What are you looking for? I don’t mean what objects or locations. I mean why? Why are you looking around? Isaiah 6 says we will see but not perceive. Perceive is to be aware. I am praying that as I look around today God will make me aware of some things. https://youtu.be/oGgDV7ml2Tw?feature=shared Continue Reading
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Fast and Write Day 9
Exodus 34:28 “Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.” The fast of Moses was pretty extraordinary. Forty days and forty nights with no food and no water. I have a hard time skipping breakfast and he goes… Continue Reading
Fasting For A Reason Day 8 (or 2, or 5 lol)
I made a video this morning for MondayMatters on setting Godly goals. Most of us fall somewhere between two extremes, not really doing anything on purpose because we want God to have full control, or trying so hard to plan and orchestrate each step that we forget to see what God wants us to do.… Continue Reading
1/8/24 MondayMatters: Goals or God
I am often caught between trying to be in control, budgeting, planning, goal setting, and being totally surrendered to God with little thought about best practices or next steps. To set goals all on my own is to leave God out of the equation. But to not set goals seems to fail to be a… Continue Reading
Day 4: Fasting No-no’s 1/4/24
Matthew 6:16-18. When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not… Continue Reading
Day 3: Fasting and Listening 1/3/24
Acts 13:2 “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’” Fasting does as much for my ears as it does for my heart. As I go through the exercise of consistent, intentional sacrifice and surrender to God,… Continue Reading
I Ate No Choice Food 1/2/24
Daniel 10:3 “I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.” One of the most asked questions when it comes to fasting is about the what. Fasting is giving up something for a period of time in order to… Continue Reading
When You Fast 1/1/24
When you Fast! January 1, 2024 Matthew 6:16-18 says, “When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your… Continue Reading
All In Again. Sermon notes from 12/31/23
“I’m going to keep preaching this one until you start doing it, then I’ll move on to the next one.” I don’t know if you remember but I preached on this Sunday last year, the Sunday after Christmas. Last year it was January 1. This year, of course, December 31. I preached a message I… Continue Reading
10/29/23 MondayMatters: Seek to Serve
https://youtu.be/Vb8pA3OQBvw?feature=shared The discipline of serving changes us like no other. When we realize that our lives are not about us but rather, about Him and them, we begin to experience the “abundant life” that Jesus offered. We serve in three areas. We serve God. We serve people. And we serve the church. In Matthew 25,… Continue Reading