January 26, 2020 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me. This is not a question, even though the pattern of words in the English would lead in that direction. It is a lamenting declaration. The Psalmist is momentarily obscured from seeing blessing due to the number of those rising against him with blame. Increased. […]

January 20, 2020 She wasn’t used to running. Her lungs revolted in her chest and threatened to shut down. Her heart thumped so fast she felt like horses were galloping in her rib cage. She panted heavily and ran even harder. But then her right foot hit an unseen root sticking out of the ground. […]

January 12, 2020 Without grace we are at best gross. Gross with the garbage of sin. Gross with failures and filth. Gross with the stains of iniquity. Gross with the decomposing flesh of temptations and addictions. The ugliness of pocked features, leftover markings of a sinful nature, reflects from horror’s waters. We are sinners, born […]

January 5, 2020 I can please myself or I can please the Savior. Often these two platelets of thought and action collide, creating earthquakes in emotions, tremors in relationships, and damage to superficial unsteady beliefs. Everyone is going to arrive at crossroad decision moments. Do I stay or do I go? Should I sell it […]

December 29, 2019 You belong to a Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep. You belong to a King who took dominion away from the Devil and put his own name brand on the markings of death, hell, and the grave. You can’t be bought by something else or someone else; the perfect […]

December 22, 2019 You may feel at times that you don’t have the capacity for tenacity. Why? Sometimes beginning again looks like going again. Another cycle of disappointed. Another season of setbacks. Another moment of missing dreams. Another fruitless field ploughed for no gain. Another discussion ending in fury and pain. Another investment reaping weeds […]

December 15, 2019 It is the darkness of the world system; tolerance for transgression while exhibiting hatred for Biblical holiness; love of one another as long as it fits the secular or Satanic agenda, but present a verse from the Bible as a foundation for moral reasoning and you are labeled as the sinister forces […]

December 8, 2019 The difference between prosperity and promise. Prosperity looks at what you have now. Promise looks for what’s ahead. Prosperity can make us feel relaxed, sink us into the mire of religion and leave us vulnerable to temptations that come to the luxurious. Promise is hungry. Promise is searching. Promise journeys to the […]

December 1, 2019 Why be a guest in Egypt when you can be a family member in the Promised Land? Abraham will not be himself in Egypt. He will compromise his integrity. He will be driven to this foreign land because of food shortages in Canaan. Yet, he will digest more into his spirit at […]

November 24, 2019 Don’t be fooled by the salesmanship of Satan. Don’t lose your birthright of God’s promises for Esau’s bowl of beans. Refuse to barter with darkness for shortcut methods of pain relief in the form of illegal drugs, alcohol, or illicit behavior. Throw the thirty pieces of silver back at the enemy and […]