Maybe you’ve never connected the day He created with the celebration He empowers. Check it out… Psalm 148 says, “Praise Him you sun, moon and bright shining stars.” When you take a photo of a landscape, or smell a flower, or enjoy the chorus of the stars of heaven...
Believer - Be encouraged and CHOOSE GRATITUDE today! God’s sovereignty is greater than your setbacks, His faithfulness is greater than your failures, His union is undaunted by your fleshy rebellion, His eternal depth is far greater than your temporal shallowness, and...
The couple across the coffee shop has had a heated discussion. She's been hurt. He feels accused. They both feel misunderstood. The whole place is watching. They’re hurting. I’m praying. They glimpse a compassionate smile and there’s a moment of calm. Their needs are...
What is your “Highest good” – The right thing at any given time? Marcus Aurelius said, “Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn’t matter.” But what is that, and how can you know? We tend to evaluate all decisions and actions based on outcomes. But we don’t...
Hi folks - just wanted to share a few thoughts on what God is up to in all of our lives. Robert Frost said, “I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” All of God’s revelation is relational, not informational - it’s personal. What’s that mean? He takes something that is...
We know that they very first words we know God spoke were, "Let there be light." And we know that Jesus is called "Light of the World." But what does that really mean in practice? How can that give us...
"No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us." — 1 John 4:12 God loves everyone you will meet today. He offers forgiveness, acceptance value, and so much more. But God expresses all these to everyone you meet as...
Merry Christmas, a Savior is born! Today we are sharing two of Mike's previous Christmas Week holiday messages for you. We love how Mike shows from Scripture the incredible heart of God for you and helps us live this holiday by His grace for His “glory in the...
In the classic 18th, century song, famous hymnist Isaac Watts drew ideas from Psalm 98 and others and penned what we now know as “Joy to the World”. And the world certainly needs it more than ever, don’t we? It begins, “Joy to the world! The Lord is come.” And I must...
The Christmas season is wonderful - full of time with family, presents shopping, decorations, Christmas music, church events, special times with friends…and it’s crazy for all these same reasons! Last year I provided this tool to focus our hearts and sharpen our faith...
My friend, Take a minute...really. Take a deep breath. The last couple of months each year are often full of hustle and bustle. For me, preaching for different churches, discipleship meetings, speaking at men’s retreats, teaching online to counseling ministries or...
"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders" "The Spirit led me to reach out to you..." We've all heard this type of phrasing in modern-day Christian song lyrics and conversations, but do they have...