Posts Tagged: Jesus

The test of faith is to look at all the dangers ahead and cast ourselves totally on God’s promises, to commit ourselves to a lifetime of trust and confidence in His Word.

With all the wars and rumors of wars, the infighting among politicians, the personal pains and the hurts, the grouchy neighbor across the street, and the struggles to make ends meet – if you are a believer, know that God is saying to you

… if we are untethered from Christ, if Jesus is an afterthought, an ally standing far off to help us in trouble.

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Danny is a real person I met in the Wright County Jail on two different occasions. The first time around, he was indicted on a bogus charge of rape by his girlfriend who wanted to get even with him for calling the cops after she hit him repeatedly while high and distraught. We prayed and […]

William Blake was a marvelous poet and artist of the latter 18th and early 19th centuries. He also was one who kept his mind focused always on the ways of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is one of his most famous poems. The Lamb BY WILLIAM BLAKE Little Lamb who made thee          Dost thou […]

Tony, an inmate in the Wright County Jail, asked me if I knew what it was like to be homeless. Could I personalize it? I’ve been away from home and lonely before, I’ve had times when money was tight, and I’ve been hungry before. But I’ve not been homeless. Before you start thinking, “Why doesn’t […]

This is a poem written by an inmate I’ve been visiting in jail. It will give you a glimpse of how men and women end up in jail and then turn to Jesus. Dangerous shortcuts I’ve taken all my life,They led me down lonely roads, ending with lots of strife.This is the enemy’s strongest tool,It […]

What if I were to walk behind Jesus on the King’s Highway the remainder of my days? What highway is that, you might ask? It’s the highway leading to heaven, with the world in the ditches as I walk by, and me an observer. Jesus is ever before me, beckoning me to follow Him wherever […]

As we’ll see in the following Joshua 5:13-14 passage, this is the wrong question. Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”  “Neither,” he replied, […]