"If you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life." This is such a popular American mantra for finding the right career. It makes work sound like a choice. If you don't love your job, move on to something you love. There are so many reasons why I do what I do. The primary reason why I get up so early and commute so far, it's necessary to help provide for m...

31"Simon, Simon, Satan has askedto sift all of you as wheat.32But I have prayed for you,Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." 33But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." 34Jesus answered,"I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me." ...

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid the...

Pilippians 4:6-7 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ. Do not be anxious about anything! Easier said than done lately. It seems like that is all we have been doing ...

Today I told Satan, "You're gonna lose. In the end, you're going to LOSE." I thought that puny little devil might need reminding of that. Here is our scripture for today. It's a great one. John 16:32-33 "A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each of you to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me....

Do we put a limit on our God? It may seem like a silly question since we are in no position to do so but I pose the question all the same. More accurately the question could be framed do we put a limit on our expectations of our God? For me, and I suspect for many of you, the answer is yes. One of the many effects of this recent Coronavirus pandemic has been the opp...

"For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:14 While above is just a small portion of the reading plan passage for today, it struck me the most. In the last two weeks, more than ever before in my lifetime (and arguably yours too, no matter your age), these verses carry weight. We are all feeling the tangible eff...

1Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.3For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, Goddid:sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh andas an offeringfor sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,4so that the requir...

Luke 14:25-35 Jesus talks in this passage about discipleship. Churches today have a tendency to make salvation and God's grace easy: "Come to Jesus and everything will be OK." Jesus was the complete opposite - telling the crowds of the cost of discipleship. God needs to be first in our relationships and in whatever we think of as important. We need to be willing to give...

During this past week as I was praying, I found myself asking God if I could see His will in all of this. I had a vision. I saw the earth and it was all covered in a huge snow storm. I immediately thought of the scripture: "Come now, and let us reason together:", Says the Lord, "Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimso...