The Lone Ranger is dead. Relationships of love, honor, and purpose are God’s way of life. Synergistic relationships that serve each other, and the world around us is the the clarion call for today. Look for relationships with those who are not in it for self, and those that labor for excellence while having talents and abilities that we don’t have. Check all ego’s at the door and let’s build His Kingdom together. Read more

Spiritual disciplines are not ways to eradicate all our desires but ways to order them so that they can serve one another, and together serve God. Our steps are ordered by the Lord and as we align ourselves to His ways, life works better and God is well pleased. On this memorial day, let’s look back on those who have given their lives to serve others, and how we may choose to live in building tomorrow’s legacy. Read more

Slide 1 What do you see for your future? Do you see hope or despair, faith or fear? Joel 2:25–27 gives us a promise of restoration, “I’ll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastation — Locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, That great locust invasion I sent your way. You’ll eat your fill of good food. You’ll be full of praises to your God, The God who has set you back on... Read more

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Religion tells desires to go away and yet desires are part of life. Our bodies, minds, and souls are full of desires. Some are unhealthy and distracting, and yet some make us think deep thoughts and see great visions. Some teach us how to love, while other desires cause us to pursue God. Our desire for God is the desire that should guide all other desires, and keep us on the Agape road of His glory. Read more

“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”Luke 12:32The global financial system totters. Whole nations declare bankruptcy. Panic strikes the world markets. Political leaders meet late into the night searching for answers that don’t exist. Militant Islam invades through immigration and population growth. Secularism dominates the public square. And the church pursues cultural appeasement. The nations are dismayed and men’s hearts fail them for fear. Where is God, and what on... Read more

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“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1). There were many games we played as children: Dodge Ball, Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Simon Says (now known as “American Idol”), Red Rover, Hopscotch, and many others. Of them all, Hide n’ Go Seek remains one of the universal favorites to this day. There is just something special about finding the perfect hiding place; a place where... Read more

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.John 18:1 (ESV) As Jesus finishes the last discourse with his followers, he proceeds to do what is necessary to prepare the place in the Father that he had promised (John 14:1-4). As the final Adam, he goes to a garden. It was in a garden that the first Adam made the choice that... Read more

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”—Jeremiah 1:4-5 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.—Psalm 139:16 As with Jeremiah and David whose call came before entering into their mother’s womb,... Read more