“After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.” (Genesis 9:20 NLT) Tonight our church is going to dedicate a new wing of the building. The groundbreaking was done September 12, 2021 for a building that includes a large pastor’s office, two staff offices, a large conferenceContinue Reading
“Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.” (Proverbs 4:23 GW) Do you know how to meditate – to “think deeply or focus one’s mind for a time?”* You might answer “no,” but if you know how to worry, you know howContinue Reading
“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; for indeed our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29 NRSV) Does it seem that the whole world is filled with thingsContinue Reading
“But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.” (Jeremiah 20:11 ESV) The following was taken from Dutch Sheet’s “Give HimContinue Reading
“My child, never forget the things I have taught you.” – God (Proverbs 3:1 NLT) Father, Thank you that we are your children. Help us never to forget the things you have taught us and to store your commands in our hearts so we will live many years and our livesContinue Reading
“I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.” – God (Psalm 75:2 NIV) The other day I was reading a small piece of the beginning of Dante’s Inferno. If you are familiar with the story, you know that it is an allegory that depicts different layers ofContinue Reading
“For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!” (Isaiah 64:4 NLT) Have you ever felt misunderstood? Not just “they didn’t hear what I said,” but “they don’t at understand me at all.”Continue Reading
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” (Isaiah 26:3 NIV) I wasn’t planning to write today because I have several posts “in the cue” for this week. But while I was exercising I found myself thinking about (chewing on) about somethingContinue Reading
“How sweet are your living promises to me; sweeter than honey is your revelation-light.” (Psalm 119:103 TPT) Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the liturgical season of Lent. Ash Wednesday begins a forty day season of preparing for Easter – a time of preparation that involves deep introspection asContinue Reading
Dutch Sheets’ “Give Him 15” blog post highlighted the Intercessors for America’s call to prayer around the trucker protest heading to Washington D.C. and for public trust in our law enforcement officials to be restored. Here is that post, with my prayer at the end. “More and more people –Continue Reading