Recently I was reading the story about Balaam and his donkey, and came across the following passage: NOW WHEN Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness. When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe…
Tag: Jesus
The Man Who Won’t Go Away
Jesus is on my mind today. He is the man who won’t go away. I’ve just started reading the book by John Ortberg, Who Is This Man (Published 2012) and I haven’t even got past the first page when the reality of life and death and the impact our lives make on the individuals whom…
Mission Drift
The Apostle Paul writes to Timothy from a Roman prison and encourages him to; 1) Hold on to sound teaching. 2) Guard the good deposit that is in us. The Roman Empire was changing rapidly and Nero, was the presiding Emperor. After the death of his uncle Claudius in 54 A.D. Nero was nominated, helped…
Fathers, We Need You! You are Soul Care Providers
I was sitting in a coffee shop thinking about Father’s Day and asking God what He wanted me to share. There have been many influential fathers in my lives. Pictured above and below are just a few of some of the ones I know personally. While I was writing I was privy to a conversation…
Emergency Text Alert!
Suddenly Emergency Text Alert!! As I’m literally writing this blog, I get a text on my phone, “Did you say you are flying to Florida in two days? Have you seen the weather channel? Will Tropical Storm Alberto affect your travel? So I did what most of us do, I googled the weather channel and…
What is that to you? Follow Me
Imagine yourself to be the Apostle Peter. You have cried, prayed, fasted, fished, all night, and caught nothing. And then suddenly a voice cries out from the shore and tells you to cast your net again, just one more time. The fish come from nowhere and are practically jumping into the net. You look back…
Do I have a Pharisee’s Heart? A Word about Yom Kippur
Do I have a Pharisee’s Heart? “Yes, sometimes!” You may never have heard of Horace Pitkin. He was a missionary to China in the early 1900’s. He wrote to his freinds and basically said, “It definately won’t be long until we (he and his family) find out whether we can serve Him better above or…
An Update from Sarah Deeds and A Father’s Heart for Africa!
Sarah Deeds I dont have much time and cant get any pics to you yet but here is a quick email. Hi Everyone!!!! Wow God has been working on my heart so much and healing a lot of things that I use to believe about myself and you would be so proud God told…
You Are Beautiful And Who You Are Is Quite Enough
I’ve been studying to become a Crisis Counselor and also a trainer to teach TRE – Trauma Release Exercises. Little did I realize two years ago that I would be putting these skills to personal use. Over the past two and a half years I have been to three funerals, married and annulled, assaulted and…
