The part that is missing is God is not requiring us to be friends with, date, or marry people who are consumers in our lives. The “God is so proud of you, yet ask nothing of me in return,” is a way for people to make sure they or their church/ministry are benefited with littl...
All of these God-given blessings will be given to you by God if you understand and obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ… How is this done ?? You must pray to God, with what some call “the sinner’s prayer”, which should go something like this… “Father I am sorry for my...
The point I want to address today is this myth that walking with God prevents us from all pain, suffering, hurt, loss, grief, or even pain in the body. People who believe that it does, I question if they have read the full counsel of scripture. Jesus plainly stated that in the world...
God knows the heart of man. If God acts in accord with His own perfect will, then He will be hardening men’s hearts because they are stubborn and hard hearted. The natural process is simply man’s stubborn pride rebelling against God and His children. If you are in an unequally yoke...
The author relates at least 10 different places in the Bible where 8 is meaningful. Mentioning just one of the early ones, eight people on the arc were saved out of the flood. You should read the rest of examples in Scripture. As a teaser, David was Jesse’s eighth and last son. ...
my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and ...
The Bartons shared a meal with us yesterday and it was so enjoyable, I have to blog about it. Mike has been Dave’s friend, and then our friend for decades. Mike’s parents, Ray and Judy, have treated Dave like family, and I just recently met them. This is a family you find in...
My main contention to the book’s title is that, when I look at Scripture, the idea that God gets everything God wants seems to be without much evidence. I mean, you can go the Calvinist route of God foreordaining every single event, making him responsible for every act of evil. I ...
A friend from junior high school who now lives out of the country sent an amazing email in the early morning of my birthday. He said many things with his beautiful gift of expression but these lines struck me deeply: I think everybody is a beautiful variety of God’s love but too few...
Inside work is the work I understand God has called me to do, quite plainly in Scripture. Inside work is accomplished with the tools and talents He has gifted me with, and done for His purposes in faith, even if I cannot see the results of that work in the time frame I hope for or...