There is an urgency and significance to grasping, assimilating, and embracing the message Pastor Larry is sharing right now. Rediscovering the Gospel. Rediscovering the Good News. Rediscovering Jesus. The companion part of this is to be able and willing...
I was wrapping meat for the freezer when I felt the Lord break into my thoughts and whisper, “A heart full of love does not count the cost. A heart full of love responds joyfully, even to the point...
I was thinking about the role of “being an encourager” and went for a stroll through Scripture to gather insight and principles. My discovery? A mere 13 references for the verb form of the word “encourage” from Genesis to...
Discouraged… “Deprived of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; .to dispirit.” (Dictionary.com) Deprived….an interesting choice of words. In the New American Standard translation, there are only 3 uses of that exact word, and they all have a nearly identical...
Tenacity. Sometimes it’s defined by a stubborn refusal to “let go”. Sometimes it’s demonstrated by the refusal to give up when you are advised to do so. Sometimes its focus is misdirected and is perceived by others as a...
Happy Independence Day! Below is a partial transcription from George Washington’s inaugural address, given in 1789: “Among the vicissitudes of life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by...