2 Corinthians 8:9  You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich. Listen Later:  Download mp3 (Right-click and select “Download linked file as” or “Save file as”)

Jacob’s Well celebrates 5 years with Bishop McAlilly Listen Later:  Download mp3 (Right-click and select “Download linked file as” or “Save file as”)

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Why is it that you’re so angry?  What is so important to you?  For Jonah it was about being right and doing what he wanted to do.  Yet his self-centeredness only led to deeper bitterness and resentment.  The temporary happiness of the shade tree revealed where his heart really was and God invites us into […]

What a night!  God was at work Wednesday night in Compassion Party on the Road.  This was only my second time going on CPR but it was quite an adventure.  We first stopped at Methodist North Hospital to see a Nutbush native who faithfully drives a Jacob’s Well van and serves in the Clothes […]

The message of the world is  sink or swim, rise up or fall down.  The message of heaven is that we must sink in order to swim.  The king of Nineveh stepped down from his throne, took off his robes of manageability, and repented with a true faith and trust in a God he could […]

Jonah’s wish to escape from life’s problems led him into the belly of a whale and it was here that he was finally ready to admit powerlessness and pray to the only One who can save.  It was through this surrender that Jonah learned how to breathe underwater. Listen Later:  Download mp3 (Right-click and select “Download […]

As Jonah fled from his problems he boarded a ship heading to Tarshish.  Scholars have sought to find this ancient city to no avail and Jonah couldn’t find it either.  Tarshish is the place in his and our dreams where all our troubles go away and everything is ok.  Jonah was woken up to the reality of […]

“. . .trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will.”  The key to this line in the prayer is understanding the Kingdom of God.  It is one of the most popular topics of Jesus yet the least understood by his followers.  The kingdom takes time but also comes in a moment.  The Kingdom is like the wheat and the weeds that […]

“Taking, as Jesus did, 
this sinful world as it is,
 not as I would have it.”  This world is a messed up, broken, sinful place and a key part of receiving Serenity is to learn to follow Jesus in accepting life on life’s terms and quitting attempts to control things that are out of our control. […]