Together for Good

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. – Romans 8:28. (NASB) “What good can come from this?” It is a phrase I have found myself saying many times in my life. Sometimes it goes along […]

Managing Complaints in Church

There is something about complaining that is contagious. It seems if one person complains, then soon there are more people complaining about the same thing. This can cause a community to slip into a lack of contentment, criticizing those in leadership and wishing to go back to “when things were so much better.” I have […]

Prayer Journey–Who knows?

Why do I listen to what others say about me and not what you say about me dear God? You intimately know me and who I am. You know my every move, my thoughts, and my faults. You created me, made me who I am, brought me to this point in my life. While others […]

Sunday Praise

So David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the […]

Friday Faith

Sow with a view to righteousness,Reap in accordance with kindness;Break up your fallow ground,For it is time to seek the LORDUntil He comes to rain righteousness on you. – Hosea 10:12 (NASB) How are you sowing righteousness today?

The Responsibility of Wealth

What is the lure of wealth? Money in and of itself is not bad. It can do many things which is evident through many philanthropic endeavors. I once met a man who became wealthy through currency trading. The money he earned helped fund Christian ministries that served people in need. Yet wealth can also have […]

Comfort From Affliction

When we are in the middle of struggles in life, it is hard to see any purpose in it. From my own experience a few years ago, when I felt trapped in a very traumatic situation with no evident end in sight, it all felt pointless. Day after day, as the trauma continued, it was […]

Prayer Journey — The Waiting Room

I sit in the chair waiting. There is nothing I can do but wait on you dear God. It seems all I have left is to trust you God and your timing. I am sorry it took this long to lean on you and not my own understanding. Help me to abide in you, to […]

Sunday Praise

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me […]

Friday Faith

Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. – Psalm 119:33-35 (NASB)