emember my zeal in amassing wealth and stature. I would pour over home catalogs and trade journals looking for mansions I may want to live in and jobs I wanted to possess. Then I would go to my corporate job and do my best to be the best. Day after day, I gave my all […]
When we experience the amazing lovingkindness of the Lord, we never want to be without Him again. He becomes our life and our light. The beauty of His holiness surrounds us and His powerful sacrifice draws us in close to Our Savior. The enemy is not content with your contentment. He is like a fly […]
Have you ever prayed for God to remove an enemy that stood in the way of you doing His work and instead He strengthens you to face that giant? When Sanballat, Tobias, and the Arabs heard that Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall they were furious and they did everything in their power to discourage them. […]
In the last week, I have had the opportunity to pray with and for hundreds of people. I have also had the blessing of seeing God’s abundant answers. He will supply! We must remember it is according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. This there is a process by which we come to […]
Yesterday I attended the funeral of a close brother in Christ. The morning was filled with memories and recollections of Jacob. These were not inflated stories of a super human who pulled himself up by the bootstraps, but instead a genuine man of God that struggled in the flesh as we struggle, knew the pain […]
The last week has been like one of those dreams playing out where stuff is happening but you’re unable to move your body to react. One of my good friends is laying in a bed at a hospital that thinks he’s not worth wasting the blood and plasma on. They refused to do an organ […]
As Mary Magdalene and Mary approached the tomb, their hearts and minds must have been overwhelmed with grief and sorrow. For not only had the lost a friend and son, but the Messiah. And yet they pressed on with a dutiful and love filled courage. Upon arrival, the found not what their heart mourned and […]
How dark a day this must have been in history. One betrayed, the rest had abandoned Him. With emotions on high, their minds were not able to recall His promise to rise in 3 days. In their understanding, He was to be King and rule on High, extinguishing the rule of all oppressive forces once […]
I am continuously amazed at how my flesh wants to make God my project manager instead of bowing to Him as LORD. He is the very God whose words spoke all into being-from the vastness of the universe to the complexity of the human eye. He is the One who knit me in my mother’s […]
This week I have been meditating on two words, “Love” and “Surrender”; both of which are critical components of our salvation and and walk with God. His Love This week we celebrated our culture’s version of love with candy, cards and flowers, but our God’s demonstration of His love stands as the most powerful example […]