"Stay true to what you believe." Desmond Doss Today is the last day of 2017. The end of a year, the mark of new beginnings just hours away. As I wrestled with the topic for today, I knew so many of you have read something along the lines of goal setting, planning,...
The One Action Tied to Your Destiny Throughout scripture we read of times when God commanded His people to leave a place, to go somewhere, or when Jesus said, "Come, follow me..." Directional commands of God are always tied to the destiny of the one receiving the...
To Whom Do You Belong? This world does not offer much hope to us. There is constant turmoil, fighting, violence, everywhere you turn, there are hurting people. If we were to look at this life through the lens of what the world offers us, we would find...
SIlencing the Voice of the Enemy It began as an encounter in a beautiful garden, one we cannot fathom with our current perceptions, except through the means of stretched imaginations and creativity. A woman and serpent, temptation and the fall of man. We have either...
A Time to Ask and a Time to Command. Today may be a step in the direction of discomfort for you as it is me. It was a challenging perspective, merely a thought that I felt I would pass on to you to consider. When Jesus was at the wedding and turned the water...
(See the very bottom of this post for a special offer!) The Issue Known as Time It seems the older I get the faster time passes, especially as Amber and I see our children growing and maturing so quickly. If we were all honest, there was a period in our lives when...
"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." - Matthew...
There was a time I dreaded the Christmas season. It wasn't that I didn't want to celebrate the birth of Christ, but I didn't want to be around the other happy, joyous people celebrating and enjoying life. I had allowed circumstances in my life to create bitterness in...
(See the very bottom of this post for a special offer!) The Real Cost of Peace Too often we view peace as the absence of conflict in our lives. Think about it on a larger scale. Right now our nation is, for the most part, a nation at peace. Our homes are not being...
God's Daily Gifts I remember the first time I seriously considered applying for the position of police officer. One of the biggest things I had to overcome was fear, not just the fear of danger or things that could happen, but fear of the unknown. One day it hit me....
