My wife April is a dreamer. She has experienced fresh and clear expressions from the Lord for her and our lives together through dreams. I’ve asked the Lord to speak to me, and I, on occasion, have dreams that speak to me. More often, the Lord has given me scripture passages to find and study….
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Content With Contentment?
godliness with contentment is great gain — 1 Timothy 6: 6 I sometimes feel that all I do is not enough. I’m well aware that this is a lousy mindset for anyone in ministry, but this discontentment is real. I recall my wife sharing with me at a very dark time the verse above. Her…
A Return
Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!” “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes,…
Forms of Power
I’ve stepped out in recent days and created a new You Tube channel. I’d be the first to say that it appears to be a reflection of my ego before its characterized as anything else. Most immediately, I’m willing to affirm that this channel is more of a reflection of my playful desire to tinker…
Delegated Authority in the Gadsden Mall
In the gospel of Luke, there are two folks who are shown the infant Jesus when Joseph and Mary brought him there. Simeon had the Holy Spirit (he must have been a prophet under Old Testament parameters) and was told he would not die until he saw the Lord’s Christ (Luke 2:26). Anna worshipped the…
What I Owe You
(This is my church’s newsletter article for our October edition) Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able…
Invite, Welcome, Expect
It may not take a lot of vision or energy to throw a door open to familiar faces and similar histories. It does, however, take some intentional fortitude and an aggressive perspective to get off your island and introduce yourself to neighbors you just don’t know and invite them to what they may not expect….
Psalm 102 in The Message 