When we allow the spirit to be added to our lives through prayer, worship, fellowship and study we are given a lot of tools that help in the craziest of situations and circumstances. Suddenly, everyth...  Read More

In our culture today, many Christians have a very imbalanced view of these two components. We've become very action-oriented while forgetting the importance of doctrine and knowledge. We want to do th...  Read More

With so many ways to express our praise to God, what is it that is holding us back? Let us never allow pride to hold us back. Let us never allow fear to hold us back. Let us never allow the very thing...  Read More

We can see the interruptions and unplanned events as distractions from the Lord OR as ways He can use our lives to minister to others in His name. A distraction pulls away from our focus. If my focu...  Read More

I would love to say that God has responded to me in an audible voice. The reality, though, is that most often He speaks to me through His Word and through the mundane moments in life that would pass ...  Read More

But this translation in the English Standard Version instructs us to “let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” When I focus on the w...  Read More

Life is not always exciting. It’s not always easy. It’s not always fair. It’s not always overflowing with opportunity and adventure. Consequently, we’re all going to feel a sense of unhappiness or dis...  Read More

Whether ‘physical’ or ‘spiritual,’ freedom is guarded and perpetuated in the same manner: by grateful people who steward their personal freedom for the benefit of others. Freedom appreciated, respecte...  Read More

I had never before experienced such closeness to God. I'd also never before made it so simple on myself. Just go to God and be....  Read More

So in my chair I sat. I worshipped God - as much as you can when you know there’s something not quite right between the two of you. And the church morning proceeded. But right near the end of the P...  Read More

In Hosea we see a sorrowful Lord respond in love and compassion to a rebellious people. We hear (in this order): the charge, “Return to Israel, to the Lord your God” (Hos. 14:1), the requirement to si...  Read More

We will always have questions in this life. Tearing down our faith to look for answers among the pieces is not the solution. The solution is to use God’s Word to demolish the thoughts and behaviors th...  Read More