Forgiveness
Why I Choose Mercy & Grace
The promises of God are fuel for the soul. I love the history of the bible because it provides context for my faith. Prophecy in Scripture helps me to know ...
Read More After The Spanking
Raising children is an ongoing adventure that comprises a major part of most of our stories. To parent well over the long haul is no easy task. These precious bundles ...
Read More Where We Rest
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” – Luke 23:34 Man’s worst moment had arrived. Roman spikes had been driven through the ...
Read More Failing Bravely
Will you say these words with me? These are bible words, inspired words, human words...words reserved only for the redeemed. You need to say them as often as necessary and ...
Read More Bad Parents & Their Ugly Child
Unforgiveness is the illegitimate child who springs forth from the unholy union of Hurt and Fear. Here’s how this birth occurs in an individual’s life: Some form of pain comes ...
Read More Banished Shame, Evicted Fear
Most of you well-know the account of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Growing up in America we have been exposed to the facts of the Gospel, especially here in the ...
Read More So You Want To Be Free…
A decade is far too long a time to be locked up. From 1984 to 1994 I spent every single day - morning/noon/night - incarcerated. During those years I went ...
Read More Refusing Carry-On’s
In a very simple illustration during Sunday's message, Father gave breakthrough to many people. I should not be surprised because the moment in the message was basically a last minute ...
Read More Sobering Scenes
He came to His own but they did not desire to receive Him. He offered them the Way but they turned in a different direction - the wrong direction - ...
Read More Humbling Questions From Merciful God
Sometimes the Lord declares. Sometimes The Almighty thunders truths punctuated with an exclamation point. Many times He promises and swears oaths. On occasion, when God wishes to impact us…He sends ...
Read More Dealing With Dirty Laundry
In your heart there needs to be an assurance of a right standing before God. Guilt in our hearts produces doubts in our minds which can, over time, undermine the ...
Read More Holy Week Monday: Stillness of Heart
The week of Easter affords Christians a opportunity to recognize a calendar holiday that is uniquely our own. Somehow Easter has avoided the mark of secularization that hijacked Christmas ...
Read More Testimony Of The Unchained
The song below says most of what I want to say in today's post but, as you listen to Tasha Cobbs hammer it home, I want to tell you ...
Read More Questions Which Lead Us Home Again
Sometimes the Lord declares. Sometimes The Almighty thunders truths punctuated with an exclamation point. Many times He promises and swears oaths. On occasion, when God wishes to impact us...He ...
Read More Genesis 1-3 – Very Simply Explained
God always was God initiated creation God made man God loved man Man knew God Man loved God Man obeyed God Satan hated God Satan targeted man Satan ...
Read More Bubble-Wrap People
My kids love it. Well, for that matter, so do I. I hope to encounter some of it this Christmas and I will likely hide it for my own pleasure. ...
Read More The Kindness Of God To You
Yesterday, over some ridiculously delicious Sunday afternoon Mexican food, I was discussing with those at my table the various ways the members of the Lyle family awake in the morning. ...
Read More What Do You Do With All That Mercy You’ve Received?
Who needs you to extend the olive branch? My little boy was my instructor last night around 9 PM. He's been devouring a new "bible" that I bought him and ...
Read More Stop Knitting Your Own Noose
How would you classify your conscience? Some posses a sensitive conscience which pierces them quickly and deeply each time they transgress. Others among us have a dulled conscience which has ...
Read More When You Find Yourself In Trouble
Trouble. Nobody wants it. When it comes, nobody welcomes it. Everyone likes to see it go away. Trouble. We have trouble with people, trouble with money, trouble with our bodies, ...
Read More The Folly Of Foolish Toads
Walking into my office this morning, my attention was drawn to an object perched right outside my door, directly in the light from the streetlamp. As I took a few ...
Read More The God Of…
If you wish to connect with another believer then I encourage you to find a prayer partner or two. No other expression of our faith does more to bind two ...
Read More Just How Saved Am I?
This is for any and all who have bowed their hearts in trust to Jesus Christ: you need to be very careful not to make the following mistake. If you ...
Read More Brand Spanking New
I remember clearly that morning. Leaving work in a raggedy, low-rider truck I made my way out of the parking lot of my workplace. I turned right and drove a ...
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