My wife and four-year-old son just returned last week from a two-week missions trip to Panama. While there, God allowed us to be in church with our missionary friends on two Sundays and their Thursday mid-week service, see their childrens and teenage classes, and meet a lot of their wonderful church members. On one Saturday … Read More
It’s Thanksgiving week! Did you hear about the lady trying to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving? A lady was looking for a turkey but couldn’t find one big enough. She asked the stock boy, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?” The stock boy replied, “No they’re dead.” Let the groans begin… J The third chapter of … Read More
We all have a purpose. God has a plan for each one of us. And, as long as there is breath in your body, you still have to pursue that purpose. The will of God is not just for teenagers. What has God placed in your heart to do with your life? What dream is … Read More
James 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” Recently, I read an article from Forbes Magazine that was very interesting. Early in his career as a U.S. Navy … Read More
Have you ever had a time in your life where things were going great as far as you knew and then “wham,” out of nowhere you got blind-sided by something? Have you ever heard of a crack-back block, now illegal in the NFL? It’s where someone gets blocked by someone coming from the opposite direction, … Read More
In our World Missions Conference two weeks ago, our missionary Keith Drinkard said, “The least amount of faith is greater than the greatest amount of difficulty that you will face today.” We all know of the Bible verses where Jesus tells His disciples in Luke 17:6, “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard … Read More
In Genesis 4, we have recorded the sad story of the children of Adam and Eve. Cain brings an offering to God that is unacceptable. We don’t know every detail about his offering, but it is clear that God rejected it. This story is about an unheeded warning. The Bible says that Cain was troubled … Read More
With the dawn of every day comes the joy and the opportunity of experiencing God’s mercies again. What I love, is that these mercies are not the same as yesterday. They are fresh and new. Different than what I needed last week of last month, these mercies are for now. For today! What are these … Read More
Psalm 128:3 “Thy children like olive plants round about thy table.” I’ve heard people tell me this about their children — “they’re growing like weeds!” This statement usually implies they are growing up fast, physically speaking. While it is true that they years pass by quickly, the Bible says our children are to grow like … Read More
The book of Exodus is an amazing account of the deliverance of God’s people from Egyptian bondage. Almost daily, the Hebrews have witnessed the power of God in leading them out of Egypt. Barely a month out of slavery, with the memories of God’s greatness fresh on their minds, the people grow discontent awaiting God’s … Read More
