As We Abide

On Wednesday I talked about the benefits of salvation vs. the burdens of sin based on Psalm 68:19. “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (pause, think about it)” KJV The NIV states, “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears [...]

The walk of faith is anything but easy. I wouldn’t trade it for anything, but it is hard. True, it is fulfilling, inspiring, and gives purpose to life, but there are days when it is gut wrenching and grueling.  I’m just say’in. I recently wrote this poem. Tell me if you relate. This Path Of [...]

Life is sacred. Life is uncertain. Life is short. I went to a funeral on Saturday, and was again reminded of the frailty of life. God has given us a measured time on earth, and it is up to us what we do with that time. Solomon, in his wisdom wrote, “It is better to [...]

In my last post I talked about changes in our lives, and how the Lord gets our attention to change the course we are on. I shared how the song “Go” by Leon Patillo was a  “Changing Track” in my life to call me to full time ministry. Some day I would love to thank [...]

Changes. Some people like them. Some people hate them. Changes come in all kinds of packages. Some are welcomed; some are not. We can be confident in this one thing we know will never change (other than God): life will always have changes. The Lord has a remarkable way of interrupting the course in of [...]

I have said a lot on the basics and fundamentals of our faith, but I believe it can be summed up in 3 words: Trust And Obey. All God asks of us is to trust Him and to obey Him. As I have said before, it is simple. It’s very seldom easy, but it is [...]

This week I want to add a couple more thoughts to my Spring Training & Back To Basics posts. I want to talk more about the fundamentals of faith. The Christian walk of faith is simple. It’s not always easy, but it is simple. God has given us His Word to chart our walk with [...]

In case you missed it, my prior post was about the importance of getting back to basics, Today I want to discuss what some of those basics are for the believer, the fundamentals of our faith. So often we get busy with our lives and busy doing the things God has called us to do, [...]

Spring; the season for flowers, sunshine, Easter, spring cleaning, etc. Most people look forward to all the usual and wonderful things of spring. In my house it means all of those, but it also includes one more very important thing: baseball. Spring not only marks a new season of the year, but a new season [...]

In my last post I raised the question, “What do you think are ways we misuse the name of God?” (Exodus 20:7) Before I go on to discuss this topic further, I would like to revisit the definition of vain (or misuse). Vain = emptiness, vanity, falsehood, emptiness of speech, lying, worthlessness of conduct. From [...]