Vision or Pipe Dream?

When God gives you direction for your life or ministry, write it down. Until you write it down, it's nothing more than a pipe dream. It’s devoid of substance. Writing forces you to express ideas in a coherent manner. If you can't write it, you don't understand it. You won't be able to effectively share it with others.

Guardrails for Guidance: Only Buy the Real thing

Be sure to test out your revelations before you palm them off on somebody else as being from God. If you do miss it, be willing to admit it. It will give you more credibility, not less. There’s no hurry, we have all eternity, and a God who knows the end from the beginning.

Guardrails for Guidance: Hearing God’s Voice in a Noisy World

If we are honest in our desire to please God, not self, our first step is to check our own heart. We’re all still human after all. Most of our thinking is about us. We all have our own experiences, needs, and desires. We naturally interpret things through those lenses. Because of this, a heart check may be in order.

People Need Purpose

One of the more common phrases in our Christian world is “I’m going to pray about it.” In this case we’re talking about praying about God’s direction and purpose for your life and ministry. So what does that mean? How do I “look out to see what he will say to me”?

Do you have a “raison d’être”?

When you know the "why" of your existence, it provides you with motivation, direction, and most importantly, a sense of purpose. In French, they call it "raison d'être," which translates to "reason for being." Purpose changes lives.

2025: Decide, Resolve, Consecrate

Man-conceived goals, accomplished in man-mustered strength, are able to produce only man-made results. Make a decision to go a step beyond resolutions this year. Step over into consecration. Decide to follow Jesus, over, under, sink or swim.

Come and Go With Me

Come and go with me to my Father's House. There is joy, joy, joy! Speciall things are supposed to happen at the House of God. One of those is prayer. Come and go with me. to a a place of encounter with Heaven.

Lead a Life of Prayer

Paul repeatedly talked about constant prayer, but we tend to ignore it, reserving our "prayer time" for a few moments in the morning or on the drive to work. It’s time to rethink the instructions to ”pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), “be constant in prayer” (Romans 12:12), and “praying at all times in the Spirit” (Ephesians 6:18). Jesus is our example. We’re never alone, but we’re often out of touch. Lead a life of prayer.

God Bless America!

July 4, 2024 God Bless America! “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Amendment 1 to the … Continue reading God Bless America!

Tithing Works.

We have spent a lot of time on the subject of the tithe. Today, we address some practical things to help you get started on the right foot. The important thing is to make a start. God will help the willing.