When the Door Slams Shut!
“Faith is believing when you don’t see it, but it’s also obeying when you don’t understand it.” Rick Warren God doesn’t just ask us to believe things we can’t see. He also often requires us to obey when we do see but don’t understand. “Abraham obeyed without knowing where he was going.” I was talking …
Successful or Unsuccessful?
“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people don’t feel like doing.” Rick Warren This is so true! So many people want to lose weight but they aren’t willing to change their diet and start exercising. So many people want to walk in financial …
Losing Our Vision
“Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.” (Judges 16:21) Samson’s story is a long one of bad decisions. The bottom line, though, is that the enemy enslaved him and took his vision from …
When Things Go from Bad to Worse
“Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people ? Why did You ever send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all.” Moses was really giving YAWEH a piece of his mind in this passage. God had spoken to him and told him to go and speak to the Egyptian Pharoah and that God would cause him to set the enslaved Hebrews free. Instead, …
Which Kingdom?
This is a video of my time with Parole du Salut last week. Parole du Salut is a large, city-impacting Assembly of God in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is a recording of the entire service. Their worship was amazing! My message starts at about the halfway point. The title of …
Owning It
“Then David said to Abiathar, “That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family.” (1 Samuel 22:22) “Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. …
