Shawn murdered a young woman in cold blood and had been on death row for two years awaiting his execution. He was as guilty as guilty could be and had great remorse for what he had done. His appeals to escape the death penalty would run out sometime in the next year and then would […]
The following story is not meant to be a simile, metaphor, analogy, parable, or revelation from on high. It’s simply an observation I made yesterday morning at 7 a.m., sitting on a couch about a pillow’s throw from our lower-level gas fireplace. The pilot light is always on in the fireplace, a small blue flame […]
Underneath the dissonance of this world, the racket of all we have to do, and the clamor of the media and the people around us – comes the Melody of the Holy Spirit to all who have invited Jesus Christ into their hearts. It is the sound of God as we go about our day, […]
Yikes. Need to watch the headlines. Unter is actually the German word for under. Right message. Wrong language.
“So when we enter His presence, we start by talking. But many of us end up doing all the talking and no listening. It’s a one-sided fellowship…we never allow God to speak His mind into us. If we don’t give Him equal time, we’re trampling through His court like tourists. “God speaks only to those […]
If the doing does not come out of the being, it will not be sustained. One person steals because he is a thief. Another person serves because she is a servant. The being takes place first in the heart and then in the mind, will, and emotions. The marker of dying to self: when you […]
Lord God Almighty, will You not raise up a man like Isaiah to speak Your words to the nations in the midst of this pandemic. We have been listening to politicians, scientists, journalists, and pundits of all stripes for information and guidance – who speak from their own perspective. Send us a godly person and […]
Who is this Jesus, the author of my soul? He is the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He was there before I was born and will gather me into His arms when I die – to live with Him forever. He is alive in my spirit […]
Goodness is a thought, as is righteousness, beauty, faithfulness, perfection, justice, mercy, compassion, and grace. Jesus is a person who embodies all those qualities and so much more. He is my reason for being and my bright morning star. Check out John 16:33 and you’ll find that He may not take the trouble away, but […]
I asked a good Christian friend of mine what his take was on the pandemic that has engulfed the world from a spiritual standpoint. This was his reply. “The pandemic or a lightning strike should renew our humility before God and our dependence on His grace and mercy for all mankind and His seen creation […]