"Hey, What is Going On?"  Good Morning Friends,  Today we are going to delve into why so many days end in "why" and what should we do when "why" fills our days and our minds. We enter this life questioning, "why?" Why did I have to leave the comfortable place I was living? Why are … Continue reading “Hey, What is Going On?” →

 Has Jesus Prepared An Upper Room For You?  Good Morning Friends,  It is the place of the first and the last supper...a place of humility filled with the power of washing another's feet. It is a place of sorrow but also praise, thanksgiving and rejoicing. It is that place of fellowship and service anointed with prayer. It is the … Continue reading Has Jesus Prepared An Upper Room For You? →

 Have You Experienced Spiritual Joy?  Good Morning Friends,  The Naples, Marco Island, and Immokalee area where I live and work was just designated the happiest place to live in the United States. Now I do not know exactly how they came up with this ranking, however it may raise our expectations in the wrong way. … Continue reading Have You Experienced Spiritual Joy? →

Are You Part of a Timely Movement of the Spirit?    Good Morning Friends,    Somewhere along the line, it became popular to work at following Jesus while avoiding organized religion. But Jesus never gave us the option of giving up on His Church. This idea of transforming lives and accomplishing the will of God … Continue reading Are You Part of a Timely Movement of the Spirit? →

Do You Feel God's Presence?  Good Morning Friends,  God is so ubiquitous that some have come to think God ordinary. The obvious has become the overlooked for way too many. Thankfully for me no one has pinched the Paraclete from my experience. Out of silence I have learned to pray and out of prayer I … Continue reading Do You Feel God’s Presence? →

Do You Have A Story to Tell?  Good Morning Friends,  Let's have a conversation with Jesus and imagine that we are sitting by the pool near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. We are lying down near the still waters of the pool where we have been for 38 years. This is our home, but it … Continue reading Do You Have A Story to Tell? →

How Do We Deal With The Ripples and Echoes of Collective Sin?  Good Morning Friends,  I have come to the conclusion that if we are citizens of heaven then we need to be under the government of the Holy Spirit. This is not a new concept. Each generation has to face the reality that sometimes … Continue reading How Do We Deal With The Ripples and Echoes of Collective Sin? →

Are You Dressed for Salvation?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional is about fixing things with the help of the Holy Spirit. The scripture outlines the ways of the poor, the broken and the restored. It is the story of Jesus ministering to an entire nation and our need to dress up, grow up into Christlikeness. It is … Continue reading Are You Dressed for Salvation? →

 Can You Hear The Music of Christ in the Culture of Community?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional is about how to maintain more than just harmony in the church, the ecclesia, the called out of God. The Apostle Paul, the writer of the letters to the Corinthians, lived in a time when communities had town meetings … Continue reading Can You Hear The Music of Christ in the Culture of Community? →

What Is The Secret To Being Content?  Good Morning Friends,  The tiny home movement is a clear indication that there is a myth about having more. And then as we dig a little deeper we might learn that the lesson of living a meaningful life is to belong to Christ. Friends, when Paul wrote about … Continue reading What Is The Secret To Being Content? →