Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Psalm 22:9-10 I spent my early educational years as an average student. In fact, when I graduated from high school […]
17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do […]
I have been reading the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel and when, in chapter 3, Samuel has his first real encounter with the Lord there is someone there to help him pay attention and discern what is happening. Though Eli, the priest at the time, was seemingly ineffective in his own home and with […]
I was preaching recently from the book of Galatians and was reminded of God’s desire to make children out of orphans. We enter this life as spiritual orphans and God longs to reconnect us to His own family through His Son, Jesus Christ. Galatians 3 makes clear that these family members are identified by faith […]
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together […]
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 I sat with a friend the other evening and as we talked […]
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” John 7:38 I remember visiting Grand Canyon National Park with my wife, Francie, several years ago. While we were there we looked over the edge of the canyon at one of those “scenic overlooks”. It is […]
In the mid 1920’s there was a song by Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer called “Me And My Shadow” which reflected upon the closeness of one’s shadow as a constant companion wherever you might be. If I were to write a song with a similar thought I think I might entitle it “Me And My […]
I just recently returned from Southern California where I spent most of my early years growing up. It is always interesting to return to familiar places and see how they have changed, or in some ways remained the same. I think it is the ways they have remained the same that make them feel like […]
I have been taught most of my life that prayer is valuable, if not essential to living a life of relationship with God. It is that place of conversation and dialogue that shapes, if not defines relationship. Within the context of my prayer life I realize that most of this conversation has been centered on […]
