Do You Have the Unction to Function?  Good Morning Friends,  God has placed in each of us an inward drive to express His love through Christian service for the lives of those to whom we minister. Here the Holy Spirit creates the change it desires for all of us. Here God's plan of belief, action and results is … Continue reading Do You Have the Unction to Function? →

Are You Seeking A Purpose Driven City?  Good Morning Friends,  Perhaps you have read the Purpose Driven Life. It has a clear message... it is not about us but about God and our connection with our Savior and hopefully Lord. Yet even as His Creation shouts out the message of His love, we still fall … Continue reading Are You Seeking A Purpose Driven City? →

Here is the Church, And Here is the Steeple, Open the Doors and Where Are All the People? Good Morning Friends, What we call church today has become all too predictable. You go to a building and you are given a bulletin and you sit in a chair and you sing a few songs, repeat … Continue reading Church, Steeple, Open the Doors and… →

Do You Know Anything as Wise as the Spirit of God?  Good Morning Friends,  Sometimes we are driven by the Spirit and sometimes confounded by it. But fear not. Listen with faith to our God who speaks words that form the world and gives new life. There is a Spirit of wisdom in God's Word and a … Continue reading Do You Know Anything as Wise as the Spirit of God? →

Do You Stand On The Promises of God?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday in Church we were singing a song by Composer Russell Kelso Carter called Standing on the Promises. It falls in the oldie but goodie category. It kind of felt like a marching tune and perhaps that was by design, somewhat like Onward Christian … Continue reading Do You Stand On The Promises of God? →

Where Do Your Eyes Turn When You are in Need of a Hero?  Good Morning Friends,  Who is your hero? Many look up to sports stars and athletes, and others look up to musicians and movie stars. Some even look up to teachers. At the High School where my wife works the school's eagle mascot … Continue reading Where Do Your Eyes Turn When You are in Need of a Hero? →

Can You Stand A Market Correction?  Good Morning Friends,  The stock market has been a little skittish of late. Some think it could get worse. Can You Stand A Market Correction?  Scripture: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his … Continue reading Can You Stand A Market Correction? →

Can It Really Be That Simple?   Good Morning Friends,  In our claiming of power and things material...in our use of resources even the 86,400 seconds of each day... even as we are invited to come into God's presence to worship, we need to remember that we all live on the same planet and everything on … Continue reading Can It Really Be That Simple? →

Is Our Commitment to Christ Showing Forth in and Through Us?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday I spent some time with a friend whose wife was dying. She was in her last hours. He has been married to her for fifty-nine and one half years and for the last few her caregiver. They will not make … Continue reading Is Our Commitment to Christ Showing Forth in and Through Us? →

What Evokes A Sense of the Sacred for You?  Good Morning Friends,  The startup of new congregations and existing ones in transition have a lot to learn from today's scripture about giving glory to God alone...of worshipping with a sense of harmony and welcome. This I think is especially true in places of worship that … Continue reading What Evokes A Sense of the Sacred for You? →