Consult the Lord
I am afraid that there have been too many times in my life that I have not consulted the Lord re: decisions and direction. In personal and ministry-related decisions. You do due diligence. You carefully read all the signs. You…
I am afraid that there have been too many times in my life that I have not consulted the Lord re: decisions and direction. In personal and ministry-related decisions. You do due diligence. You carefully read all the signs. You…
For the last few years the Lord has blessed Rita and I with being able to vacation each Spring in Phoenix. Our first time here in 2015 was at a particularly low time in my life. I was deeply discouraged.…
Rita's uncle Oris had farmed 300 plus acres of corn and soy beans outside of Dayton, Iowa, for most of his life. Farming being what it is uncle Oris had made life-long friends of the neighboring farmers. They shared farm…
Every so often, I like to switch translations for my devotional reading, just to get a different perspective on God’s story. When I do that, I will typically get a study Bible so that I can have some commentary on…
I know you have experienced the same thing. You can read whole passages of Scripture and have them be meaningful, but then, at a different time, have the Holy Spirit speak so powerfully in every turn of the narrative. That…
Not trying to sound super spiritual here. But the Holy Spirit is speaking so strongly to me through the life of Abraham in Genesis. I can’t tell you how many times Genesis has been in my morning reading routine, but…
I hope you don’t mind the number of posts on Abram from Genesis recently. It’s just that God seems to be speaking to me so strongly through my Genesis readings right now that I can’t help but pass on to…
Don’t assume that you know the answer. I thought I did and then was surprised when I did a little cross-referencing. I think we all assume, from what we have read in the Genesis 18-19 account of the twin OT…