“Enter through the narrow gate because the wide gate and broad path is the way that leads to destruction—nearly everyone chooses that crowded road! The narrow gate and the difficult way leads to eternal life—so few even find it!” Matthew 7:13-14 “I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set…
One day, about six months after I became a Christian, I realized something surprising—I hadn’t sworn in a long time. I couldn’t remember deciding to stop. I couldn’t remember trying to stop. Somewhere along the way, God had quietly changed my heart. A few months after I quit smoking pot, I read a book…
Another Stage of Life The phone rang; it was Mom. She had a bad day. While trying to cut the grass that morning the lawnmower had quit and wouldn‘t start. She said that she “tried and tried and pulled the rope until she almost killed herself” then she gave up and went in the…
Often, we think of our material things as being possessions. They’re not, we are merely stewards over them, and Jesus is the true owner. All we have belongs to Him. One of the clearest pictures of this truth is found in the story of a little boy who was willing to place everything he…
Disordered Results Come from Big Picture Blindness Why is it so hard for us to seek the Kingdom of God first? Why is it so hard for us to break the things that were programmed into us as kids? Why is it so hard for us to see the “big picture”, when we make…
The Pastor of my previous church called me. He and I had been close. I was the church secretary, and we spent a lot of time talking. He was there for me the beginning of my Christian life and got me going on the right path. He wanted to know if he could refer…
“Jesus walked out on the water, said take courage, it is me. Peter trusted and he wanted to go further, so he stepped out on the sea. If I keep my eyes on Jesus, I can walk on water. Just like Peter I want to go further, tread on the sea and walk on…
I’ve been thinking about the power of words. God used words to create the world, oceans, land, moon, sun, animals, fish, humans, everything. God could’ve used any method He wanted to create things. He could’ve blinked His eyes like on I Dream of Jeannie, He could’ve twitched His nose like Bewitched, moved His finger,…
It’s on my heart lately to work on my love walk. To be Jesus in the skin in this world. I allow my pride and impatience to get in the way many times. I’m always in a hurry, I don’t need to rush anywhere, I just want to be efficient. I have that type of personality. I’m…
God will give us beauty for ashes, joy for mourning and praise for heaviness.My job as a Housing Inspector II requires a lot of driving. Most days I’m traveling from one inspection to another throughout my district. Those hours alone in the car have become some of my sweetest times with the Lord. I…