We are surrounded by earthly reminders of heavenly powers at work. What we have just accepted as normal shouts the miraculous truths of our creator. How many of us at this moment are wearing a diamond. Have you ever given thought to who created that diamond? That was his creation. He made that. And do
Luke 5:12-13 "A man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' And immediately the
God is taking you somewhere. The enemy is trying to hold you back from going. God has a great plan for your life. The enemy has the opposite plan for your life. You're either actively seeking God's plan, or you're passively settling for the enemy's. This morning we will look at a story in the
What happens when we get too comfortable in life? What happens when we resist the change God is calling us into? What happens when we settle for where we are instead of going where God is leading? We miss the opportunity of a lifetime. You have no idea what God has in mind for you
Today I get to speak to an audience which actually has me nervous. An audience which has me second guessing my clothing choice, changing outfits a dozen times. They're my toughest crowd. They will look me up and down and within the first few seconds they will decide if they will listen or not. My
Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me." This is our prayer today: Where is my heart wrong? Where have I become hardened? Where have I become cynical? Where have I lost the heart you created me to have? Over time and through life experiences, we learn
Romans 5:20 "But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant." I personally love the old King James version in my big family bible 'where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.' Understand where there is sin, there is grace. Where there is failure, there is grace. Where there are shortcomings,
In John 10: 11-14 Jesus said "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
Whatever you're going through right now, yes this present mess or stress, understand God is using it to prepare you for the role you will play in the future. You are being strengthened and refined today for a tomorrow full of purpose. We can make it through most anything if we know it's for a
John 10:10 Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." We best glorify god by being FULLY ALIVE. Not just a human being going through the motions, kinda sorta there, a little in and a little out, dabbling at life. No, fully alive living this one life