life update and words of encouragement. be blessed. GOD LOVES YOU

Always love learning new hebrew words … and this word “Shamar” really shows the Heart of God. Enjoy, be blessed

just words from the heart this morning. be blessed

just some words from the heart before bed. lots of the struggle lately had me feelin a lil down for the count today….. but i still feel God in it, i still feel peace in it. be blessed

just a random tangent from the heart before bed. the words point to the answer for any negative thing in our life, no matter what it is, whether internal or external…. the answer is JESUS. i get it … cliche right ? but He truly is the GOD of all Encouragement (2nd corinthians 1:3). That same verse calls Him the Father of all COMPASSION. The Lord wants to uplift us all. HE has the ability and willingness to bring life to dead things. fleeting hearts, broken minds, shattered relationships, can all be RESURRECTED. May we be humble enough to experience it, experience HIM. be blessed

the PARABLE of the Prodigal Son is famous for revealing the AMAZING LOVE AND COMPASSION OF GOD for all of us. a parallel of a people who have gone astray and seeked for life away from HOME. only to end up at a dead end. But this parable also reveals and exploits the negative mindset and prideful heart of the elder brother. The one who didn’t have any compassion. the One who was Self righteous. it’s sorta wild how the elder brother that “stayed by his side”, was actually just as lost as the younger brother . the Good news is, GOD still calls both of them “son”. So no matter how we feel, whether feeling guilt in the pigslop, or self righteous sitting with perfect church attendance and “have never done wrong”… there’s mercy for both parties. God is good. take a listen as i relay some of Tim Kellers words and thoughts on this parable of Jesus, in Luke 15.

this morning I just kept picturing GOD like a fire after trekking thru the cold dangerous wilderness. a place to warm ya up if u will… but then i was like wait, He’s more than just the fire to keep ya warm… He’s more like a cabin. with warmth. food. shelter. companionship inside. warm clothes for the journey ahead after ya refuel…. the cabin to protect us from the wilds beasts out there, those wolves and bears of depression and fear and anxiety and whatever else that’s negative that wants to plague us…. GOD is the ultimate place of warmth for soul, peace of mind, and safety of life…. be blessed.

rich in materials? or rich towards God?? i’d rather live check to check or even worse, but be rich in a relationship with God, than have all the money in the world, and be flat broke in my soul, and have no true connection with the Living God. can’t take a penny into that casket, so let’s focus on the spiritual , not the material. let’s focus on the eternal, not just this short lived life … be blessed

“if ya stay ready, ya ain’t gotta get ready”!

a great bar and line from the theologian andy mineo in the song ‘KNOW THATS RIGHT’… (just kidding, he’s not a theologian… he’s actually a christian hip hop artist. that phrase tho is true… the parable of the ten virgins is a reality of the future… that moment is gonna catch a lot of ppl off guard. BUSYNESS and DISTRACTION is a common problem among todays believers. we easily can get sucked into a form of “sleeping/slumbering”, aka focused on the wrong things. let it be far from us! the parables in matthew 24 and 25 are there to keep us in check. keep us in line. sometimes those “scary” verses, passages, can be really good for us, in this life, and for all of eternity …. eternity… eternity…. aka FOREVERRRRRRRRRRR . click play, let it ride. be blessed 💯🙏✝️

this is just a piggyback recording and clarification off the last podcast “don’t forfeit peace”. WHERE you PLACE YOUR FOCUS, will determine your thoughts, your feelings, your future…. so let it not be on the bullcrap, but rather on the LIFE GIVING GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE. be blessed, be well! shalom!