If the preacher tells you to turn to Acts 29 – you need to close your Bible and look around your church, examine what you’ve done lately in the Name of the Lord, and explore the latest on Christian television news.
For the Book of the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible that we read ends with Chapter 28 – Acts 29 is still being written, it is being written by us! read more...
Reading the following scripture put something on my mind that I would like to share: read more...
Last night on “The 700 Club” I heard Pat Robertson respond to a question that a listener had asked: if God could not protect Jesus from death on the cross, how could she trust Him to protect her? It was a question that few would tackle probably feeling that it borders on blasphemy. However Pat took it on and responded with all the great things that followed that death on the cross – the Resurrection, seated at the right hand of the Father, the redeemer of mankind, the head of the church, the soon to be ruler of all things – just to name a few! Isaiah 25:7-9 says it best: read more...
When we began this thought, we realized immediately that it is much larger than one or even two days of delving into it. Most of what we classify as “trials and temptations” are things that we have seen before and for one reason or another didn’t deal with them, and instead of going away they come back with a vengeance.
This is exactly what scripture declares about people that come to Jesus to have their house washed and cleaned and then leave that house empty – and unoccupied: read more...
One of the things that I make a practice to do as I drive, particularly through unfamiliar places, is to look for markers that I can remember. I am privileged to have On-Star in my car, and I know how to use Mapquest – but for me marking the territory and planting places in my mind is my best defense to finding my ultimate destination. read more...
2 Then the Lord said to me,
“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
3 This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.Habakkuk2:1-3 (NLT) read more...
For the next couple of days you will be privileged to read a condensed version of one of Pastor Doug’s anointed messages – this one got a 5-star rating – hope you enjoy. Part II will be printed on tomorrow.read more...
We want to take one more day to disucss perspective. According to the Free dictionary, perspective means:
a. A view or vista.
b. A mental view or outlook: “It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present” (Fabian Linden).
2. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
3.
a. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
b. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the perspective of the displaced homemaker.
c. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
4. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.read more...
Is the glass half full, or is it half empty – for most of us, it’s a matter of perspective. Whatever the strongest inclination we have – be it positive or negative usually governs our response to that question. And that inclination is usually a result of the experiences we have had. What most of us don’t know is that it is also a result of generational attitudes and family perspectives. We have grown up looking through the world through lens that may have originated from our great-great-great grandparents! read more...
God is dealing with me in this season to begin to look at familiar things from a new perspective. We have been graced with the opportunity in this season to be forgiven – to recognize how very much God loves us – and to realize that this love “covers” – it does not hold on to our sins and transgressions, as so many of us have a tendency to do. read more...