We work very hard at preventing life from ever becoming desperate.  We want things guaranteed, well-oiled, unimpeded, insulated and weightless.  We like our friends close, our enemies distanced, our demands ...

Capable people believe they can "do life" in their own power.  An inner drive can subtly, over the years, replace purposeful reliance upon the Holy Spirit.  Years of experience supplant ...

Each Monday I arise from bed and find myself in need.  Typically a long week is stretched out before me and I'm usually wrestling with the flickering desire to pull ...

There's no getting around it. Sometimes you stand in need of nothing short of a good, old-fashioned rescue.  You prefer to be calling the shots, standing strong, fully empowered and ...

You need help today.  Actually, you need far more help than you could ever realize.  You awoke in a world that is guided by a system that opposes your faith ...

Six men gathered in a conference room last night to do something very important.  No world affairs were discussed nor was any obvious conquest made that their human eyes could ...

Does God speak to you?  That's a very relevant question because we are called to love, serve, obey and enjoy God.  It is then reasonable to conclude that, if we ...

Here is what David wrote in one of his inspired songs:  "Summon Your power, O God, the power, O God, by which You have worked for us." - Psalm 68:24 ...

From the Puritan prayer book I leave you today the following: O Source of all Good,What shall I render to Thee for the gift of gifts,Thine own dear Son, begotten, ...

I would like to pray for you today Today would be a good day to let our words be few.  I awoke with a true sense of needing to be ...

Worry is a stubborn scab. For some, it is a scar that doesn't fade.  Worry is a state of being that even the most masquerading among us cannot remove from ...

What a strange Sunday morning.  My alarm went off early as it always does on the Lord's Day.  When it did so, I soon recognized that this time of rising ...

The last month has provided me opportunity to develop new methods of thinking.  Quite honestly, I wasn't really wanting to do so, but God ordained some circumstances that have forced ...

Banged Up But Still Beautiful! We've had the next two days on our family radar for a while now.  Milestones help the weeks in a hospital pass a little more ...

It's a couple of days before July.  I'm writing in the Southeastern United States where it has been, I believe, around 225 degrees for the last month.  It doesn't rain ...

When trials rush into our lives uninvited we should master the ability to do this one thing: immediately recognize that you are entering a season of testing.  Trouble serves as ...

For the first time in our marriage, Amy and I are laying out of church for the second consecutive Sunday. We are throwing down and having a big time down ...

Some things don't make much sense on paper.  I should be living out this morning very discouraged and worried and anxious and angry.  I should be full of fear and ...

As I'm typing this I'm aware that Amy is likely beginning her first full day of physical therapy.  They moved her yesterday and let me know that I'm not allowed ...

We don't know everything that will transpire in days to come regarding Amy and her mother, but I know Amy and I are better off than at least six people ...

It's Sunday, Fathers Day, and I've rarely been more aware of the goodness of my Father who has tended to us precisely over the last few days. He has answered ...

"And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Him on the way." - Mark 10:52 {ESV} ...