Barn Builders & Barn Kickers
Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of...
Embracing God’s Assignment
Most of us know the story of Jonah and the whale and how Jonah was thrown from the ship and then saved by a great fish where he spent three days and three nights (‘Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. From inside...
Our Good, Good Shepherd
“For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore, O sons of Jacob, you have not come to an end.” Malachi 3:6 NKJV Throughout Scripture, God tells us that He never changes although we certainly do. Like a good father, He tells us the Truth through His Word and then He waits for us to be obedient and follow....
Thank God for Unanswered Prayers
Garth Brooks has a song called “Thank God for Unanswered Prayers.” Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs That just because He doesn’t answer doesn’t mean He don’t care Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers As I listened to this in...
Don’t Take the Bait
Bad things will happen. Tragedy will strike. Market downturns are inevitable. Though it all, we can take heart. We can have peace and rest in knowing that God, who has the ultimate say, has assured a good outcome for His child’s benefit (Romans 8:28). Simply put, with Him as our Father (the perfect Father), He will carry the weight if...
The Narrow Door
Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us. “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you...
The Sheer Power of the Cross
Men love strength and power! There are few things better than feeling and experiencing brute force and raw power. A 700HP pickup truck, a 12-gauge shotgun, a buffalo wing sauce that’s packing heat, a lion on the hunt or a felling axe with a C45 steelhead. Powerful! If I made a list of the most powerful events in history, the...
One Plants, One Waters
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are...
Oak Tree Roots
They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. – Jeremiah 17:18 An oak tree can live up to 600 years, and the roots...