If God were to speak to you right now would you be ready to listen? Several years ago I was Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church in Aztec, NM. I took a group of Juniors and Seniors from high school down to Wayland Baptist University in Texas to check out the college and to hear [...]
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Taking risks. Going against the crowd. Standing alone. Making a difference. There are so many throughout the Scripture who fit the above description. Each one dared to risk being vulnerable to the mission of God’s plan. They were all a huge success in God’s eyes. They were each focused on the goal – that one thing [...]
An unguarded moment (pt 2)
Posted: May 1, 2008 in Bible Study, Discipleship, Faith, Lessons Learned, Memories, Oswald Chambers, Spiritual GrowthYesterday I wrote about “an unguarded moment” in my life. That moment took place in the early Spring of 2000. I catch myself sometimes thinking a lot about times that have gone by. It’s interesting to me that my children do the same. Just the other day one of them made the comment that she [...]
Randall O’Brien has a book entitled, ”I Feel Better All Over Than I Do Anywhere Else”. A friend of mine is full of all sorts of corny sayings. One I remember him saying most is, “Wherever you are there you’ll be.” I recall working for an electrical contractor in Albuquerque. It was “just a job” to help pay [...]
Today, I was at The Church at Woodland. During the time of worship I am sitting and writing in my journal. I start to notice several families with their children sitting next to them. I began to watch one little girl with a beautiful smile sitting in her mother’s lap. This is what I wrote as I [...]
Genesis 2:7 “God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive – a living soul!” (The Message). What a great morning it is! I got up with a cold… chills all over. The house is quiet and all I can hear are [...]
I’ve been visiting the early days of my life in Christ as you have read over the past week. It’s been good for me to revisit those days in my life. Much of what I was taught as a young believer came from several bands and friends. What I was taught was radical… deeply life changing… and scary to [...]
