Often, when things are tough in our life, darkness starts to envelope us….we call it depression. How can we beat back this darkness? The first step is to continually seek the presence of Jesus in our lives. This, I believe, is the best cure for depression. I also believe that it is also never
These last few weeks have been tough for me. A few weeks ago I lost a friend of mine, Zane and mourn the loss. It seems like yesterday that I lost my friends Skip, Marcia and Sandy, who passed after a long bouts with cancer. As well as my mother, father-in law and my stepdad….all whom I loved
I was born June 18, 1956. I was born again when I was around 8 years old at the First Christian Church of Melbourne, Florida. I was a young kid but wanted to follow Jesus. I was reborn again 45 years ago at 12 years old….it was 1968. At this time I started to follow Christ and started to unde
A couple of years ago I was driving home from Melbourne late one night in my Ford Explorer. It had over 260,000 miles on it and this eerie glow flashed on the screen in my dashboard — “OIL CHANGE REQUIRED”. I was by myself and remember thinking that just like this old Ford Explorer, our lives
Jesus saw a direct connection that we so very often deny between anger and murder. Why? Because we often feel “justified”–we rationalize our anger and hate. Jesus taught that our INTENTION is a significant part of wrongdoing. Think about it, “anger”, leads very quickly
In the last of the eight BE-ATTITUDES, Jesus tells us in verse 10, ” Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This one sounds tough, doesn’t it? How can we feel blessed while being persecuted and mistreated? The qualifying thoug