He won no popularity contest that day, but He did define His mission without ambiguity and with utmost clarity: * to proclaim good news to the poor.* to proclaim liberty to the captives* and recovering of sight to the blind,*… Continue reading

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11, ESV We don't like discipline much and that is fine.… Continue reading

Romans 12:12 – Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Part 1– The Forward View Discouragement has met its match. Romans 12:12 has a devastating affect on discouragement by wielding a weapon I call "The Triple Threat."… Continue reading

If we don't want change, all change is intimidating. George Carlin said he put some money into one of those change machines and nothing happened. Sometimes, I'd be happy to find a change machine that actually produced transformation in any… Continue reading

We are poor and needy. We can never justify despising the broken heart. We are known, helped, and delivered. We are far more beloved than we know. Continue reading

Focus is what we so often miss. as our eyes dart in multiple directions. We cannot seem to stay on theme, on message, or on task. We create alternate realities with alternate facts and individualized interpretations of the indisputable realities all… Continue reading

  We are all from somewhere and …Somewhere along the line our people have been invaded, oppressed, enslaved, and, victimized or …Been invaders, oppressors, slave "owners," and those who victimize … or/andBOTH! AND/OR/AND … looking for a place of opportunity… Continue reading

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak,for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;but let them not turn back to folly.Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,that glory may dwell in our… Continue reading

Our challenge is not to build God a better physical house, but to present all that we do and say as testimony to His power, love, grace, and beauty. Continue reading

Picture the upper room and the somber mood of twelve friends hearing the ominous words from their Master that He will soon die and that they will soon fail Him. “Not I,” protests Peter. “You will,” declares Jesus, “But let… Continue reading