Where Are You Planting Your Presence?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at a prayer from Paul about how the manifestation, charisma and authority of God the Father, through Jesus, gives all good things. And then we meditate on a passage from Luke how the Word is multiplied through those who have this abiding love. … Continue reading Where Are You Planting Your Presence? →

Where Does Contentment Lead You?  Good Morning Friends,  Honestly, I get a little irritated when people are not satisfied with what they have and always want more and more. Part of me wants to be kind and please people. Another part does not want to risk being taken advantage of. But given the balance of … Continue reading Where Does Contentment Lead You? →

How Do We Get Good At Our Calling?  Good Morning Friends,  Just as we each have a calling, so too local churches and the Church Universal have a calling. And if we are going to walk as saints in the vocation to which we have been called we need to consider how to be worthy … Continue reading How Do We Get Good At Our Calling? →

What Is The Core Of The Mystery?  Good Morning Friends,  God has a way of making the unknown known through the Spirit and sometimes it is a hard lesson. And sometimes we will feel guilt for our sins, as a rebuke and conviction of Jesus' Holy Spirit. For we are often like the bratty kids … Continue reading What Is The Core Of The Mystery? →

How Has God Prepared You For Your Special Calling?  Good Morning Friends,  The Bible is filled with stories about how God prepares people for a purpose. As you contemplate today's question meditate on how with Mary, God sent an angel to talk with her in person and reassure her and with Daniel, how He used … Continue reading How Has God Prepared You For Your Special Calling? →

Are You Ready For Christmas?  Good Morning Friends,  People keep asking me today's question so I thought I would pose it to you for I do not know if I will be able to get all my shopping done or not before time runs out. I do not know if I will be able to … Continue reading Are You Ready For Christmas? →

Are You Ready To Get Decked Out?  Good Morning Friends,  God's dream for each of us is that we would be so perfect we would be worthy of being married in a heavenly sense to the divine. Of course, we need God's help to dress us in the success of righteousness. Are You Ready To … Continue reading Are You Ready To Get Decked Out? →

Do You Ever Take Jesus For Granted?  Good Morning Friends,  Jews were taught that Elijah would come before the Messiah to reestablish the Golden Age of Israel. And some thought that he came in the person of John the Baptist, for John dressed like Elijah and lived in the desert like Elijah, and confronted Herod … Continue reading Do You Ever Take Jesus For Granted? →

Does Your Generation Lead Like Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Many people want hope, comfort, and security but they refuse to take the first step of turning away from sin and seeking to obey God. Some cohorts never seem to repent and turn to God in obedience. They are like a bad crop with a lousy … Continue reading Does Your Generation Lead Like Jesus? →

Who Is Greater?  Good Morning Friends,  There are a lot of things to be afraid of such as death and the unknown, rejection and ridicule, pain and misery, and failure and loneliness. These are fears that describe an inner condition of the heart. That is, these are not fears of specific things like snakes, spiders … Continue reading Who Is Greater? →