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...
I wasn’t looking for what I found when I came across Psalm 109:17-18…in fact, I was skimming over the words, ready to move on to a new Scriptural destination. Then it happened: the Holy Spirit had two verses jump...
As Heidi Baker discusses God’s “pruning” in her life, she writes, “God was calling me to come away with Him and spend more time in worship – more time in the secret place…I agreed with the Lord that I...
“Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matt. 6:33, NASB) The “things” in this familiar Scripture are earlier enumerated as “worried about your life, what you will eat or what you will...
Ezekiel 22:30 states, “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.” (NASB) Some...
Joy. It’s a choice. It’s an action. It’s a manifestation. It’s an extension of Him living in us…and of Him reaching out to others. It’s our strength. It’s His kingdom, alive in us. John 16:24 “Until now you have asked for nothing...
OK, I’ll admit it up front: there’s a double entendre in Psalm 107:1-3, and I am suggesting using an interpretive road “less traveled” in medotating on these verses and the overall message of the Psalm. Psalm 107:2 begins with...
How do we measure “the favor” or of God” on – or in – our lives? Pastor Larry recently quoted Colossians 1:26-29 from The Message Bible translation. It reads: “This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but...
It’s a traditional, worn-out cliché that every young person ends up asking his peers and elders, at some point: So…which came first – the chicken or the egg? It was my turn to get that question from my twelve-year-old granddaughter. As I...