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Registered Letters

It is Saturday morning, and there’s a knock on the front door. You think, ‘Who could this be so early?’ You open the door, and as you do, you’re immediately blinded as the light pours into your house. As your eyes adjust to the morning glow, you scribble your name and the courier hands you a registered letter. Your name...

Training Your Lifeguards

Several years ago, I went to a public swimming pool with my neighbors. As I sat beside the pool, I pondered how the pool is much like our life! People young and old lined up outside the gate to gain access to the laughter and joy inside the gates. Some of the younger ones were given life jackets while the...

Temporary Wealth

I can remember when I was young standing in line with my mother at the grocery store. When we got to the cashier, I remember the chill of hearing the cashier giving us the total owed, and my mom humbly pulling out green food stamps to pay for our much-needed food. More often than not, the amount due exceeded what...

Two Bad Eggs

Several years ago, my wife and I found ourselves at a new church. We had been looking for a church that stayed true to God’s Word. After a few weekends of sermons, we felt this must be the one we were looking for. A month or two later we found ourselves being embraced and loved by the lead pastor and...

The Start of a Ministry

Jesus’ ministry started after He was baptized by John. Following His baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit of God to the wilderness, where He fasted for forty days and was tempted by Satan before commencing His God-assigned mission. During and after the forty days of fasting, Satan appeared and began to carry out his malicious work. Why did this...

Made & Paid

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of Heaven,...

The Backyard Enemy

Imagine serving in the military yet denying you have an enemy. For those who serve or have served, let me first express my gratitude and appreciation for your service. Our servicemen stand guard for our country, ready to fight against an enemy that wants to take us out! There IS an enemy and it is critical to understand his tactics...

The Potter’s Strong Hands

When we consider the conditions of men’s hearts in this world, one can’t help but get discouraged. God is clear that when we, as men, turn our backs on God—no longer trusting, honoring, or obeying Him—He will take His hand off of us. Unfortunately, when the hand that holds men together is taken off, a tailspin effect is created.  The...

Lost Drifters

Have you ever known a man who is a drifter? Someone who seemingly has no real purpose, always blaming others for their bad times, and constantly changing direction without any real focus or ambition? Well, if you know this man, he is like the Israelites after being freed from the yoke of slavery under Pharaoh. God, in His mercy, heard...