Good Morning Friends,       Achieving a state of perfection is not attainable through our own efforts. As best I can tell, it is akin to the tilling of the soil to gradually improve the possibility of productive cultivation. However, today's lectionary scripture considers some other images of virtuous improvement in the process of metal refining … Continue reading How Would You Become Pure Were It Not For The King Of Glory’s Love? →

Good Morning Friends,     A couple of years ago I got word that a younger brother of mine had died. I knew he was sick, but I really did not expect it. Death is not new to me, I was at the deathbeds of both my elderly parents, but there is a special sadness when … Continue reading Do You Have Any Last Words? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Sometimes we put too much emphasis on numbers and what we have done, when the focus needs to be on love and the Spirit and what God has done. God gave it all to us and frankly when we count all the good stuff we do and what we might … Continue reading Are You Being Motivated By Faith To An Action Of Love Despite The Risk? →

   Good Morning Friends,      Now the sorrow of David for his rebellious son is a tragedy that might be compared to the divine sorrow over human sin. Because of human failure comes heartbreak and the knowledge that remedial action would require sacrifice. Death on a tree. Thankfully the revelation of God's love in Christ … Continue reading Would Your Request Of The King Witness To Your Belief In The Father’s Love? →

Malcolm just commented on Are You Ready To Be Freed?.Good Morning Friends,     Yesterday we shared in worship the collective unison experience of the Lord's Prayer. I imagine you … Good morning, Brother John, Yes, the Lord's prayer is good, for both unison and individual prayer. But while I agree with your desire to speak of … Continue reading Comment →

Good Morning Friends,     Yesterday we shared in worship the collective unison experience of the Lord's Prayer. I imagine you have said these words in a group as well. And sometimes they are words and sometimes a prayer. But when it is a prayer in a group, we might just hear that the purpose in … Continue reading Are You Ready To Be Freed? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Life has storms and some of them are of men's own making. And some of them can be of women's own making as well. The me too movement has shown how men can make a problem for themselves. What had been suppressed is coming to light. And what is different is that … Continue reading Why Are You Afraid? →

    Good Morning Friends,      I do not know if you have ever gone camping, I imagine that a lot of millennials, Gen X and Z have not. But the rule in building a campfire is to leave a space for the fire to breathe. Starting a fire from scratch without a match is a … Continue reading Are You Fanning The Flame Of The Right Passions? →

   Good Morning Friends,  If you think your past is keeping you from a future of serving God, think again. The past may be preparing it for you. Just look at the life of Paul, also known as Saul. If you are saved. If you are fully surrendered. If you are all in. If you … Continue reading What Does The Bible Tell Us About How We Might Experience Conversion And Why So Many Try To Avoid It? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today we look at the personal teaching of Jesus concerning the growing of the body of believers and the growing of ourselves spiritually and mentally. There are some similarities in the challenge of helping people to grow. Now some think this should come from a pulpit and others by encounters … Continue reading Is Your Gardening Producing A Harvest? →