“Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.” (Romans 8:5)

So, I’m sitting here not really sure what to write for today.  God hasn’t imparted to my heart any specific message or thought, so what I’m going to do is kind of write stream of consciousness and just let the ideas flow as they come. I’ve been pondering lately, as you might have gathered from [...]

Father, Search my heart, Lord, and find those places where I am harboring unforgiveness toward a person or persons, a situation, a past experience, or even myself, and Lord, I humbly ask that you empower me through Your Holy Spirit to let it go, whatever it is.  Reveal Your Truth to me, and allow my [...]

Words have power. Imagine yourself, for a moment, sitting in the midst of a group of people.  This can be a larger group where you might know most, some, or none of the surrounding crowd, kind of like a church.  Or, this could be a smaller group setting, maybe ten to fifteen people, most of [...]

Is your strength indeed small? Jesus paid it all. Are you a child of weakness? Jesus paid it all. Do your spots remain like the leper’s? Jesus paid it all. Is your heart a heart of stone? Jesus paid it all. Do you stand now incomplete? Jesus paid it all. Does your soul need a [...]

I’m sorry to those of you who missed my post from Monday.  I had major computer issues and spent the day trying to wipe out viruses, which eventually turned into reformatting my whole hard drive and reloading all the stuff.  Quite a time-consuming pain.  So, alas, here we are on Wednesday with a post… I [...]

I’ve been pondering lately what keeps us on the right path, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a long-term vision, a belief in where you’re going, and the trust that doing the things necessary to get there will actually pay dividends in the end. I believe Joseph had such a belief and vision.

Since yesterday was Labor Day, I took the day off, so I think I’ll go with a Tuesday/Thursday schedule this week.  As such, here are my thoughts for today… Did you know that you don’t have to believe something for it to be true, nor do you have to believe in something for it to [...]

Matthew 19:1-12 1When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.  3Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife [...]