I got to talking to my son this week about his future. He mentioned how he’s feeling lost. That he’s hit a point in his job where he feels like he’s stuck. Where does he go next? And, will he be able to move forward if and when he has a plan? I think we all have that feeling of uncertainty from time to time. Wondering what we’ll do next. Wondering where God will lead. Wondering how things could possibly change when all we’ve been given are the two hands that we’ve got. Longing to succeed, yet not having the power to do so. And then I open my Bible…

Reading Titus Chapters 1&2, I see that Paul is writing to Titus with pastors and elders in mind. And, with that I know it’s a message for me and for you. Why? Because we’re all leaders in one way or another. Whether we’re leading a woman’s Bible study, writing a blog, teaching Sunday School, or teaching our children at home, there’s a good chance that someone is watching and learning from us. With any call to leadership, there’s a two-fold responsibility. The first is to grow in godliness, and the second is to be an example of that godliness. And, how do we grow in godliness? Through the knowledge of…

As long as we’re in this world Satan is lurking around every corner hoping to draw us away from our faith, bring us down, and destroy our family in the process. He’s cunning, which is why scripture warns us to guard our heart with all diligence (Proverbs 4:23). The lust of our heart is deceitful. It makes us think that we need things we don’t. It blinds us from the dangers of temptation and beckons us toward sin. How do we safe guard our heart? We take our thoughts captive, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every…

Every year it’s the same thing. Just as Fall is approaching, I start feeling down. I’m missing the long summer days when the sun was high in the sky. The smell of bonfires, the hum of a lawn mower, the beauty of flowers in bloom. I’m missing the nights when the sun hung around until 10 pm. Running through the sprinkler with the kids, walking with the sun on my face, driving with the radio on and the top down. I’m missing the energy I felt in the Spring and the same energy I carried with me for months. I’m missing it all. I’m not a big fan of Winter…

I open my Bible to Joshua Chapter 3, where I see a beautiful picture of Christ in the life of Joshua, as he embarks on His mission. The Hebrew name Yehoshu (Joshua) is an alternative name for Yeshua (Jesus). And God says to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.” And where does this mission begin? At the Jordan River, the very same place that Jesus started His ministry when He was baptized in the river by John. The very same place that God the Father declared Jesus as His…