Love

God’s Plan

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Good Friday Jesus knew what was entailed in His mission. Three times he asked His Father if there was another way, but was left with the reality that suffering through the cross was the way. Not only would He endure the cross, but worse yet, separation from the Father. He was pierced for our transgressions, […]

Mission

OBEDIENCE: Simple But Not Easy

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Hard Daily Obedience is simple but not always easy. I remember hearing a voice telling me that I needed to quit me job one day. Sounds simple until you hear that I had 18 kids at home at the time and this was a well paying job at a Fortune 500 company. To make it […]

Faith

Shake The Dust If Needed

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The Numbers Are His Sometimes, in ministry circles, people bring a business mindset. This mindset can drowned out the voice of the Holy Spirit. As a Pastor, I remember feeling the unspoken and constant pressure of “Are your numbers growing quickly?” Over time, this question began to reshape my mind toward keeping people happy rather […]

Christian living

Cliffhanger Of Love

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I’ve had my share of long and frustrating days that seem to drag on forever as I seek to love, serve, and disciple some pretty ungrateful sinners.   Yet, I can not begin to comprehend how Jesus was feeling as He endured the most unbearable, longest and darkest day in history.  What made it long, […]

Faith

Surprise!

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What an incredible night to be a shepherd! It was a night like no other. CCould you imagine keeping watch and when an angel appears, followed by a multitude of heavenly hosts praising God? The long awaited messiah has finally been born! No wonder there was such a great magnitude of praise.  Let’s keep that […]

Christian living

A Heart Of Obedience

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There is a stinging truth that our pride often prevents us from seeing the depths of wickedness in our hearts. We make light of our sin and the sacrifice that was made to atone for it. We think of ourselves more highly than we ought.  Sometimes we even intentionally sin ignoring the magnitude of the […]

Christian living

Free From The Law 

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   As I travel around the country, I am amazed at the number of people who I talk to that are genuinely striving to keep the 10 commandments apart from Christ.  Though they have heard the gospel and received its truth, they have run back to a law-keeping mindset and have convinced themselves if they […]

Christian living

How To Change The World

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    Oh, that our nation would experience  such promises from the LORD!   A nation led continually, with desires satisfied, even in the most scorched places.  Prosperity and abundance that even our bones would be fat with marrow.  Rather than hunger and scarcity there would be nutrishment as in a flourishing garden.  It would be […]

Christian living

Do I Need A King?

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   The people of Israel wanted a king like all the other nations; someone to lead them into prosperity and victory.  Someone who even looked the part.  God gave them Saul, comely and a head taller than the rest.  Philistines had their giant and so did Israel.  Three truths hit me as I studied his […]

Christian living

Turn Aside And See

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God has a way of getting our attention. Whether that is through trial or miracle, He is always giving us an opportunity to acknowledge Him. Moses had a choice in that moment.  He could have, in fear, moved onward and not turned aside. Or assumed he was seeing things.  Notice that he had to leave […]