Fresh heart for the journey
“… in your presence there is fullness of joy:” Psalm 16:11 ESV Imagine you’re halfway through your shift at Cosmos Burgers. There hasn’t been much to distinguish this workday from any others this week. But a burble starts to permeate the melancholy of this day when word has it the Presidential motorcade is pulling […]
“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” James 4:8 ESV Today I need a close God! I need to feel Him bump into me. I need his breath on my shoulder. I want the God that I can’t escape from. I don’t want an accidental encounter but a second-by-second contact. […]
It’s fascinating watching people step from one year into the next. Some do it nostalgically … glancing back repeatedly and fondly. It’s been a very good year with lots of good memories. They’d take another just like it. Others do it with relief. They don’t wish to step into another year like they just […]
“Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of … all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is […]
“Our greatest ministry is the presence we bring to others from having been with Jesus.” Since all of us are theologically and practically ‘in the ministry’ we could all learn an important lesson from this statement. Whether we teach school, fix cars, work in IT, are retired or take a salary from work within […]
“The one thing I want from God, the thing I seek most of all, is the privilege of meditating in his Temple, living in his presence every day of my life, delighting in his incomparable perfections and glory.” Psalm 27:4 Living Bible Those words come from the Psalmist and cut to the chase of what […]
“It’s not the court that makes the palace, but the presence of the King!” Campbell McAlpine “Alone With God” It wasn’t the big, flat feet of Peter than enabled him to walk on water. It was the presence of the One who called Peter to come. (Matthew 14) It wasn’t the military genius of […]
So, how do you get ready for church? I know the physical logistics of the preparation. You decide what to wear (unless you are a woman and have done it the night before.) Then a little breakfast and in the haste to leave the house, family tensions can mount. Maybe a bit of arguing […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.