Can You Handle The Truth?  Good Morning Friends,  The promise of the Paraclete is powerful and frankly can be a bit frightening for this person of the Trinity is designed to change and transform people through the veracity of a relationship. Can You Handle The Truth?  Scripture: "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send … Continue reading Can You Handle The Truth? →

Are You Living By The Spirit?  Good Morning Friends,  You know it is our responsibility to yield to the direction and guidance of God's Spirit who abides within our very being. We are to yield to the promise, purity and power that God has graciously given to his people. And when we do, it is … Continue reading Are You Living By The Spirit? →

Are You Ready To Be Cheered Up?  Good Morning Friends,  When things appear bleak, God responds in amazing ways.  In one of Paul's most discouraged moments, as people were plotting to kill him, the Lord Jesus appeared to him and told him to cheer up. We should be buoyed by the same command and encouragements. … Continue reading Are You Ready To Be Cheered Up? →

What Are We To Think About Jesus' Prayer For Us?  Good Morning Friends,  If Jesus is praying as recorded in John 17 on our behalf for us to attain a higher, more lofty sense of togetherness, we sure have not listened very well. Neither were the disciples. And when I see what is happening in … Continue reading What Are We To Think About Jesus’ Prayer For Us? →

Do You Have A Jesus Friendship?  Good Morning Friends,  Great truths might be simpler than we ever imagined. And this is true especially when it comes to relationships and joy on a conscious level but perhaps no so much on a subconscious level when it comes to race and tribe or class, for below the … Continue reading Do You Have A Jesus Friendship? →

Do You Know The Greatest Witness?  Good Morning Friends,  Perhaps you have been in a church service and the pastor calls out, "Can I have a witness?" Typically, they are looking for affirmation of a theological point, but on a deeper level perhaps what they are really seeking is an intimacy with God that changes … Continue reading Do You Know The Greatest Witness? →

Do We Go Or Let Go?  Good Morning Friends,  One of the great challenges of witnessing is knowing when to move on. There will be some people that simply will not listen no matter what we say to them. Even if we use the most creative means, consistently show them the love of Christ, and … Continue reading Do We Go Or Let Go? →

Do You Consider The Ascension Of Our Lord An Afterthought?  Good Morning Friends,  If you look in a church calendar you might see a notation that today is "Ascension Day", but then it might not be at all because "Ascension Day" is one of the neglected events of the Christian church year. One begins to … Continue reading Do You Consider The Ascension Of Our Lord An Afterthought? →

Do We Really Want The Inconvenient Truth Too?  Good Morning Friends,  Even as we contemplate the journey to Pentecost and the growth of the church around the world in the power of the Holy Spirit there is something that calls me back to the presence and power and focus of an earthly Jesus and his … Continue reading Do We Really Want The Inconvenient Truth Too? →

What Does The Lord Really Want Us To See?  Good Morning Friends,  We never know what is going to happen when the Lord is at work helping us to feel and perceive something that first requires faith. We can be convinced of what is going to happen but the Word of God shows us that … Continue reading What Does The Lord Really Want Us To See? →