Good Morning Friends,  Today we have Noah in a boat from the Genesis Flood account and Jesus and the disciples in a passage from the Gospel of Mark also in a boat and the interesting thing is that in both situations is that the people along for the ride were being asked to trust, obey, … Continue reading Do We Accept The Salvation Offered By Jesus In The Spirit’s Work Of Helping Us To Fight Temptation? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Perhaps you are feeling a disturbance in the force…an uneasy premonition or nudging. Well, that is probably the Holy Spirit at work. Know it will come when the time is right. But requesting the Holy Spirit to act according to our will as a mark and signal is not usually the … Continue reading Are You Looking For A Healthy Sign Of God’s Love This Valentine’s Day? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Some of my relatives out West are what you might call cowboys and my relatives in the Midwest farmers. So, when we relocated to Collier County back in the 1960's the town of Immokalee was not so foreign to my father. Still the situation, in terms of human rights seemed … Continue reading When Things Seem Impossible How Do You Endure? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today I am morning the passing of my friend Radcliff, who did so love Jesus. So, it is a good day to contemplate the love oof God and the perfect and amazing gift of Jesus. And the thing is that many do not know what they really want in this … Continue reading What Do You Have To Say About The Way Of Small Miracles? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Yesterday we had this glimpse of the golden era of Solomon and now a couple of verses later we have the decline of the dynasty and the reality that one can be a wise fool. For the King who had it all, everything is about to spiral out of control … Continue reading How Are We To Respond To All The Different Religions? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of the church and the bride of Christ…about love of God and love of our neighbors. Today we look in the mirror and realize that though we think we are groomed and something of worth, the reality is … Continue reading If We Come Clean, Are We All In? →

    Good Morning Friends,   A friend of mind once told me that he believed that God designed things to work for those who decide to follow the design. There are rules all around us if we belong to any religious institution or community. Sometimes we agree with the rules and other times we do not. Sometimes … Continue reading What Rules Measure Our Lives? →

    Good Morning Friends,    Today we face some scripture that presents a real challenge of staying on topic. It is easy to waffle into being double minded. So, I will try and focus on what Paul, Mark and Solomon give us to think about concerning worship, government, miracles, and our faith. But in the … Continue reading Can We Serve Everybody? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Maybe we are deceiving ourselves by a misreading of history in the belief that it will not repeat itself. The connecting thread though it all is God's love pit against the wisdom of every age that considers faith in Christ a folly or perhaps worse something to be used to … Continue reading Is Our Fate To Be Persecuted For A Spiritually Unique Purpose? →

    Good Morning Friends,     You and I need as much, and perhaps more wisdom than Solomon needed in his day and age. We have very difficult choices facing each of us, and they are increasingly challenging and complex. And as we try and live our lives out in this progressively demanding, secularized, non-Christianized society, … Continue reading How Do We Gain Collective Spiritual Wisdom? →