This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves....
8046 children in Oklahoma were in the foster care system as of Jan. 1. On the front page of the Tulsa World today was an article about the 843 meth labs found in Oklahoma this past year, with 429 of them being in Tulsa. When the parents are arrested, the kids enter...
I'm concerned about the moral ambiguity of my generation. I'm concerned about the harm and pain that is caused from failing to set boundaries and from failing to value precious gifts. I want to share my own story because I think it's important to be honest, especially...
While I drink my tea this morning, I’m sitting at my kitchen table gazing out at thousands of snowflakes falling. It’s said that no two snowflakes are the same. They all have a unique lattice structure, just as each human has a unique set of fingerprints. I heard yesterday that scientists are looking at the bacteria on our bodies and have discovered that we carry and spread our own unique set of bacteria on everything we touch.
Last week, Pastor Alex finished his series called "Wired," that was about our personality gifts that God gives each of us. He said at one point that the gifts were divided into two broad categories: speaking gifts and serving gifts. My top two were speaking gifts....
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 Have you considered adoption? If you are like most people I know, you have adopted,...
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. - Hebrews 3:1 Fixing your eyes on Jesus is vital to every believer. There are so many distractions in every part of our lives, and so...
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. Proverbs 6:5 The 6th chapter of Proverbs has a lot to say about freedom in finances. You can read Proverbs 6:1-11, and learn a lot about how to be wise or foolish with...
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:26 I'm making overhead announcement slides for a church again. I enjoy doing it. This is my scripture for turning off cell phones. 🙂
I'm currently reading Under Cover: The Promise of Protection Under His Authority by John Bevere. I truly desire to be obedient to God in everything that I do. Hopefully I will gain some supernatural clarification as I read through this book on what areas I have been...
Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, Ecclesiastes 10:20 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful...
The Roman Empire was a plentiful and abundant society, much as our society is today. The people loved to watch sporting events, eat delicacies, and surround themselves with sensual pleasures. In the midst of that, John the Baptist came and called out to the people....