How Firm is Your Foundation?  Good Morning Friends,  A few weeks ago in church we were singing a hymn with the name My Hope is Built on Nothing Less. The name of lyricist, Edward Mote is probably not familiar to you. However his life is one that should inspire all Christians if for nothing else … Continue reading How Firm is Your Foundation? →

 Do You Know How To Pass On Resilience?  Good Morning Friends,  Through Jesus we can be created and re-born. The potter is at work to shape and reshape us. And that is about our pliability. But also acquiring and passing on a certain hardiness, toughness, strength, buoyancy, resistance, and spirit from one generation to another. We … Continue reading Do You Know How To Pass On Resilience? →

Are You Short Changing God?  Good Morning Friends, Are you giving God all that is due to him? Not just your finances but your heart, your life, your talents and skills and your time. Do people see the reality of salvation in you? Do they see Jesus in you, or do they see the same … Continue reading Are You Short Changing God? →

Doesn't Life Bring a Tear to Your Eyes?  Good Morning Friends,  We should never feel comfortable with sin...with war and the evil systems of this world. Still we are to fight against it with an attitude of compassion and belief in a life of joy, for to submit to the evil separates us from God. … Continue reading Doesn’t Life Bring a Tear to Your Eyes? →

Are You Ready to Overcome Your Fear of Commitment?  Good Morning Friends,  Success in the Kingdom of God is based on something very different than the world's way of gaining success. It is based on an enduring relationship with the Divine... a process of commitment to a covenant of love and less on thinking. It is revelation that … Continue reading Are You Ready to Overcome Your Fear of Commitment? →

How Did Jesus Address Systemic Evil?  Good Morning Friends,  Something is indeed wrong in our violent and xenophobic world. The problem is that there is a little anger and fear and even evil in the best of us. Pointing fingers is a bit pointless for like Pogo we soon find the enemy and he is … Continue reading How Did Jesus Address Systemic Evil? →

Are You Listening To Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's message is about being prepared to answer the call to fight spiritual battles. Here we are to question our culture's opinion about Truth realizing that too many reject the notion of a spiritual Truth found in scripture. Most people do not really know what to think … Continue reading Are You Listening To Jesus? →

Are You Blessed?  Good Morning Friends,    God has called us to love all people, not just family and those we would call friends...friends we would be willing to lay down our life for, but even our enemies. We are called to love so that our first instinct of revenge might not bring death. We are called to give … Continue reading Are You Blessed? →

What Then Are We?  Good Morning Friends,  Teamwork enables us to become more effective than individual efforts alone. But in this work of building the kingdom, God reserves a task that is His alone, and it shines brighter than all the rest. It is God that makes the seed of faith to grow and it is only God … Continue reading What Then Are We? →

Are You Living the Life That the Lord Has Assigned You?  Good Morning Friends,  There is a test for every Christian whether they are a man or woman, a layperson or part of the clergy. It is the test of obedience to God's call. And way too many people are beaten before they even begin … Continue reading Are You Living the Life That the Lord Has Assigned You? →