Matthew 13:47 – Once again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net… Jesus spent much of His time with fishermen and fishing. He spent His time around the shores and lakes. The fisherman of old would be astounded by the technology we have available today. They did not use devices like gillnets or trawls, […]
Psalm 3:3 (NIV) But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. We don’t have to look down in despair or defeat because we serve a God who lifts our head. He promises to never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus said, “In this world you will […]
All experiences are not created equal. Contrary to what you may have heard, experience is not the best teacher; educated experience is. There is a big difference between the two. Experience doesn’t teach you anything unless you take the time to learn from it. It is not enough to simply go through a situation; you have […]
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. When I was in high school, we had a massive snowstorm two weeks before Christmas break, resulting in four weeks off school! This seemed like a dream come true as a teenager, but I quickly realized that there wasn’t […]
To live life with intentionality, you must be decisive. Indecisiveness prevents action and kills opportunity. Analyzing every detail stalls forward progress. William Arthur Ward said, “The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.” Many people are stuck in the paralysis of analysis. They are drowning […]
I enjoy playing golf, but I have to admit I am not very good at it. Knowing this, I have settled in my heart that my central purpose on the course is to provide comic relief in the midst of an otherwise mentally taxing, high-stress game. It’s not that I tell the best jokes; it’s […]
When do we worship? When we feel like it? When we are in a church building? When things are going great? In the Gospels when Jesus was talking to the Samaritan woman at the well, He said some pretty interesting things about when we are to worship. John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and […]
Abraham Lincoln said, “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” Lincoln’s confidence in doing what was right was more important than doing what was popular. Lincoln was a man of confidence—not so much in himself, but in […]
Happy Valentine’s Day…also my birthday. My mom always says she wanted to name me Valentino, but I am grateful they named me John! Once while Jesus was traveling and speaking about the Kingdom of God He had an interesting question asked to Him… Matthew 26:36-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus […]
Our youngest child, Henry, is a little over two years old. He is still learning how to hear our voices and recognize our words. However, he is consistently developing his ability to learn a language, which takes time. As children of God, we are developing as well. We don’t become a follower of Christ and […]