What a surprise in life to sometimes return to a place of death and find unexpected sweetness. Did you know God can bring honey out out of dead things? Judges 14:4

We talk about divine appointments…the moments when heaven and earth meet in the moment. Two ingredients are absolutely essential: a hearing ear and a learned tongue.

Have you ever heard the phrase "Color outside the lines"? This year will be an opportunity for some to do that. Not outside the clearly penned lines of Holy scripture but the penciled in lines others can draw around our lives.

There's no better Christmas message than a season of blessing God is about to release on his people. Did you know it's a dark time in this culture…? But we serve a God who in the midst of dark times speaks words of promise that defy the darkness.

Jesus is an unexpected blessing and the way the messiah came was not as anticipated... the power of unexpected things. But was the coming of the king really unexpected? God always prepares the hearts of his people for a sudden act of grace.

I want to encourage you today that God is weighing your heart. He's not much concerned how right you are or how wrong you are. He's weighing your heart. Are you humble? That's the question.

Despise not the day of small things. Once you were just a fertilized ovum. Look at you now. Great things always come from small things. Advent, an in-breaking, an appearing: the greatest act of God in human history.

Do you trust everyone with the pearls of your heart? Jesus said don't cast your pearls before pigs or you'll be hurt. Of course you don't share yourself with everyone. Neither does God. Do you like everyone you love? Neither does God.

Coppicing, the intentional cutting down of a tree to ground level; in order to speed up life and fruitfulness. A coppice stool is a stump, something unsightly. Are there any stumps in your life?

When God speaks to us he'll use his word, movies, love songs, unsaved neighbors, bumper stickers, etc. In the movie "Braveheart" Mel Gibson commands his troops to "hold", i.e. to wait for the perfect time to move. God is saying the same to us, "hold".