What life do you want? What is your idea of a good life? I took a week off this week thanks to Eldie who’s preaching for me this Sunday. My family and I went to Seaside, OR – our favorite vacation spot in the Northwest. In the evening at the hotel, while my kids were […]
Good afternoon everyone Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Have you have ever had an experience with someone you love, and you just know from the heart that you two are in sync? In a relationship, with a friend, […]
How personal is Jesus to you? Would you know if He’s calling your name or giving you a task to do? I do not mean a general thing that all all Christians are to do, but a specific thing that Jesus is telling you only. In the midst of all this community oriented talk, I […]
Good morning everyone, Philippians 3:9-and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— Are you challenging yourself to mature rather than maintain your own "goodness"? The apostle Paul is in the […]
How many sins have you committed yesterday that you weren’t aware of that would condemn you to eternal hell? Of course we feel bad about the sins we know about. But what about the sins we weren’t aware of but were sins regardless? Our God is so holy that our tiniest sin would condemn us […]
I don’t know which feels worse: A son yelling out to his dad, “why did you abandon me?” or the dad who is having to listen to his son say it. I pray to God that that won’t be true of me and my daughters. I can’t imagine one of my daughters yelling out to […]
Good morning everyone, Hebrews 11:9-10 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. There are times […]
The only sin that is unforgivable is the sin we think is unforgivable. There really is no sin that is unforgivable. Any and every sin can be forgiven – even the sin of betraying the Son of God to His enemies. However, by thinking that some sins are unforgivable, we underestimate the greatness of God’s […]
Good morning everyone, Hebrews 11:17 -By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, In reference to a faith that pleases God, the writer in Hebrews 11 gives us the definition of faith and then biblical examples […]
The older I get, the less confident I get of myself. But rather than making me gun-shy and timid, it’s making me bolder and thick-skinned. But doesn’t that mean that I’m becoming more confident of myself and not less confident? No. I’m becoming less confident of my own abilities for sure. But I’m becoming more […]