Prayer Take 1/40

This is the start of our church praying for 40 days for our Take It to the Streets Ministry. Each day will have a scripture reading, a list things to pray for and I will write a quick devotional thought from the day’s passage. The schedule is not original with us but is built off […]

Unanswered

Jesus says, “whatever you ask for in prayer, you will receive… if you have faith.” Now I don’t know about you, but I have asked for plenty of things and did not get them. I have asked for outcomes to “outcome” a particular way and it didn’t happen the way I asked for it to. […]

Hurt

Hurt Its not fun… no kidding right? Comes at moments unexpected from the most unlikely places. It pierces through he toughest of hearts, tears up the strongest of people, and forces things to happen unintended. Unintended words Unintended actions Unintended retaliation All ‘drawn” back and shot quickly like a hunter trying to kill a doe. […]

Testimony Thursday

A few years back I found myself working more than spending time with my family. It’s not that I didn’t love them or didn’t care, because I did. I was just working in an environment where I was never really sure where I fitted in and an environment where there was a lot to do. […]

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Read the Bible

There are some people in the world that read the Bible more than I do and it amazes me. Not because of the “more” as if my reading is a lot but because I can’t believe they would “waist their time” doing it. So here are 5 reason why some people should never read the […]

Take the Hit

As a leader sometimes you have to “take the hit” for the well being of the group you are leading. There is a tension in leadership between being liked and making hard choices that have the potential of upsetting people. Choices of… 1. Direction – even though you talk and talk there are some who […]