i like me a lil Max.

so im a bit of a Max Lucado fan. i have His study bible and i love it recently i started a study on The Love of God and this mornings passage was in 2 Kings 15:2-16:20. an excerpt from the devotional is:
“Human love will always be a faint shadow of God’s love. [...]

mini-david

i see Psalms and Proverbs as default books. when im not really sure where to start reading in the bible i start with one of them because both books are jammed packed with wisdom and good stuff. Frankly it’s easy to remember hey today is September 7th, ill read Psalm/Proverbs 7. so recently i started [...]

people pleaser

Rex, Senior Pastor at Grace Fellowship, during the 7th part in his 12 part series covering the Sermon on the Mount titled “Living for an Audience of One” mentioned an interesting type of people during this message: people pleasers.
usually the phrase people pleaser has a poor connotation because it’s used in the extreme but to [...]

Responsibilities

i was discussing with my friend about a recent marriage rally at the capitol here in Albany. I support traditional marriages and am not supportive of same sex marriage. i was trying to figure out what my christian responsibilities should be and should the government be involved in what seems to be almost a church [...]

texting alert

see, texting was even popular in bible days i bet Esther had an iphone. yup.
Esther 4:7-8 “Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. 8 He also gave him a copy [...]

breaking up

im so glad it’s Easter. Not only because it reminds me of what Jesus did for me and family time but also cause now i can eat and drink coffee. Praise Jesus for good things! Last Saturday i felt God telling me to take my last week of beverage fasting and make it into a [...]

Daily Goodness

Two online devo’s were especially good and right on today. I sat down to write out my thoughts on both when i realized my friends beat me to it (and i really couldn’t say it any better), so instead, i’ll direct you to their sites. Click here for thoughts on the Purpose Driven Life and [...]

What’s your limp?

How often do we thank God for the hard times? I know I have heard in the past to be thankful for what you go through because it makes you who you are. I think there was a period in my life where I thought that was fake. But I truly believe that today. In [...]

Dear Jesus please don’t make me speak…

An article in the recent Relevant November/December edition (it just came in the mail Friday and I have already read it through twice- I’m obsessed with this magazine) hit a chord with me. The article “Bus Stops and Missed Opportunities” tells the story of a Christian who goes oversees to be a missionary but when [...]

What!?!

Daniel 2:5-6
“ The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will [...]