“This is what the Lord says: ‘Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls.’ But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’” Jeremiah 6:16 NLT I long for the ‘old godly ways’ and not […]
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We Must Have His Presence!
“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. […]
Who Told You That?
Where we get our information is actually more important than the information we get! Often when people begin a sentence with “They say …”, I want to stop them and ask, “Who said that and where did they get their information?” Call me skeptical but not everything we hear is factual. Some of it […]
How Hungry Are You?
……….It’s not your credentials, but your hunger that matters!………. He didn’t appear to fit in … this long-haired, scruffy, flip flop wearing recent street person. But it was the late 1960s and there was a lot happening out there on the streets. Like young people finding Jesus, quitting drugs, looking for new friends and […]
Haphazard Searches
“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:13 New Living Translation “I really wanted you to wear your new grey shirt,” my wife says as I walk out of the bedroom. “It’s hanging in the closet.” “I couldn’t find it,” I respond with sincerity. She walks into the closet, and […]