Not practicing our gift could have dire consequences. Whatever talent or gift God has given you, you are to use it for the good of the church. If you don’t use it, not only you might lose it, but along with it, you might end up ruining yourself. “Do not neglect the gift you have.. […]

I am 48 years old and I am feeling my age. And I am doing everything I can to combat getting old. I work out at least 3 times a week. I am running 10+ miles a week. I strive to keep a healthy weight (I’m the lightest I’ve ever been). I watch what I […]

Ezekiel 4:4-5–Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their […]

John 20:24-25–Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, […]

Jesus is dead serious about making Him the most important person in our lives. He will not take a second place. He must be supreme, or He wants nothing to do with us. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, […]

Proverbs 14:30-A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.   The word “tranquil” in this passage means “to be in a contented emotional state, not angry or worried”.  So having a peaceful heart, has nothing to do with other people, like the emotion envy carries with it…(John 14:27) Generally […]

John 15:10–If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. Think about what it means to abide in someone’s love?  The “want to” speaks to the security, comfort, and peace that we first define that love to be, before we […]

The longer I am in ministry, the more keenly I become aware of how few people are truly saved. Of course, I cannot know for certain whether someone is truly saved. Only the Lord knows that. However, I can read the signs and look at the fruit to see whether the root is good. Besides, […]

One of the hardest things in life is to wait. And yet our eternal life depends on it! I hate waiting. Don’t you? I am sometimes late to the meetings and appointments simply because I hate waiting. I hate the feeling of wasting my time by getting there early and waiting until the meeting starts. […]

John 11:37–But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”   I don’t think there is a person alive who hasn’t thought to God, “why did this have to happen this way?” But faith in God is to strive to trust […]