Have You Not Heard?

I wrote a post a couple of days ago inspired by a book I am reading, Cries of the Heart.  In one of the chapters, the author – Ravi Zacharias, is discussing the revelation of who God is to humanity.  The Scripture passage he uses in describing how God reveals Himself to us is one of [...]

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The Cries All Around Us

I am reading a book entitled Cries of the Heart by Ravi Zacharias. In this book he outlines God’s answers to the cries of the human heart. Those things which sidetrack us or drive us off course, those things which cause us private pain which we may never share or even let on we feel [...]

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Baby Steps

Guten Morgen to all! The week is more than half over, and with the end of this week January is also half over.  Can you believe that?  I hope it has been a good week for you so far. If your life is like mine, you notice the calendar is starting to fill up again after [...]

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Contentment In Christ – Part Two

We are now ready to define contentment from the Scripture: Contentment is being satisfied with Christ, nothing less and nothing more. So what does Christ offer us to help us in this area of contentment?
The first thing Christ provides for us is new desires. One of the basic ways that unbelievers and believers can be [...]

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Contentment in Christ – Part 1

Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked. “Because I’ve caught enough fish for today,” said the fisherman. “Why don’t you catch more fish than you need?’ the rich man asked.”What would I do [...]

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Thoughts On Leadership

Wednesday night, Pastor Heinze gave a message on leadership.  It impacted me on several levels, and I wanted to share his points with you.  Whether you are in a titled position, a youthworker, a pastor or “just” a church member, you are a leader of some sort or another.  People watch us whether we know it or [...]

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I must apologize for not getting a post up first thing Monday morning.  I am sorry.  To be honest, I didn’t know exactly what to write.  Have you ever had so much going through your heart and or head that you when you tried to sort it all out it all came out in one big gobbledy [...]

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Getting Ready

Please take a moment before you read the following article to read/pray through the following passage from Psalms.  Hopefully it will prepare your heart, as it did mine, for what is to come.  Please don’t skip over it.  It is the most important thing I could give you. 
“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known [...]

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