Right away, Jesus reached out his hand. He helped Peter up and said, "You surely don't have much faith. Why do you doubt?"(Matthew 14:31, CEV) When I was a kid, my grandfather like alot of people his age having lived through the Great Depression, had doubts about the banking system. While he had a bank account, he also kept a safe in the house and kept a lot of money in that as well. When he passed away, my father found some flour sacks in the freezer that were filled with

A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water. Christ did this, so that he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws. ( Ephesians 5:25-27) I am learning to play the song, My Sacrifice, written by vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Temonti . Stapp wrote the lyrics, which reflect hi

Hebrews 4:12 -For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  Many of us have read verses with a special meaning.  Sometimes it comes from a place of hurt and sometimes it comes from a place of joy.  It may have come from reading the bible during a time or season in our life where you are seeking to understand something

“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”- Joshua 4:15 NIV   Do you ever sit back, relax and wonder about things that don’t make sense to you.  Sometimes, I think about things like, “Why are trees green instead of purple.”  That would ma

What makes it hard to welcome people into our home and lives.  Sometimes it is the messiness in our lives. The house isn’t picked up, the dishes are in the sink, the floor needs swept or we need to vacuum, or it may be that we had a busy day and don’t feel like “peopling.”   Maybe it is something about them. They are messy, they say the wrong things all the time, the neighbors might cringe if they see them.  Maybe it’s that we just don’t feel like “dealing with them today.” 

There are many opinions about what makes a healthy church.  I’m sure that if asked almost every single church would point to themselves and say, “we are.”  Some churches would say, “see all the cool things we do, “we have dinners and events to bring everyone together.”  Some might say, “look at all the things we do for our community.”  Others would say, “we are growing in size and now we need to have 2 services on Sundays until we can get our new building built.”  A few might

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"and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the...

Revelation 1:10 says, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet. Such a tough question. ...

Joshua 24:15 -And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers...

Malachi 3:6  “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. As I was working on the sermon this...

John 18:25  Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He...

Several years ago, I was in Washington D.C., I think it was May or June. I had the opportunity to go down to the Viet Nam Memorial...

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. Nahum 1:7 At his father's funeral, American...

Let all that you do be done in love.  1 Corinthians 16:14 On my right shoulder, I have a tattoo that has the names of my three daughters....

John 1:5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. When I was growing up I remember my parents and my...