How Can We Love In A Wicked World?  Good Morning Friends,  Life is frequently unfair. Our passage from 1 Kings points that out. Bad things happen to good people. Brutality and injustice are all around us. And we wonder why. Initially we submit to the reality that God's purpose is beyond us and God's ways … Continue reading How Can We Love In A Wicked World? →

Who Is In Charge?  Good Morning Friends,  Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. In today's text we have the wife of King Ahab, Jezebel, exerting undue influence. The King wanted Naboth to sell … Continue reading Who Is In Charge? →

How Is Your Family Tree?  Good Morning Friends,  We all have an interest in our heritage and legacy. We can even get our DNA tested to discover our genealogy, but what is more important is our spiritual DNA and discovering our voice in the family of God. Well suppose that every time you opened your … Continue reading How Is Your Family Tree? →

Are We Going To Keep Our Promises?  Good Morning Friends,  For some, the consideration of consequences motivates proper behavior and for others a night in a cave thinking. For some it is a shout and others a still small voice, as a pregnant pause. Whatever the process we still must decide or it will be … Continue reading Are We Going To Keep Our Promises? →

Are We Going To Stay In The Game?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we have another example of the power that comes out of events that seem small. The death of a single man 2000 years ago and the sighting of a puff of a cloud on the horizon for those facing famine. Both would become … Continue reading Are We Going To Stay In The Game? →

Are You Ready To Not Conform But Be Transformed?  Good Morning Friends,  Indecision is a problem for Israel during the time of Elijah. People are having a hard time deciding whose side to be on. We face similar problems in our world today that challenges us to face up to today's question. Are You Ready … Continue reading Are You Ready To Not Conform But Be Transformed? →

Are We A Positive Influence On Others?  Good Morning Friends,  As Christians we are called to the highest standard of conduct. We are also called to be used by God to bless people for a Holy purpose. Sometimes it is an unexpected and immediate blessing and at other times manifested in a long-awaited harvest. The … Continue reading Are We A Positive Influence On Others? →

Are You Backed By God?  Good Morning Friends,  Being a Christian means being different than all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to answer today's … Continue reading Are You Backed By God? →

What Do You Treasure In Your Heart?  Good Morning Friends,  Today is a good day to honor our parents. Sure, families can be dysfunctional but their love can cover a multiple of potential sins. We see such a growing up interaction between Jesus, the Father, Mary and Joseph. But everything seems to be a bit … Continue reading What Do You Treasure In Your Heart? →

Where Are You?  Good Morning Friends,  God of course knows the answer but asks anyway. And this time the answer is not obviously linked to Jesus. The question is straightforward and designed to make us think about our relationship geographically as well as mentally and spiritually to the design God has set forth. Knowing the … Continue reading Where Are You? →