Joy, delight, awe, forgiveness, peace. Our Savior has all these things ready to hand to us when we sit still in HIS presence. We all want a little joy don’t we? But we often look for it in all the wrong places. We buy stuff, we drink and try to be merry……but still there is … More DEEP JOY IN HIS ABIDING PRESENCE
Here in the West I must say that we have the most glorious sunsets I have ever seen. They actually take my breath away to the point that if I see one, I must stop and take a picture so I won’t ever forget it and then, I ponder HIS glorious HAND writing across the … More BE A GLORY CHASER
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
Let’s all think about this today on this beautiful Sunday………where is our gaze? It’s up to us to not lose sight of our goal and the prize, JESUS CHRIST. When JESUS walked the earth HE never took HIS eyes off of the FATHER and neither should we. 1 JOHN 2: 16 “FOR ALL THAT IS IN … More WORTHY OF OUR GAZE
God’s glory can be seen all around us. Never take it all for granted. HE displays HIS hands so we will honor and worship HIM. But it’s our every day self-glory that gets us into trouble. Who is on the throne of our lives? Who comes first? Because in GOD’S plan, it’s not about us, … More SELF-GLORY/GOD’S GLORY
In our lives, GOD often closes a door only to open another one for us. I believe this is due to the fact that HIS plans are always better than our own. ISAIAH 55: 8-9 “FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAYS THE LORD. FOR AS THE HEAVENS … More THE CHALLENGE OF A BLOCKED DOOR
At our home Church we are expanding soon. We are adding a new location and this will require more of everything from our Church body. But this more we are needing will not come from us. No, this more can only come from the SOURCE of everything in this world, our CREATOR GOD in Heaven. Our Pastor has asked … More MORE OF EVERYTHING
I seem to have an issue lately, I have somehow learned to hit the delete key on my laptop and so I had this post completely done, and then I deleted it! Whenever this happens I figure satan isn’t happy with what I am saying here…….and so I press on. Forgive me that this is … More LET YOUR LIFE BE A GENUINE HOSANNA
There are so many ways to walk through this life……..the secular life strives for wealth and material things believing that those things will create happiness. They are always seeking for anything that will satisfy. WHEN YOU WALK THE PATH WITH JESUS YOUR WALK IS VERY DIFFERENT Because if you believe in JESUS, your path is different and … More Let’s Walk this Next Year……..DIFFERENTLY!
IMMANUEL. It’s a Hebrew masculine name consisting of two Hebrew words: El meaning “GOD” and Immanu meaning “with us.” It’s the with us that should get us! Love and grace came for us at Christmas. MATTHEW 1: 21 “SHE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND YOU ARE TO NAME HIM JESUS, BECAUSE HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.” GOD was … More IMMANUEL
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