Fall is coming……..can you feel it? Just when I think I cannot take the oppressive heat here in AZ any longer, we get a slight change. You can feel it the most in the early morning air. The next season is upon us and those of us who live here know we will enjoy 8 … More ROOTED IN CHRIST JESUS
There are times in my neighborhood where I notice that a someone picked up trash alongside a path I walk. We all can be that someone. A someone who is willing to go the extra mile……..someone willing to do more than what is asked of them. And isn’t that just what JESUS requires of us? To … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Sometimes our days seem so ordinary, nothing special going on. Sometimes our days seem like a repeat………we get up, go to work, eat, sleep and then repeat the next day and then the next. OUR ORDINARY CAN BE FULL OF WONDER If we refuse to live out our days like they don’t matter, then they … More Oh THE WONDROUS ORDINARY
Only with JESUS can we all be a better version of ourselves. Better than we used to be. The old self is gone and the new is evident to those around us. And don’t we all want this? Don’t we want to be better today and even more so tomorrow…….to be more like JESUS? The … More SAY YES!
If you think about it, GOD in HIS infinite wisdom has HIS way with us, over and over again in our lifetimes. And often it is at the point of desperation where this happens……..it’s a coming to the end of ourselves, when we just can’t “do this” anymore. I enjoyed dinner last night with a … More A LITTLE DESPERATE AND A LOT MORE WHOLE
What do you do when you wake in the night? Do you worry or fret about the coming day or do you draw near to GOD and peacefully return to sleep? Our struggles may loom large in the middle of the night. Maybe because it is dark or maybe because it is a feeling of … More THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
Just like lifting weights to strengthen our muscles, we also can strengthen our spiritual muscle. Our whole lives in CHRIST is a continuing sanctification process. We each have a spiritual muscle that we can strengthen when used as we grow in listening to the FATHER and obeying HIM. WALK BY FAITH AND TRUST WHAT YOU CANNOT … More STRENGTHEN YOUR SPIRITUAL MUSCLE
Charles Stanley says in his IN TOUCH devotional that “we put our common sense on the throne and then attach GOD’S name to it.” What a clear-cut statement! It is interesting because most of us feel we do have good common sense and probably have relied on it often. PROVERBS 3: 1-2 “…….BUT LET YOUR … More GOD SENSE VS. COMMON SENSE
There is a wonderful, thoughtful and beautiful scripture in Habakkuk that we could embrace and remind ourselves, especially when times are lean and hard and it goes like this: HABAKKUK 3: 17-19 “THOUGH THE FIG TREE SHOULD NOT BLOSSOM, NOR FRUIT BE ON THE VINES, THE PRODUCE OF THE OLIVE FAIL AND THE FIELDS YIELD … More EVEN THOUGH
Here is my once and a while sermon on social media. In reality I am not a fan. A few years ago I deleted my Facebook page and have never looked back. The drama there and the evil there became something I didn’t want my eyes to see. And I was stalked there too. It … More TRADE DRAMA FOR HIS PEACE
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