Jesus began to teach by the lake… “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because theContinue Reading
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3 NIV) Ever have a thought that didn’t give you peace? “That shirt makes you look fat. You never look good.”“Why would you try again to talk with him after all he’s done?”“This isn’t going toContinue Reading
I have been thinking I need to shift back into praying more for our nation. This week is a major party’s national convention, a few weeks from now early voting in the November election begins, and in the meantime, there are plenty of things to pray about. I share hereContinue Reading
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38 NIV) In a time of economic downturn/depression/struggle it may seem strange to be talking aboutContinue Reading
Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him. The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 TPT) I came across a video that uses the words of a prophetic teacher and pastor, Graham Cooke. I neededContinue Reading
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy;in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. (Psalm 143:1 NIV) BANG! The hammer hit the rock. No change. BANG! The hammer hit the rock again. No change. BANG! BANG! BANG! On and on it seemed for hours the hammer tried to breakContinue Reading
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8 NIV) My Bible Recap plan had taken me to the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, a voice of gloom and doom, if ever there was one. I must admit that I was not looking forward to reading Jeremiah, or hisContinue Reading
We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them. (1 John 4:16 TPT) As humans infected by the sin of thisContinue Reading
I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and skill, in understanding and intelligence, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship… (Exodus 31:3-5 AMP) Recently I watched a documentary on the band Chicago. By the time I was old enough to pay attention to pop music, they were a “balladContinue Reading
Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to theContinue Reading