Sometimes we have to lose our life in order to gain our life. Makes perfect sense doesn’t it? When you are caught deep in the snare of any sin, when you are caught deep in any web that surrounds you and won’t let you go, consider that it might be time to reinvent yourself, face suffering
It’s Funny that Jesus asked Peter, His disciple, this question, “Who do you say I am?” Peter quickly answers, “You are the Messiah”. That doesn’t sound so funny, but if you realize that Peter answered correctly on the outside, but on the inside, still had n
When I first came to Jesus, I realized that I was on the road to freedom…..but I had not yet arrived at my destination. You know the story with kids in the car, “Are we there yet? , Are we there yet?”. I believe that when we come to Jesus, when we make the decision to follow Him
I used to be a card carrying member of the “Hard Hearted Club”! Yep, I believed that all the homeless and the poor were homeless and poor because they were lazy! And of course, all people with tattoos are thugs, and all teens are spoiled and don’t know how to tell the truth. Oh, an
You know what they say when we assume something, right? We have to be careful because often we make a real “donkey” out of you (U) and me (ME). I have to be careful at both home and at work that I don’t just assume that everything will be done. Assuming is when we take something or
There was a time in my life that I questioned whether God, indeed Jesus, was even real. Like many things in life, there is difference between “honest skepticism” and “phony skepticism”. I was an honest skeptic. I simply wanted to the Gospel to make sense; I wanted to understa