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Inside the Will of God

“Outside the will of God, there’s nothing I want. Inside the will of God, there’s nothing I fear” (A. W. Tozer). A. W. Tozer nailed it. Outside of the will of God, there’s nothing I want. What could I possibly gain that would be worth losing my soul in the process? What could be worth sacrificing a relationship with the One who created me and who knows me best? I’m not saying I could lose my…

God Uses Broken Things

“For several centuries, a village was known for its exquisite and fragile porcelain. Especially striking were its urns, which were as high as tables and as wide as chairs. They were admired around the globe for their strong form and delicate beauty. Legend has it that when each urn was finished, there was one final step. The artist broke it and then put it back together with gold filigree. An…

A Different Take on Galatians

“It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved;…

Hey June

Admit it. You didn’t just read those words. You sang them. I know I did (at least in my head). But can anyone pinch me because when did June get here and where did April and May go? In less than three weeks, we’ll hit the day with the most daylight in it (which also happens to be the official first day of summer). After that, the countdown to Christmas is on. Well, at least for me it is. Most of…

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Hymn Night 2026

The main campus of my church hosted a hymn night. It was better than advertised and even better than I thought it would be going in. Of course, they sang all the classic hymns that I loved growing up and a few newer ones (including a couple that I wasn’t familiar with before tonight). The highlight was when they brought out Bill Gaither to talk about one of the songs his wife had written back in…

The Smallest Thing

“Readiness for God means that we are prepared to do the smallest thing or the largest thing—it makes no difference. It means we have no choice in what we want to do, but that whatever God’s plans may be, we are there and ready” (Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest). Many of us miss God’s call because we’re waiting for the big assignment or the earth-shaking reveal when God is calling us…

Watch Your Thoughts

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” (Frank Outlaw) The problem with a lot of modern Christianity, particularly the American variety, is that most people think that you automatically drift toward holiness…

Prophetic Words

That’s pretty much where we are, folks. I get that we had to give up meeting corporately during the pandemic because of health concerns. But here we are in 2026, and there is almost no excuse not to gather together weekly for worship. If your immune system is compromised, I get staying home for virtual service, but I believe that we as believers should make every effort to gather together in…

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Why We Need Each Other (from 2010)

This is another pre-Wordpress post. I believe I wrote this as a Facebook note (remember those?) back in 2010: I think one of the reasons that community is so important is that it enlarges our view of God. I like to think that each of us carry puzzle pieces of what God is like. Each has a few pieces that reveal a limited aspect of God. When you get to know me, you add more pieces to your puzzle…

Richer in the Valley

“DURING HARD TIMES REMEMBER: The soil is always richer in the valley.” As much as I would really like to spend the rest of my life going from one mountaintop experience to the next, I know that’s not how it works. That’s not how you grow spiritually. Even if you could somehow manage to live your faith solely based on ecstatic experiences and emotional highs, you’re still going to end up as a…

What We Become

“What we become is more important than where we’re from” (seen on a church sign). People can get so caught up in their past and become a prisoner to it. So many lives are defined by regret and bitterness. So many can’t move forward because they’re still stuck in the same place where they received their wounds that won’t heal. So many have been the victim for so long that they don’t know how to…

Living in the Answered Prayers of the Past

We do have such short memories, don’t we. Once I have the answer from God, I often forget that I ever prayed for it and live as if I had somehow managed to obtain it all on my own. I imagine most of us are like that. We’re as forgetful as those silly Israelites in the wilderness who complained and whined even after seeing the Red Sea part and manna fall from the sky. I think we forget because we…

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Saturday Randomness

It’s been a little while since I did a random post of random thoughts and such. I couldn’t think of anything better, so here we are with a little stream of consciousness. I’m dog sitting currently for my sister and her family. Well, technically I’m dog sitting, rabbit sitting, fish sitting, and chinchilla sitting. So basically I’m pet sitting. But I like all the critters, so it’s all good. I…

Drown Out the Noise

“…new week coming and yeah, do I hear you. It’s all coming at you & you can hear this voice that says you can’ t do it & it’s all a bit impossible, just too hard. And there’s this in the quiet: To silence the other voices in your head all day, You need God’s Word in your heart at the beginning of your day. His Word that holds you close & whispers: “I’ve never quit loving you and never will.…

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Getting God Right

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like” (A W…

Smell Those Roses

“Taking time to smell the roses leaves enduring impressions of a dear glory that, if sufficiently reengaged, can change the quality of our entire life. The rose in a very special way—and more generally the flower, even in its most humble forms—is a fragile but irrepressible witness on earth to a ‘larger’ world where good is somehow safe” (Dallas Willard). I do take time occasionally to smell…

Perseverance

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark” (C.H. Spurgeon). Perseverance is the key. Sometimes you need to be like the snail. Not the fastest, not the brightest, but always waking up every morning and moving a little at a time toward your destination. The key isn’t being the best ever. It’s showing up every day and not giving up, no matter how slow the pace or how far away the goal…

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