Have you noticed that the majority of the prayers that most of us pray regularly tend to be in response to situations that require our immediate attention? We pray when a friend gets struck with a dis...  Read More

In life and the kingdom of God, there are two equal realities, the reality of "what is" and the reality of "what if." We are all familiar with the "what is." It is what we know, what we are comfortabl...  Read More

One of our primary and most important tasks in any kind of decision or dilemma is to define reality (Haggai 1:5-6). While this is hard enough to do in life, many of us find it even harder to apply in ...  Read More

Here are some things you need to know if God will use you to make a difference in the world. These thoughts are right out of the prophetic word from Isaiah 49:1-7, and these verses ring so clearly in ...  Read More

Little is known or shared about a guy called Lamech who didn't leave the kind of legacy that any of us would want. Lamech was Cain's great, great, great-grandson and had two wives and at least a coupl...  Read More

The Psalmist tells us that God’s hands are faithful, fair and trustworthy (Psalm 111:7). Because of this, it makes joyful sense to commit everything about us into his hands (Psalm 31:5). It is there t...  Read More

Each circumstance and situation that we find ourselves in affects our heart - Sometimes physically, often on an emotional level, and always in the arena of our spiritual lives. Jesus cares passionatel...  Read More

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 2 It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his r...  Read More

Dan Syrek is the nation’s leading researcher on litter. He has worked with 16 states on anti-litter initiatives. He often begins his projects by selecting random stretches of road – from interstates t...  Read More

Have you ever been around someone long enough to realize that they consistently had bad breath? Have you ever realized that if you don’t tell them about the problem, no one probably will? I have been ...  Read More

I don’t often use my blog to share concepts from others, but at the moment I am reading an excellent book called “Necessary Endings” by Henry Cloud. The premise of this book is that “today may be the ...  Read More

Increasingly my heart beats faster with the idea that Jesus Christ wants to transform the world. In some circles to say such a thing has become a powerless cliché. For many of my early years as a beli...  Read More