Here is what I am learning about trusting in the Lord. Rather than seeing it as a spiritual discipline, I am thankful to Him today for the opportunity and the invitation to trust in Him. The reason, simply put, is because He is just better than me. He is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).… Read More »

(A meditation on my “birthday verse.”) Whenever I get sidetracked, bogged down, or my lights go out on a dark road, the Lord often brings me back to these powerful words He spoke during His earthly ministry: “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent” (John 6:29). In other… Read More »

Having encountered dear brothers and sisters in Christ who are living under the oppressive fear that the words they speak may bring into existence an unwanted situation or result, I must say I would rather trust in the One to whom I am speaking than in the power of the words I speak. Speaking “into… Read More »

Another birthday is on the horizon, and it occurs to me that every year that passes means I am one year closer to heaven. It’s not that I’m looking forward to death; I’m looking beyond it. Because as certainly as Jesus demonstrated there is life beyond the grave by His own resurrection, there is a resurrection awaiting… Read More »

As we face this week let us be mindful that our expectations are not guarantees, no matter how routinely we have done something, no matter how passionately we may desire something and no matter how reasonable it seems for us to have something. Life often happens unexpectedly. But this is not cause for despair, but… Read More »

Jesus had piercings. He chose to get them to make a statement. Many people get piercings to make statements of individuality or self-expression. Jesus’s piercings were not attractive, but they were necessary to make His life statement, which was simply, “I Love You!”   As it is written, “He was pierced for our transgressions, He… Read More »

Here comes Father’s Day weekend and a lot of men are thinking all they want to do is “chill.” I’m one of them. I am making elaborate plans to do nothing. But I also want to trust the Lord for a different experience this weekend, so I am extending to Him an invitation to be… Read More »

“So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you” (Proverbs 22:19 NIV).   The definition of trust is “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” This sums up not only the goal of the Proverb but the purpose of life itself from… Read More »

Is God a Republican or a Democrat? Is He a Libertarian or an Independent? In what is commonly referred to as the Culture Wars, whose side is God on? Joshua wanted to know the answer to that question, too. “While Joshua was there near Jericho: He looked up and saw right in front of him… Read More »

I asked myself, “Would you rather have the diamonds lying on the ground or the mine from which they came?” That is the essential faith question we face each day. Consider the following examples. “You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands (i.e. the diamonds) have produced this wealth for… Read More »