This is why we abandon everything morally impure and all forms of wicked conduct. Instead, with a sensitive spirit, we absorb God’s Word, which has been implanted within our nature, for the Word of Life has power to continually deliver us. (James 1:21 TPT) A new term to consider – BrainScatter© . I’ve been called scatterbrained my …
We shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts. And will tell of Your greatness. We shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness. And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:6-7). I’ve talked about Miggy Moments for many years. Let’s describe a Miggy Moment: Stomping on the accelerator and not letting up. There are moments …
For we walk by faith and not by sight! (2 Corinthians 5:7) On New Year’s Eve 1971/1972, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior and at midnight was baptized in the Atlantic Ocean. The ministry now called Fellowship Christian began the second weekend in March 1972. Almost fifty years as a church, and I …
When Jesus saw the multitudes, He went up on the mountain, and after He sat down, He began to teach His disciples… In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus sits down. We stand up to preach; in the first century, religious leaders sat down to teach. In eight short verses Jesus teaches the most effective and …
Therefore, we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him (2 Corinthians 5:9). There is nothing wrong with ambition. Paul wrote that he wanted to preach the gospel in Rome and Spain. Jesus commanded ambition when He told us to go and disciple the world. Goals and dreams are …
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:19-20). Noticing small things for which to be thankful can change your life. Becoming a person of praise heals. …
This past year, a man came up to me and said, “I’m leaving the church; I can’t get past what this pastor said in his sermon.” An example of a bitter bit. When someone says to me, “Do you want to know what ____ did?” Or, “Did you hear about _____?” And, “I can’t get …
I make New Year’s resolutions. Specificity is a principle of following Jesus. Jesus says, “Ask!” An ask of “Lord, I need a job,” is specific, while “God, bless my day,” is general. A specific answered prayer ignites prayer! All New Year’s resolutions are prayers. Specific action items for which you need the grace of God. …
Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus is read often at Christmas. We don’t read Matthew’s narrative, as it is rather short, “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King…” Informative but lacking descriptive depth. Christmas specials need more than a few words to describe the birth …
In the mid-1970s my wife’s grandmother took us to a showing of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular in Manhattan. It was spectacular. Music, drama, and the Rockettes. I was surprised at the ending as a manger scene appeared on stage with the narration of the poem One Solitary Life. One Solitary Life was written …