John 5:5-6–One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” Have you ever been challenged in a way that made you re-think your life?  Has […]

Would you like to know how to have peace and contentment immediately? Say and mean, “Not my will, but yours be done.” Don’t all our discontentment and anxiety come from wanting our will? We know what we want and we have to have it in order to be happy. But when circumstances don’t conform to our will, […]

One of the evidences of our salvation is our church involvement. By church I mean the people; not the building or the activities. By involvement, I mean getting entangled and getting “tied” down. Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. For […]

Galatians 5:7-9–You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9  A little leaven leavens the whole lump. Being 37, I’m old enough now to see some friends that seemed to have very promising futures in their early twenties, now struggling to hold life together.  […]

It seems to me that money, sex, power, and family are gods of the older generation. The new generation’s god? Individual freedom. Remember, our god is what we believe ultimately will give us happiness, fulfillment, meaning, significance, etc. It is what we sacrifice everything else to obtain. So, let’s take individual freedom. Has it become […]

Psalm 86:11-Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Usually when we say we want to know a person the more we ask questions focusing on the things they like and don’t like, trying to gain a sense of compatibility.  Seems simple, but knowing […]

I was complaining to God this morning about my life, on my way to the school that I teach at. “God, I think I’ve paid my dues. I’ve made sacrifices. I see that others have it so easy, just living for themselves. Why am I suffering for the sake of others when  there seem to […]

Imagine a world where human bodies were the most solid objects. Not that other objects became soft, but our bodies simply became more solid. What if we became invincible, in other words? How would that world be different from this one? First, we wouldn’t have to work. Don’t we work so that we can put food […]

Mark 14:32,37–And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”…..37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?   There is a “fine line” between being flattered by someone having great expectations in […]

Humans are a curious being. We want to be in control of everything EXCEPT when it comes to love. When it comes to love, rather than choosing to love, we want to be “chosen” by love. Isn’t that what we mean when we say, “I FELL IN love!” We didn’t make ourselves fall in love, but […]