I can still see the little fourth grade girl sitting in the auditorium, where she eagerly hung onto every word the missionary lady said. As I envisioned everything being described to those of us in the audience, a dream was born within me. No, not just a dream. It felt like a mandate, a calling. My mind raced, “I want to be a missionary and tell others about Jesus!” …
Continue reading →Do you go through your day rejoicing? What does this simple word mean and how do we include it not just in our vocabulary but in our daily lives? …
Continue reading →Friend, I’ve decided to have a better resolution–that I will seek God’s will with any decision I make. …
Continue reading →Not that I wanted to do anything that would shame me. It’s just that everywhere my wife and I go, we seem to run into someone we know. But we were now in Savannah, Georgia. …
Continue reading →When the counselor called me into her office, I started to rattle off the reasons why I was there. Suddenly, it dawned on me that this process I was embarking on was not going to be easy. My sense was it would be grueling, and the most challenging personal undertaking I had ever intentionally pursued. This turned out to be correct. For me, saying “yes” to God, and surrendering my will to His, has been difficult and time consuming. However, the beauty of the new life I have in Christ far outweighs the challenging process I undertook. I wouldn’t change it for the world. …
Continue reading →We give intellectual assent to being renewed in Jesus, but how can we want to confess a sin? …
Continue reading →I only fell for that once. …
Continue reading →To prevent our adversary from consuming our thoughts and actions, we need to armor up with something powerful that gives the enemy a pungent taste—the Word of God. …
Continue reading →I cannot explain it but, in my spirit, I laid my head on God’s chest, and He gathered me in His arms and held me close, just as a parent would hold a beloved child. My situation…
Continue reading →Take a minute to reflect on why we celebrated. Remember the Babe we welcomed…
Continue reading →Two Hebrew words describe your spiritual romance in Song of Solomon to your Beloved Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. One of these words allegorically parallels the above imagery of lovers captivated by their love-relationship. Prepare to be blessed by what we’ll discover…
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