Communication is the Key   Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few (Ecclesiastes 5:2).   If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein [...]

Scripture is Galatians 5:22-23.  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.   All too often we get mixed up on terminology when it comes to the fruit question.  We ask ourselves is it the fruit of the Spirit [...]

Have you ever wondered what people experience in church?  Maybe you wonder about your experience and how it fits into your daily living.  Last week as I was working, a church member gave me an article with just such research from the Barna Research Group.  Here is some insight.   First of all we expect [...]

Happy New 2012.  It is a great day to be alive.  I write you at the beginning of 2012 with good news.  We finished 2011 strong.  We have met all our ministry obligations and are set for our new year.  We have grown this year and that is good.  Our ministries have grown as well [...]

The last several weeks we have been studying the journey of Mary, Joseph and the birth of Jesus.  It was not only an incredible physical journey but also one of faith.  Let me explain. The physical journey was Mary being pregnant, traveling to her aunt Elizabeth near Bethlehem, returning to Nazareth , returning to Bethlehem [...]

Normally I list a Scripture and write on the insight to which the scripture points.  This week I have something different in mind.  I hope to get you to thinking in terms of Thanksgiving and Christmas in a different light. An expression commonly used today is think forward or pay forward in reference to looking [...]

Sometimes I get an email with such a great lesson and story that I want to share it with all of you.  This came from Jennifer Hughes and I think it is appropriate.  So get your heart open to a great lesson:   Malachi 3:3  He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. [...]

Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray.  The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said , “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom [...]

Please read Ephesians 4:1-6 “Accept the call and stay true” I am reading a book by Paul E. Miller titled  A Praying Life.  In this book Mr. Miller walks the reader through aspects of prayer that we have all faced.  He touches on the dry times, how God hears us, what we can expect, how [...]

Please read Matthew 6:5-8. When I first learned to pray I thought that prayer of always public.  It is what I had experienced. I had had the evening quiet prayers but my major exposure was in church.  Large and long prayers recited by both the congregation and the leader.  Then I discovered praying in secret [...]