I have been guilty of keeping God at a Heismans pose distance away from me. It's like I give Him the stiff arm to keep him away. This is actually old news because recently I have just allowed Him to collide with me as much as He wants to. Recently my favorite verse has been Revelation 3:20 "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears ( Read more... )

Psalm 55:1-8

1 Listen to my prayer, O God,
       do not ignore my plea;

2 hear me and answer me.
       My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

3 at the voice of the enemy,
       at the stares of the wicked;
       for they bring down suffering upon me
       and revile me in their anger.

4 My heart is in anguish within me;
       the ( Read more... )

Joy- a very glad feeling: happiness; delight 2. anything causing this feeling 3. the expression of this feeling

22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

According to the definition, joy is nothing more than a feeling but ( Read more... )

So many times I just feel like I just exist. I’m not living with a purpose. It’s like by flesh, mind, and heart are not attached. In my flesh I constantly struggle with all kinds of stuff. I mistreat people all the time. I rub people the wrong way constantly with my words. I cut others with my tongue and watch them suffer. In my flesh, I am a bad ( Read more... )

Matthew 10:39 'Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.' These words have been ringing in my mind and trampling my heart for the past few days. Jesus is telling His disciples right before He sends them out to minister to others this amazing truth. I love how the Message says this 'If your first ( Read more... )

I love illustrations that we can use to relate God's message to our lives. Enjoy!

One day, the Lord was at the baseball field with his team when Satan strolled up and challenged them to a game. As the creator of the universe, God told satan that they could bat first. Throughout the game, the pitchers for both teams were sitting down batters left ( Read more... )

Quick thought... Christians are called to be pimps for God. Think about that for a sec. Tell me what you think...Peace 

I was watching this movie the other day entitled 'Double Jeopardy.' As most of you know, double jeopardy is a legal term that means a person cannot be tried in a court of law twice for the same crime. In the movie, the wife was accused of killing her husband. Come to find out, the husband staged his own death just so he could move on to another ( Read more... )

Today I was just sitting in the HSM office because we had to meet with several of the other pastors to talk for just a few minutes. During that time when I should have been paying attention to what was being said  I realized what I really want out of life. As weird as this may sound the true desire of my heart is to be to be unknown. I do not want ( Read more... )

Tonight I made visual contact with one Tyler Shugart. I heard his melodious voice penetrating through the air. I saw his swift style of elegance embrace a room with love and I heard his gentle laugh of enjoyment. It can be said that I had the true 'Tyler Shugart' experience. It only cost me ten dollars and about three hours of my time. I am telling ( Read more... )