‘Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely.’ Psalm 112:5 (NIV) I attended the funeral of a close friend’s brother yesterday.  I have never met her brother, but what I learned of him impacted me in a way I had not expected.  Words spoken took my breath. ...

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28 The culture today is obsessed with sex. Everywhere you look you see it. Sex sells, or so “they” say; it is used to sell ...

“You’re the God who sees me! Yes! He saw me; and then I saw Him!” That’s how the desert spring got named “God-Alive-Sees-Me-Spring”(Genesis 16:13-14 Message). As far as I can tell, Hagar is the first woman in scripture that an ‘angel of the LORD’ speaks to “I will surely multiply ...

I adore Christmas. I love everything about it. I love being able to go out to the store filled with the hustle and bustle of people doing their shopping, Christmas carols playing over the speakers in the stores and all the Christmas decorations all over. I also love to pull ...

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou ...

Seems like the whole world is talking about the Disney movie, “Frozen.” I believe every child knows who Anna and Elsa is. Then there is “Ninja Turtles;” four teenage mutant ninja turtles trained to fight bad guys. Other secular T.V. shows include Phineas and Ferb, Uncle Grandpa, Shake It Up, ...

I have a large family made up of my wife and five children. We rarely get to go out together as a family, because the cost of living is so expensive. But, there are occasions when we discover what I like to call “hidden treasures”. These are places we come ...

I remember being eighteen years old and people asking me questions about my future. What college was I going to attend? What course of study or major was I going to pursue? How did I plan to use my degree after graduation? I was excited to talk about the future. ...

I wrote in an earlier article that prayer is one of the weapons that God has given us in our spiritual warfare. Sometimes we can forget this part of our armor, and how important intercession is to advancing God’s kingdom. In the book of Daniel, we get an interesting glimpse ...

  As Christians we will experience times of difficulty. There is a real battle going on in the spiritual realm. We cannot see this battle with our physical eyes, but we can discern with our spirit that something is amiss. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but ...