Nothing More to Live For

I wake up in the morning and before my feet hit the floor I realize that I have nothing more to live for. I pour myself a cup of coffee to start my day and I realize that I have nothing more to live for. I write my blog post or research my sermon, I mentor a friend or attend a prayer meeting and I realize that I have nothing more to live for. I think of my family, my aging parents, my beautiful wife, my three boys, two daughter-in-laws and my 3.8 grandchildren and I realize that I have nothing more to live for. I finish my day, lay my head down on the pillow and I realize that I have nothing more to live for. (more…)

Who Do You Trust?

Our Lives – a mishmash of our ways and God’s ways

Our Desire – 100% God’s ways

Our Need – to trust God and God alone

Our Flaw – we trust ourselves and God finding it difficult to tell the difference

Price Paid

I find it a struggle to remember that Good Friday isn’t just about those who follow Christ and that Easter Sunday isn’t just about those whose faith will lead to eternal life. I know that Jesus’ death, the payment at the cross, was enough for every sinner who has lived, is living and has yet to be born but Easter still seems to be more about me and maybe that isn’t a bad thing. (more…)

Godly Obedience – Satan’s Tool

Satan is devious. The Bible uses terms such as Father of Lies and the one who masquerades as an angel of light. Satan’s most effective tool is to cast doubt on our understanding of what God has called us to do. He lives in the lies of instant gratification and worldly prosperity. He prods us with what ifs and if onlys so that what appeared to be Godly obedience now seems to be sinful wondering. The benefits of following God’s direction is overshadowed by the outcome and the doubt placed in our minds by the Evil One. (more…)

Traditions

We should all take inventory of the practices we have deemed to be imperative as a follower of Christ and as a collective of Christ followers. Traditions have a way of moving from preference to biblical command.

Positive Procrastination Promotes Profound Possibilities

Alliteration aside, this post title should catch your attention. How can procrastination be positive? How can it promote profound possibilities? Isn’t procrastination the disease of the weak willed and chronically unmotivated? We all do it but to suggest adopting it as a way of life, isn’t that unchristian? (more…)