Colossians 3:16 (NKJV) – Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. When I was a young man, I can only remember Bibles being printed and bound in either hardback or…
Kingdom Living
Speaking Beyond the Person to the Source
Do you have someone that you’re often around who has the uncanny ability to push your buttons? You know the buttons I’m referring to, the ones that create emotional responses in you that instantly steal the peace and calm you’re currently enjoying. This person seems to possess the uncanny skill of finding the perfect words…
Shelter in Place – A Time for GREAT Growth!
I’ve been trying to use my recent downtime constructively. On Saturday, March 28th I began feeling ill with flu-like symptoms and spent most of the weekend in bed. I contacted my doctor Monday morning to learn they were very backed up, the waiting room wouldn’t be a safe environment for me, they were currently out…
Pure Gold Covered in Mud
I recently read a short article called The Story of the Golden Buddha that rang true with me and in my mind is a beautiful analogy of so many of our lives today. Over three hundred years ago, the Burmese army planned an attack to invade Thailand. At the time, the country was known as…
One Day You Wake Up and Suddenly Realize!
One day you wake up and suddenly realize! You’re tired of recognized daily habits and days being a repeat of nonproductive routines that aren’t growing you toward the man you most want to be. You’re tired of not feeling your drive, your passion, your purpose, and they’re certainly not consuming your day. You’re craving genuine…
Now Hiring – Broken Men
To explain the title… The inspiration for this writing comes from Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) – 36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are…
Barriers versus Boundaries
By human nature, whether realized or not, we tend to build barriers. Sometimes certain people may have hurt you in a way that you instinctively build walls around you to keep everyone that even remotely reminds you of that experience on the other side of that wall. Other times these barriers are built to keep…
Equipping for Spiritual Warfare
As men wholeheartedly make the effort to continually give themselves to God to use at His pleasure, it becomes obvious they have chosen upon themselves a rewarding yet strenuous life. It will come with difficult battles in their mind like they’ve never experienced before. Defeat is assured in times of apathy of prayer and study…