“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 I’m at Caleb’s house. He just turned 4. He is a wealth of amazing information which is understandable because he is the smartest grandson in the whole world. (Oh, don’t get your feelings hurt.… Continue Reading
”Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.“ 1 Timothy 1:15 NIV I meet with a group of men every Thursday, snow or no snow. (Thank God for ZOOM.) Today we started studying I Timothy. It will take us a… Continue Reading
There are some Bible verses that just lend themselves to being misquoted or taken out of context. One of my favorites is, “Where 2 or 3 are gathered together, one of them will be a pain in the neck.” Or the famous, “God loves a cheerful giver, but He will take it from a grouch.”… Continue Reading
Many of us started fasting in January 1. The Branches team joined us on January 3. My church, and a host of others started on January 7. The Church of the Highlands, a mega church out of Birmingham does a 21 day prayer and fasting event each year that draws hundreds of churches and thousands… Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
2 Samuel 1:12 “They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan…because they had fallen by the sword.” Fasting is about a deeper commitment to God, answered prayer, guidance and direction. But often in scripture, fasting is associated with mourning. In 2 Samuel, King Saul and his son, Jonathan, have… Continue Reading
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