Leading a Life of Significance
I accepted Jesus into my heart as a young child. You could literally call it child-like faith. I had an overwhelming sense of a need for forgiveness of sin and a need for Jesus in my heart. I was raised by Christian parents and from a young age I watched them live out what they…
One of the first songs I ever learned to sing when I was a young child was “The Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock.” It is good for me to remind you if you are following along, that I grew up going to church all my life, so if you did not grow…
Matthew, the first book of the New Testament and one of the four gospels, shares details about Jesus’ life on earth. The first seventeen verses of the first chapter may appear boring but not really if you look deeper. Why would the genealogy of Jesus, a list of all His forefathers and mothers, be of…
If you are a new Christ follower, or you are still on the fence about Jesus, I hope you will continue on with us in this series. If you are just now joining, I have been encouraging everyone to read the four gospels found in the New Testament––different but similar accounts of Jesus’ life on…
Worship is my word for 2019! It is the most powerful weapon for all of the battles we will face in life. I’ve been writing for almost 8 years now, heading into my 9th year. If I could pick one thing for any new Christ follower to know, it is that when we worship Jesus…
Betrayal…is such a horrible thing. If we are all truly honest with ourselves…we have been a betrayer at one time or another. We have betrayed a confidence or we have betrayed a friendship in our mind even with a critical thought. There are many other ways to betray; I’ve just mentioned two of which I…
I often write, “What I need to read.” I hope the four gospels I challenged you to read are on your list of reading for this week. This is the fourth blog of a new series about deciding to follow Jesus and developing a personal, intimate relationship with Him. You can review the series thus…
I hope you are enjoying following along with this new series. If you are just joining us for the first time, I encourage you to scroll back and read the last few blogs and catch up. My life verse is Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your…