The Starting Gun
The athletes are poised to start the event. The starting gun is heard, and off they go. Praise can be our starting gun. Every morning. Every day. Beginning with praise can change the trajectory of our daily walk. Praise starts in our minds and hearts, marinates in our spirits and is spoken from our lips. […]
Power to Break Free
Not only is the Holy Spirit given to us so we’ll have power to live the Christian life, but He also delivers us from any demonic bondage or snare of the enemy. Shortly after Jesus was empowered by the Spirit at His baptism in the Jordan River, He entered a synagogue and read this Scripture […]
Got a Grateful Heart?
If anyone knew what suffering was like, it was this man. For months, his home had been a dark, cramped jail cell inside a Roman prison. He had nowhere to sleep but a hard stone floor. And the manacles and chains that were once just a nuisance now cut into his wrists and legs. Brutally […]
Caves
Caves are dark and treacherous. They’re not healthy for human habitation. Many cave explorers never come out from the labyrinth of rock. Hurt, loss, deception, betrayal and disappointment can become caves of despair. The longer the wound remains, the deeper into the cave we may retreat. The light is shut out. Alert! Our enemy wants […]
A Father’s Heart
This past Fathers’ Day, my thoughts wandered to my late Dad and my childhood in the 1950s and 60s. The home dynamic of the intact nuclear family was the norm. Fathers were generally respected. There is no denying that the place and position of the Father in many homes, has changed. These circumstances are no […]