“Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled thyself before the Lord…” – 2 Kings 22:19 Smallness — what a profitable passageway to all things good. Can you think of any lasting work of good in your life which was not preceded by a tenderhearted humility? When God saved me, He had to break…

“Because he holds fast to Me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows My name.” –Psalm 91:14 {ESV} Have you ever felt that you stood in need of borrowing a cup of someone else’s faith? Sometimes life is cooking up more than you feel equipped to handle and you…

“His faithfulness is a shield and buckler…” –Psalm 91:4 Sweet relief is ours this morning with a precious promise from on high. In a heated and hostile world, where does the Christian find hope for his continuance? How is it that we will experience the eventual outcome of victory and lasting rest? One might have…

“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” –Proverbs 16:24 Communicators, beware! Your words today may have the potential to severely help someone! Yesterday was a day stocked with sporadic encouragement proceeding from the lips of my fellow humans. Finding myself surprised and delighted it seemed that God…

What is the greatest potential which this day holds? The greatest potential is not that we might see one soul come to Christ; this is certainly immense among all human privileges, but it is not the single greatest possibility for today. A physical healing for you or one close to you is a monumental occasion…

Today and tomorrow loom before me hissing, “I dare ya. Come on, give us your best shot if you think you’re up to it. You’ll never make it.” Do you ever hear life speaking to you in an intimidating voice? When my life does so, it primarily seeks to utilize demands of time upon me. Today…

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep…

“This is an olive dish from Cypress. The large section is for the olives, the little ones are for the pits.” –Tom & Karen, missionaries to Cypress. On Sunday I was handed a little green gift bag by a dear couple who have invested decades into missions work. Tom and Karen are currently back in…

“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” –Proverbs 12:25 {ESV} “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.” –Proverbs 12:25 {KJV} “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” –Proverbs 12:25 {NIV} “Worry…

Yesterday morning I shared a message with the Meadow family concerning the call of Christ for His followers to carry their own cross and deny themselves. Strongly worded, Jesus made this a non-negotiable requirement for following Him. At the end of the message I confessed to the church that I often struggle at the close…