Collateral Salvation

I was sitting in the booth in a restaurant telling the person sitting across from me about my faith in Jesus. They were not a believer and it seemed they were more determined to oppose me than listen to what I had to say. Our discussion seemed pointless until we slid out of the booth […]

The Fire Within

For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel (Exodus 40:38, NASB). You are not alone on this journey called life. God is with you every step of the way, guiding […]

Are You Ready to Receive?

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people. Luke 9:16, NASB There’s a line in Luke 9:16 that caught my attention: “and kept giving them.” Jesus took what the disciples […]

Following the Water Jugs in our Life

A few months ago I went to park my car in a lot a few blocks from my hotel. When I walked back after parking the car, I ran into someone I hadn’t seen in years. We ended up talking for almost two hours about some serious life issues and were able to encourage one […]

Answering the Small Voice Inside

You’re content with your life, yet something deep inside is drawing you to take a look at Jesus. You’ve heard a lot about Him, but there are so many things in this world preventing you from clearly seeing Him. The question is whether you will make an effort to overcome those obstacles or let Jesus […]

God Working Through Us

There are consequences when we take things into our own hands instead of waiting on God to work through us. Moses is an example for us. In his younger years, God saved him from being killed as a baby and placed him in Pharaoh’s household (Exodus 2:1-10). He was strategically positioned by God to save […]

Keep Silent While I Fight for You

You’ve left the life you’ve known for years to follow God. As you embark on your journey of faith, your adversary pursues you, determined as ever to stop you. It appears they will over power you with a force more powerful than you think you can muster. The fear that stirred in the Israelites as […]

What You Really Need to Live

How much do you need to live? In Exodus 16, the Israelites have just left Egypt and are complaining about their lack of food. “You have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger,” they tell Moses (3, NASB). God told Moses that he would provide “bread from heaven” for […]

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 […]

Support for the Battles of Life

There are times in life when the enemy wears us down. The battle becomes too much and it seems evil will prevail. By ourselves we grow weary from the fight. Yet it is not our battle to fight alone. Exodus 17:8-12 gives us a great image of how to fight against the enemies we face. […]