MIDWEEK MINUTE (10/16/19): IT’S JUST A BOAT
Often times our attention is drawn to only what's right in front of us. So much so that we miss what God is really trying to show us - something that is ALSO right in front of us!...
Often times our attention is drawn to only what's right in front of us. So much so that we miss what God is really trying to show us - something that is ALSO right in front of us!...
When WE Choose to follow Jesus down the hard road, we have to realize that it's not because we have been COMMANDED to follow Him, but because we CHOOSE to follow Him. So, since we are accountable for that decision, wouldn't it make sense to...
Standing in that dark and dank, earthen maze of the catacombs made me reflect on what kind of symbolism resonates with me about my faith in Jesus. Is it a cross? Maybe a fish sticker on my car? No! It is...
Sadly, it takes events like 9/11 to remind people that LIFE DOESN'T END HERE. Hope doesn't end here. There is a better way than being stuck here. If we want to see past the brokenness, see past the hurt and the pain, and see past...
What we DO here Matters for Eternity. Let me say that again...
Why is it that the older we get, we begin to UNLEARN the Blind Faith that we had in our parents? We begin to challenge and rebel against their directions and their judgments? We start to call our parents, "stupid," "outdated," or "wrong." What happened...
How busy or wrongly focused must we be to IGNORE JESUS in our daily lives? We might go to church on Sundays, but once we leave the service, it's back to our lives of comforting ignorance, as we GIVE OURSELVES PERMISSION to IGNORE God's hand...
I must confess to you that I'm not always Mesmerized by Jesus, by my Savior. When living my day-to-day life in Christ, I realize that I often take my relationship with Jesus for granted. Like it's on auto-pilot. And you know what?...
In the culture of the Bible, FAITH = FAITHFULNESS. "Faith" is a verb. Faith is WHAT YOU DO. It is NOT the Absence of something, but the Presence of something!...
Do you ever wish it was that easy to restore what's broken inside of us? Maybe it's some deep seated pain, or a relationship, a wounded spirit, or an addiction. Maybe it's a dysfunction that you can't overcome or a sin that you can't break...
And while we are thinking about our FREEDOMS in the United States of America, let us remember that we would have NO FREEDOM AT ALL if Jesus Christ had not paved the way and had come to set us FREE from this world....
At what point do I become DESENSITIZED by my own pursuits that I lose track of what's really important in life? And, as a Christian, at what point do I turn a blind eye to pleasing God in order to justify the follies of my...