home crowd, I feed off the energy of Your support, Lord.  I raise my arms, beckoning the roar of Your voice, so loud it “breaks the cedars.” Or You can shout quietly, with a still, small voice.  Either way, your cheers of encouragement inspire me onward, giving… Read More »

(As promised, here are the “Art Pieces” From Sunday’s Message “Boosting Your Signal”) I am for anything and anyone whose heart is to point people to the living, risen Christ. To desire Him, connect with Him, to experience and promote the riches that are in Him.  In knowing Him.  Anyone who desires to live in… Read More »

The best preparation I can make for today is to trust the Lord to move my spirit to where it has the strongest signal for receiving who He wants to be to me today, that I might be “strengthened with all power according to *His* glorious might.”

While walking this morning, I was meditating on the idea that life in all its forms is a miracle. I picked up a leaf. don’t know why, but this simple poem is the result: Every person, like a leaf, Is part of the landscape Of God’s magnificence. Yet each is noticed and valued. When they… Read More »