Joy In Suffering
“Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance… more than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom…
Your Fragile Net Will Hold
With so many of us sequestered away from what once constituted our normal lives, I would like to share something that the Father has been speaking to me about in my own life. Let me share a word today about something many of us routinely battle: fragile nets. “Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net…
Kingdom Adjustments: New Studio Relocation
Hi, everyone. Have you caught your breath since the Corona-chaos hit the globe? I think I am beginning to. All of us have been rocked by this tiny microbe that has brought the planet to a grinding halt. My own bout with cancer was already draining some of my mental resources and – BAM –…
Fixing Fear…And A Whole Lot More
Nobody ruins my day. Nobody steals my hope. Nobody makes me angry. Nobody robs me of joy. As a matter of fact I am fully capable of doing all of that on my own, and would like to step up and say that when my day is ruined, when I am afraid or angry, or…
A Prayer From One Who Does Not Have It All Together
If you happen to have it all together, then I congratulate you and ask for you to pardon me for what is written below. If you do not have it all together, then I hope you will be helped by a prayer I wrote this morning to our faithful and true Father. I love Him…but…
Why I Got Out Of Bed Today
You woke up with something motivating you today. We rarely pause to consider it deeply, but something drives us. It is an intangible, invisible force pulsing somewhere inside of you and it facilitates how you are living out your life. Even the demotivated, the unstirred, apathetic and lazy person is motivated – these people are…
Turning the Bad into Good
What a whirlwind season this has been and is becoming. Many thanks to all of you who have shown support since my cancer diagnosis. I have another surgery scheduled for this Friday to remove a second area where they have found it, but the rest of my body looks squeaky clean. Praise the Lord. The…
Book Release: This Sunday 2/23/20
With my last few posts being focused on the cancer diagnosis I received a few weeks ago, I wanted to post something today with a little bit more of an encouraging vibe to it. Before doing so, let me say thank you to all of you who have ministered to me and my family as…
Update: Jeff’s Treatment Plan
We received the plan from the oncologist this week, and thought it would be good to post it here for those who are praying for me. I feel great and have just about fully recovered from the surgery. My radiation treatments begin on March 2nd and are scheduled to last for 6 weeks (5 days…
Amy’s Testimony of Confidence in God
On Sunday, I was not able to be in our church services, but Amy and the kids were. Amy was invited to give an update about how we were doing as a family with the cancer diagnosis that had come just 48 hours earlier. I was watching on the Livestream and found her words so…