Your King

The Lord sat enthroned at the flood;the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.The Lord gives His people strength;the Lord blesses His people with peace.(Psalm 29:10-11 HCSB ©®) The King Who commanded the creation of the earth and then commanded the flood sits as Lord over your life. Be blessed with strength and peace.

A New Way of Life

Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life. For if we […]

Now and Then

Arguably, only “now” matters. You don’t really have anything else in your hand. Thus far, your life has simply been a long parade of “nows” from one perspective. I can’t focus only on the nows and get the next now right, though. Some nows are preparing me for tomorrows. Nows that included lions and bears prepared David for the now […]

Being Led Well

Lead us into righteousness, Lord. Make Your ways known to me, Lord; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; I wait for You all day long. Remember, Lord, Your compassion and Your faithful love, for they have existed from antiquity. Do not remember the sins of my […]

Come and See

John who baptized and preached repentance in preparation for the Kingdom one day told John the son of Zebedee and Andrew the brother of Peter that Jesus is the Lamb of God. John and Andrew therefore followed Jesus when He passed by them. Jesus turned to them and asked what they were looking for. Their response was they wanted to […]

Kingdom Investments

What are you investing in the Kingdom of Heaven? What dividends are you receiving? We each have some money. Each of us has some time. We have understanding and information. The amount of each we invest in what is decided by answering questions each day. Some of the questions are in the form of demands; we have beggars on one […]

Resolutions

Modern Roman mythology states that new converts to Jesus should all be baptized on easter sunday. Paul baptized people in the middle of the night if they became believers after sunset (Acts 16:25-34). Making changes in your life as resolutions on January 1 is a bit like once-a-year baptisms, I think. Today is the day of salvation, I read. What […]

Being Pure

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure. (1 John 3:2-3 HCSB ©®)

Hospitality

Let brotherly love continue. Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:1-2 HCSB ©®) Hospital and hospitality are closely related words. (At least, the concept of a hospital is related to hospitality. The current business model of hospital fits neatly into the industry governed poorly by the FDA […]

How’s Your Soil?

The parable of the Sower described different soil conditions and how they respond to the message of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew13:18-23 and 36-43). Through life, we keep getting deeper and deeper words sown in our lives by the Spirit if we allow it. He wants to take us into better understanding, purer obedience, and more abundant life in ever-increasing […]