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Let Love Abide

Let Love Abide We live in a world where people find it very hard to believe in a God they’ve never seen. But what if people could see God? Hang…



Who Taught You How to Pray?

Learning to Pray I’ve got a quick question for you: Who taught you how to pray? A few weeks ago our son turned 15 which means he got his learner’s…



Show Mercy: What matters most to God?

Mercy! What matters most to God? The other day I did the most stereotypical, idiotic, just plain dumb thing that I’ve done in a long, long time.  It all started…



humility

Humility: Saying a Quiet Yes to God

It’s Hard to be Humble In 1980, a country music singer and songwriter from Lubbock, TX by the name of Mac Davis released a hit song entitled, “It’s Hard to…



Saying YES LORD to the Tension

Tension I’ve been thinking this week about different points in my life when there’s been tension.  Sometimes it’s tension in a relationship and that’s hard when there’s a conflict in…



Speak, Lord

Does God speak? Can you hear the voice of God? “Your prayer must be turned inwards, not towards a God of Heaven nor towards a God far off, but towards…



3 Ways to Say “Yes, Lord!” in Your Daily Life

Yes, Lord! In Isaiah 26.8 we find these incredible words spoken by the prophet of God to the people of God living in an incredible dark and difficult time in…



3 Ways to Find REST

Over the course of this summer I’ve talked at length about this idea of Selah, taking time to pause, to stop working, to stop wanting, to stop worrying, to really…



Friendship with God

A Friend of God? Klaus Issler once wrote a book he entitled, “Wasting Time with God.”  I love that title.  I love it because if you think about it, we…



Forgiveness

Falsely Accused Forgiveness. Last year I heard the story of Jonathan Irons.  He had been convicted of a burglary and shooting and sentenced to 50 years in prison.  There was…