In the bible Jesus said to the men at the shoreline, “Let’s go to the other side.”.

He doesn’t tell them what is going to happen, but He challenges them to get in the boat. He invited every man on the shoreline to go on THE NEXT ADVENTURE. And for those men who risked a yes for the next adventure with Jesus, they witnessed and experienced things they never did before, and it changed them forever. There is a next adventure for you in your relationship with God. There’s a next adventure, next level for you in your relationship with people. But to experience that you have to leave the shoreline and risk a yes for a next adventure with Jesus.

It is easy – even natural – to thank God for things that benefit you.  But when people and circumstances conspire to cause us pain it messes with the one thing that can sabotage all gratitude – our expectations.  Life is full of such moments.  There is the life that we thought we would live or […]

A man will pay a high price to win his prize.  If you had the money would you pay $3.1 million dollars for a 612 pound blue fin tuna?  Answer: “No!”  Well, the owner of the largest sushi chain in Japan did and he was overjoyed and grateful to possess it.  He was ALL IN for […]

It’s all perspective right? Or perhaps more accurately, it is a battle for perspective. When our circumstances appear to be aligning with our hope-filled expectations, the sky is bluer, the trees are greener, the birds are singing, and people are a blessing. What a wonderful world right? But life can turn on a dime when […]

Celebrating big victories has a half-life, the party eventually must end. Similarly, being safe from danger doesn’t mean you are doing good as a person. No one may be chasing you but you still have to fight the war within your own heart. This has been the story of God’s people throughout Scripture and, not […]

Celebrating big victories has a half-life, the party eventually must end. Similarly, being safe from danger doesn’t mean you are doing good as a person. No one may be chasing you but you still have to fight the war within your own heart. This has been the story of God’s people throughout Scripture and, not […]