Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect, she was so tired, she had been
Do we realize the grace of getting to tune our lives to Jesus? In the movie, Amadeus, Mozart is anxious to hear how the Emperor Joseph II liked his music. The Emperor’s stunning response has been proven wrong through the
She was a young mom with two little kids in car seats blasting down the freeway in her black, upscale, SUV. She nearly hit me as she crossed way over the lane marker going 75 on a toll road while
“But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:27).(NKJV) After the miracle of feeding the five thousand, Jesus had been alone praying when His disciples
We are now in Olympic season and I have been thinking about how each of the Olympic athletes must have travelled to Rio full of hope. Scripture is full of verses about our hope as Christians: they can be seen
Recently, while cleaning out my garage, I happened across a 30-gallon storage tub. It was filled with items bought with good intent and excitement for projects and ideas now seemingly abandoned. Left in the giant sea of things I never finished! It got
2020. Most of us would prefer not to re-live a year like this. For the first time in our lives, we experienced our world coming to a screeching halt. Our schedules changing, jobs being taken away, large amounts of time
“How could you possibly vote for ____________? Don’t you realize how awful of a choice that is!” Maybe you’re hearing this from people in recent days. Personally, I have the incredible honor of pastoring hundreds of people every day. This
Israel had fallen into idolatry but their root sin was still unbelief and fear. In His mercy, God sent them a prophet to expose their root sin. The prophet basically told them, “Look at you—a bunch of wimps, hiding out,
I can’t help but believe that every time Peter heard a rooster crow, he also remembered the Lord’s words of affirmation and assurance. Shortly before his crucifixion, Jesus gave his closest disciples the following words of praise: “You are those
Limbless Evangelist Nick Vujicic is shown with his pregnant wife Kanae enjoying their time together at an undisclosed location in this photo he posted on his Facebook page in July 2015. Living in Australia, he was taunted constantly by bullies
The term 9-11 is something we have all come to recognize as a sad remembrance in the USA’s history. It’s a reminder of how quickly our lives can be here today, and then gone tomorrow. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of people
Dear friend, Your circumstances are not the measure of Jesus’s faithfulness. The devil is a liar, and he would love nothing more than for you to Read More »
Life can be tough, and sometimes it may feel like YOU’ve exhausted all of your options. YOU may have tried everything YOU know to do, but nothing Read More »
God’s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless! I want you to listen to some revealing dialogue between a man who’d been paralyzed for years. Read More »