the thing I am quickly learning is do not ask a question that might stir the pot…. If you question what a pastor believes you are not submitting to the authority of the church…. if you want to be a good member of your church, it seems the less you ask the better….
When Job was [...]
Smile You Are Being Watched
2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness
James 1:2-3 (ESV)
As many of you know I ran for years, I ran far and hard trying to get away from myself and my demons, I said I was looking for that inner [...]
Are You Simon Peter
Today I do not have a direct quote from the Bible, but I am referencing a passage that many know very well, it is in the book of John Chapter 21 verse 15 to the end… I am currently finishing up the book Stop Dating The Church by Joshua Harris… I ask this rhetorical question [...]
God Is Amazing
Not as I will, but as Thou wilt. Matt. 26:39. —Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
God never seems to fail me, I am struggling today with will, I am going to court in an hour, and I want my $6000 that was stolen from me, because there are so many things I could do to make [...]
Easy Life
My God shall be my strength. Isa. 49:5. —Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
How many times have we prayed to God for things to be easier, and he does not make it easier for us even when we think we are faithful and he should, yet something of a miracle happens… We get through it, not [...]
How Bad Is It Really
All things work together for good to them that love God. Rom. 8:28. —Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
No matter how bad things get, or how bad you think it is going to turn out, if you love God it will work out for GOOD in the end… I have had many things happen in my [...]
Be Fruitful
When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. John 15:8 (NLT)
I lived most of my life being very self centered, I never gave it a second thought about what anybody else wanted or needed it was all about me, the least of things I thought about [...]
Weathering The Storms
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. James 1:2-3 (ESV)
This is something I am not very good at, not my faith, but the joy, see my life has been filled with trials and tribulations, sometimes it seemed that [...]
Are You Strong Enough
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.” Mark 14:30 (NLT)
After yesterday I been thinking alot about where I stand with my faith, I want to be a bright light first for my family then for the church… [...]
Do you belong
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. Josh 23:11 (ASV)
I am reading a book Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris, and I felt that it relates to this as well… I am a biker at heart and there are many things that I enjoy about the motorcycle world, but [...]