Good Morning Friends,     Sometimes people are suffering and need a miracle. Sometimes people do things that are not healthy for themselves and others and need an intervention. Sometimes we just need to call out for help in faith and sometimes we need to grow up. So, Is Your Spiritual Health Improving?  Scripture: And so, brothers … Continue reading Is Your Spiritual Health Improving? →

Good Morning Friends,  The work of the Holy Spirit occurs repeatedly in one's life and the life of the church dealing with evil. Some expressions of the church even deal with evil angels. The thing is that confronting evil is not a task for humans to face alone. Like faith in God, confronting evil effectively … Continue reading How Are We To Deal With Demons? →

   Good Morning Friends,    No one likes to be told that they are sinners especially in earshot of others. The opportunities around such a situation can lead the unscrupulous to schemes of emotional blackmail. People of faith can be manipulated by such situations. In fact, they may be particularly vulnerable to such people. That … Continue reading Are We Prepared Emotionally To Please God? →

 Good Morning Friends,  A lot has changed in the way the people of God worship since Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from the mountain and Jesus died on the cross to save us. The change has been even more stark in the last few years with the pandemic and physical distancing often being a … Continue reading What Are We To Learn About Humility, Honor And Generosity In Welcoming People To Worship? →

Good Morning Friends,  There is a trajectory to today's lectionary text that is about faithfulness and holiness and continuous improvement in relationships and love and marriage and how God can be part of it all. There is a trajectory in today's lectionary about the coming storm as well. So, I for one, am awake and … Continue reading Does Today’s Scripture Awaken You To Be More Joyous While Contemplating How God Will Use You? →

Good Morning Friends,     Today we look at the Church of God in port city of Corinth considering part of the Olivet Discourse from the lips of Jesus to give us guidance not only to events that were about to take place in Jerusalem 2000 years ago, but also to those stretching far into the … Continue reading Who Will Be Faithful In Preparation For The End Of The Age? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary scripture from John reminds me of Jacob's ladder and the passage from Revelation of a clock face and the history of all time connected to the future of Jerusalem. Perhaps you share some of the same thoughts. They are not necessary to be a Christian. Of course, some … Continue reading Are We Skeptical Of Seeing The Beauty Of Heaven In The Places We Live And Work? →

Good Morning Friends,     Today we continue to read about the woes of the places and people of worship and the need for them to be cleaned from the inside and the thing is that it is not just in scripture, but in the world in which we live. It would seem the Holy Spirit … Continue reading What Could Happen Next? →

Good Morning Friends,     In today's lectionary passage from Matthew Jesus rips into religious hypocrites that had created their own brand of legalism to perpetuate their own power. The Pharisees were not demonic, evil people but had fallen into a way of worship that was self-serving. They had fallen prey to pride in a way … Continue reading In Our Effort To Look Good Do We Forget What A Model Church Looks Like? →

   Good Morning Friends,    I hope you are entering a time in your relationship with God when God is revealing to you what God is doing. When you open the Bible and when we feast on the Book, this sometimes can happen. Holy History is always moving toward something. When the time is right … Continue reading How Does God’s Endgame Apply To Us Today? →