Your Skills for God’s Kingdom

It had to be hard to lose his father, particularly after he spent so much time with him learning his trade. I can only imagine the grief he and his mother went through. Yet he answered the call to oversee some of the most elegant metalwork in the most important building in the kingdom. 1 […]

Repacking Your Life

An emptied life is a chance to see how you can repack for a journey with Christ. It’s a new mindset that is different from the world you once knew, a mindset that requires you to only focus on what you need for your destination.

Receive Healing Oil

You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. – Psalm 23:5, NASB Those deep emotional wounds buried deep inside of you. They rise up when you least expect it. You relive the pain. It seems they will never go away. Close your eyes and feel the healing oil of the Lord wash over […]

Your Role in God’s Plan

You have a role to play in God’s plan for humanity. He created you for this purpose, His purpose. Yet sometimes it is hard to grasp that God has a plan for your life that will impact people beyond your lifetime. Like Abram in Genesis 15, when God reveals His plans to us, we often […]

Viewing Life in Panorama

The other day I was taking a picture of a sunset and I could not capture all the brilliant colors splashed across the sky in the frame. So I switched the camera to panorama mode and filled the frame with the sky and setting sun. It made me think about how sometimes we have a […]

Inner Beauty

As I was reading 1 Kings 6, I realized that so much of the inner beauty of the temple built by Solomon would be seen by only a handful of people. The elaborate carvings, cedar walls plated with gold, and cherubim statues were not built for show, but for God: It happened that when the […]

Does God Believe in You?

There are those who say God does not exist, but that doesn’t mean he ceases to exist. God continues to reign whether people deny Him or not. He remains as the creator of the world, the creator of you and me. No matter how elaborate the scheme to deny that there is no God; no […]

Some Day I’ll Write a Book

“You inspired me.” I was surprised by the comment. It came from someone I spoke with recently who I had not seen in a few years. He told me that when I self published my book Islands of Deception last year, it motivated him to pursue his own desire to write a book. It wasn’t the […]

Seeing God in the Joy and Sorrow

Without God, it’s hard to make sense of the world. If there is only randomness and no master plan, then it’s everyone for themselves as they see fit. We are merely surviving, completing work for purposes that do not last. As Solomon described it: “For the fate of the sons of men and the fate […]

Rising Above the Distractions in Life

There is something gnawing at you deep inside. It’s a feeling that doesn’t go away, a restlessness. You try to push it away with distractions, but it remains, continuing to prod you. You search for answers, but the crowd stops you from seeing clearly. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable […]