New Future With A Past
“Agreed,” she replied. ” Let it be as you say.” Joshua 2:21 It wasn’t unusual for strange men to appear at her door. She was, after all, a prostitute. The Israelite spies came to Rahab looking for a...
View ArticleNote To Self: You’ve Gotta Go
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their...
View ArticleOur Greatness Is Measured By Surrender {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible Study}
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the...
View ArticleGo All In {Bible Study: Living and Leading Like Jesus}
Read Luke 10:25-37 Focus: Luke 10: 27, 37 27) He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your...
View ArticleMy Choice: My love Supremely (or how to mess up crap)
In Luke 14:25-35, Jesus is saying that if we do not love Him supremely, more than our family and more than our own lives, we cannot be His disciple. There is no half-way measure. Not all believers...
View ArticleSatisfied
It’s going on 6:30am and I’ve been sitting for over an hour and half holding a sweet sick child as she struggles with a cold. She’s finally sleeping. Due to her severe neglect she has a lot of sensory...
View ArticleWho Is This God, Anyway?
Yesterday we talked about being fearless. Immediately God took me to His Word and to a place in my heart asking Who is this God that you would serve Him fearlessly in this crazy life and in...
View ArticleNo Ordinary Conversation
Our Father In Heaven Hallowed be Your name Matthew 6:9 My favorite way name for God is Daddy. I love to crawl up in His lap, snuggle in and chat a while with Him. He is so warm and inviting. So...
View ArticleIdentity Crisis
I saw this a while back and saved it. I do that a lot when I run across things on the World Wide Web. The problem is, often times, I can’t remember where I get them. I wanted to share it here with you...
View ArticleThe Game of Life: Follow the Leader
As we headed through the hall, she wanted to lead. She didn’t know where I was going, but she felt she knew and wanted to lead anyway. For a little while she was going where I was headed but as...
View Article#1 Productivity Killer
Spending time alone with God can be a difficult discipline, because it goes against the activity addiction of this age. But it’s the most productive thing you could ever do. I am rarely doing two...
View ArticleThe Need To Impress
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in The Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29.25 The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that. Fear. Fear. Fear. The...
View ArticleThe Need To Impress
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in The Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29.25 The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that. Fear. Fear. Fear. The...
View ArticlePublic Relations 101: the spiritual battle
As we look at Luke 20:1-8, we see Jesus rocking it out at public relations as He always did. It’s Passion week at this point. Jesus has already made His triumphal entry at the end of Chapter 19. The...
View ArticleCreation: A Love Story
The book of Genesis begins with “God created the heavens and the earth” The world—and you—are not products of blind chance and probability; God created it and us. They are here. We are here. God...
View ArticleHe’ll Bring You Back
God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden to rule on His behalf. But, they chose to disobey God’s one command and through them, sin entered the world. They were banished from the...
View ArticleI Am Second: The Movement
What a beautiful picture of freedom in Genesis 2:25: Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame…. Absolutely nothing hidden. Honesty with themselves, each other and best of all...
View ArticleA Boss or a Leader {Which one are you?}
Leaders remember: you’ve got to live it to lead it Just a short post today as I ponder leadership. There is a difference between a boss and a leader… Anyone can be bossy, but not everyone can be a...
View ArticleLet’s Get Our Praise On {get your feet dancing and that body moving!}
Dear child of God, sister, mother, brother, father, son, daughter, friend, family or foe, Let’s get our praise on… You are beloved of the most high GOD. The One True GOD. You are bought, paid for,...
View ArticleI’m Not Ready!
Today God is first…. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness’” 2 Cor 12:9 If there is one thing that is consistent throughout scripture, it is...
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