Don’t be discouraged by people who are what I call “wing clippers.” These are detractors, critics and doubters who discourage your dreams and aspirations or scoff at your convictions. Their negativity is like scissors snipping at your wings. Don’t confuse them with people who love you and offer you wise counsel. No, these are people… Read More »
The View from My Place – “God’s Absurd Love”
Have you ever doubted God’s love for you? If so, consider the following. It may help. According to the Scriptures, “God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Note that Christ died for us, not because of us. There is an important difference… Read More »
The View from My Place – “The Focus of My Trust”
I trust in the power of Your voice, not in the sensitivity of my ears. I trust in Your power to reveal, not in my ability to discern. I trust in the wisdom of Your will, not in the details of my plans. I trust in Your power to inspire not in my courage to… Read More »
Simply Grateful
Thank You for the life I have had, for the life I have and the life You have planned for me. It is not a perfect life, nor is it the life I envisioned, but thank You for redeeming all the pieces and crafting from them a relationship with You that I would not trade… Read More »
The View From My Place – “Dropping My Backpack”
Sometimes the Lord calls me to drop my backpack, which has really good spiritual tools, strategies and resources in it, and rest. He reminds me that I don’t need the backpack in order to walk with Him or to enjoy my fellowship with Him. There is so much more to Him than my familiar ideas… Read More »
“Just a Moment with Pastor Dan Baty”
As an investor entrusts his money to a broker, let us entrust to the Lord the precious moments He has allotted to us today, though we do not know their number. Let us ask Him to invest them in commodities of eternal value. Things made of truth. Things made of faith. Things made of love. … Read More »
The View from My Place – “Name Association”
The name of Jesus represents many things to people. In my youth, “Jesus” and going to church were synonymous. People called it the house of the Lord, so I thought that’s where He lived. To others He is associated with words like, morality, spirituality, religion, and social welfare, but not usually with words like vibrancy,… Read More »
“Pastor Dan Baty’s Monday Morning Boost”
From the Lord’s perspective our job is quite simple: All we ever have to be is His. To know that we are His. To trust that we are His and to rely on Him because we know we are His. “For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He… Read More »
Just a Moment with Pastor Dan Baty
There are times in our spiritual journey with the Lord when we feel an exquisite and almost “smug” sense of invincibility and security. It’s a deep-seeded belief that we are as securely “set for life” as the wealthiest of the wealthy. It’s a feeling of fearlessness about the future, regardless of the unknown details of… Read More »
