Recently while in Israel, I had the opportunity with Starla and a group from our church to visit the Garden of Gethsemane. This is the garden where Jesus prayed, the night before he was betrayed, arrested and crucified. The word Gethsemane means “Oil press.” The meaning indicates, that in order […]
Make Every Minute Count!
I just received news that one of my Pastor friends that I have known for 30 years, just lost his 20 year old son in a motorcycle accident. My heart is hurting for this precious family. This young man loved the Lord and had a purpose and passion for life. […]
Get Up!
We’ve all seen great fights by athletes such as Muhammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao or even Rocky Balboa. The fight goes late into the rounds. Sweat is pouring from their bodies. Fatigue is now as much of an enemy as their […]
Get Ready for Change!
How true it is! If you change nothing, nothing will change. Life is full of changes. You must be willing to adapt and change in order to continue to grow. There is no growth with change. There is no change without loss. There is no loss without pain. I’m not […]
Ready or Not!
I was 12 or 13 years old and had just come home from school. Walking into my house I noticed something wasn’t right. The television was on, the lights were on, there was food on the stove top, the table was even set, but something wasn’t right. My Mother was […]
Holy Communion?
My brothers and I grew up as Preacher’s Kids hanging around the church after school and through the week. Oftentimes we would find ourselves hungry like normal red-blooded American boys. So we would break into the church kitchen looking for food. Usually, all we found were communion wafers and […]
Renew me O God!
There was a season in my life as a teenager when I became so hardened in my heart that I remember while being punished for something I had done, I told my father, you can spank me all you want, I’m not crying. My tears dried up after that. […]
The Impact of Prayer
I stopped to grab a bite to eat at an East Texas restaurant recently. As I walked in I quickly noticed that everyone in the restaurant was wearing camo. It was as if everyone had just climbed out of a deer stand and in to their trucks to go eat […]
Right Place, Right Time!
Have you ever found yourself at the right place, at the right time? Maybe you were standing in the long check-out line at the grocery store and someone points at you and calls you to another register and allows you to go first. Have you ever drove through a crowded […]
You are Chosen by God!
The word of the day is chosen. John 15:16 says, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—“ You have been chosen by God. Did you know that most people are hindered at one time […]