Archives -- Seven Reasons for Salvation Rejoicing in The Saviour Readies us for His Service Magnifying The Lord Means Minimizing Myself The Blessing of Believing Fruit Foundation Fruit Fidelity My Personal Walk with God Over The Years – by Lisa Rodney The Three Steps of Discipleship A Word on Judging The Proper Way for a Man to Pray God hath not promised… When God Calls Your Name – A Word for Moms REMEMBER Your Redemption: Free at Last! REMEMBER God is our Judge God’s No “How do you know if what you are praying for is in God’s will?” REMEMBER God is our Provider REMEMBER God is our Lord REMEMBER God is our Protector Unto Us A Son is Given Annunciation Appreciation | The Fundamentals of Faith Annunciation Appreciation | Glorifying Jesus Annunciation Appreciation | God’s Favour Frees From Fear Annunciation Appreciation | Highly Favoured: Lowly Humbled Annunciation Appreciation: Jesus is The Only Answer Take Up Thy Cross In His Hands The Confrontation Conundrum No Will but Thine Me, A Betrayer The Potter Love’s Inscription The Exchange A Stew, a Stew! My Kingdom for a Stew! I Prayed for Thee Today The First Step to Salvation Christians and Politics: A Few Questions to Consider There is no love without God VESTED with VALUE | All Lives Matter Real Knowledge Produces Real Humility Mission to the Masses: Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats? Gleanings from The Garden of Gethsemane The Temptation of Jesus | Learning how to fight back under satan’s attack The Upside of Down | Disappointment, Depression and Spiritual Growth Perspective on Prayer Projects Fingerprints of False Teachers and False Doctrines Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh | Dedication, Worship, and Service The Conquerors Six Principles of Salvation The Hath and the Hath Nots Grappling with Grace Say Hello to Holiness The Ten Commandments Will you Pass on the Faith Baton? Obedience Fashions the Foundation for Fortitude Money can buy… Faith: Obedience to Go, Where You do not Know (Because God told You So) The Last Christian Standing A Mate Meet for Ministry Before Dawn… 3 Days and 3 Nights | Accuracy & significance of the timeline for Jesus’ Death & Resurrection Power Struggle | Thoughts on Romans Chapter 7 No Lust, No Sin, No Problem The Friend I Needed When We Do, We Will Know Access to Grace The State of the Bible Is Baptism Required for Salvation? God’s Joy in the Midst of Life’s Pain ONE WAY OUT | The Call of Levi Teaching Christ: The Church’s Crucial Calling New Things for the New Year When He Died Not Only on Christmas Day Christmas First Gleaming Light More Thoughts on Ferguson, MO. Thoughts on Ferguson, MO. FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 5 | Enter Into His Gates FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 4 | Know God Personally FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 3 | Joyous Intimate Communion FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 2 | Serve God Gladly FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 1 | Forget Self and Praise God Do Not Be Surprised at Trials and Afflictions Priestly Perspective on Politics The State of Theology My God, I Thank Thee, Who Hast Made A Prayer Foundation for Faithfulness NO Middle-Ground: We LIVE in the LIGHT or DIE in the DARKNESS New Neighbors Making God Disappear Perspective on Prayer Heart Health: Search Me, O God Pastor Dick Woodward – In Memoriam Accept God’s Love = Expect God’s Correction Love Persuasion Nothing without Love: Three Mistaken Ministries A Subtle Heresy A Couple Crucial Characteristics of Christians Wise Men, Whom Do You Seek? Don’t be Afraid of THE LIGHT Always Thankful Mind-Blowingly More Than I Bargained For (A Testimony) Altar Call The Hope of His Calling Practical Parenting Look into The Word before you Leap into the World Misery Masked by Mirth How can I Grow Spiritually? Sin is a Health Hazard Happiness is Mercy’s Child Levitical Light for Literal Liturgy: Give Thanks Mercy Avenue Leads to Thanksgiving Place Adversity or Atrophy The Heavens Declare that God is Near Thanksgiving is For God and For Ever Do some good today: GIVE THANKS & SING PRAISES to God! Compound Cure for a Dangerous Disease: Purging Prescription for Iniquity Infection Failure and Success: The Scramble for Popularity Share Christ in the Crisis Finding Peace for the Soul and Strength for the Journey Personal Holiness Is First See GOD First Deep Pockets of Grace: the Call to Generosity FEAR NOT: Stand Still FEAR NOT: Jesus Comes in Peace… for now Calamitous Confidence Water of Availability + Wine of Obedience = Wonder of Transformation FEAR NOT: Be Available FEAR NOT: God has a ‘Prison’ Reserved for You too Fathers ‘Clued-in’ to God are not ‘Clue-less’ Be wary of modern-day “prophets” God Says “Yes” to our Prayers when we say “Yes” to His Will Is “Church Service” a Noun or a Verb Phrase? Midnight Mindset | Trusting God’s Judgments throughout Tough Times No Good without God Faith Takes us where our Minds cannot Go Welcoming Worship with the Willing within the Wilderness & without Widgets There is NO Other Way, NO Other Truth, NO Other Life Loving Our Enemies is More Important than Defeating Them FEAR NOT: We are Worth More than Sparrows How do you Slice your Prayer Pie? The Thorn FEAR NOT: You Shall Be Made Whole Tribulation Forges Peace We Don’t Live Here Running on Empty FEAR NOT: (If) Your Soul is Safe Preparing for the Real Big Bang: Living On when Earth is Gone FEAR NOT: Love your Neighbor Real Rest Complexity Curtails Clarity: Trust in God FEAR NOT: Awesome Experiences Await, Be Strong!!! The Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly and the Picture is Beautiful… Just Wait (in Faith) and See (in Glory) FEAR NOT: Call God for Help Teach Your Children about God before the World Does FEAR NOT: God’s Children are Corrected; God’s Enemies are Annihilated Find Faith in The Fathers Facts; Find Fear in your Feelings FEAR NOT: God will Remove Our Shame Go for Glory… God’s Glory FEAR NOT: Be Obedient Instead Being Faithfully Fruitful: Lessons from the Fateful Fig Tree Jesus’ Triumphal Entry: A Case of Mistaken Identity Awakened to Stillness FEAR NOT: In Jesus We are Righteous: We are Jesurun! FEAR NOT: (Whatever You have gone through) God still has a Place for You FEAR NOT: God is with us in the Fires and in the Floods FEAR NOT: Though God DISCIPLINES Us, God never DESERTS Us FEAR NOT: God will Save Us FEAR NOT: God is Faithful even when we are Faithless FEAR NOT: God will FIGHT for You! FEAR NOT: We can (only) Trust in The God we Know FEAR NOT: God only Disciplines His Children FEAR NOT: Believers, the enemy is Outnumbered FEAR NOT: Trust God (Even) More FEAR NOT: Focus on your Future, NOT your Past FEAR NOT: “Seeing” God is a Blessing: Get to Know Him FEAR NOT: Our God is (infinitely) Bigger FEAR NOT: We are Tested so We can Testify FEAR NOT: Shun Sin Instead FEAR NOT: The LORD goes Before Us, The LORD is With Us, The LORD will not Leave Us FEAR NOT: Overcome Obstacles with Obedience FEAR NOT: Believers, God is for Us! FEAR NOT: There is a Way out of the Wilderness FEAR NOT: God is Working on Us FEAR NOT: God’s Detours are not Dead-Ends FEAR NOT: Salvation is Available: We can be FREE! FEAR NOT: God Hears our Cries FEAR NOT: God is our Shield and Reward Grow without the Mire Simeon’s Swansong of Salvation There was No Room in the Inn: Just so the Shepherds could Fit In The Taker and The Giver A Poem for the Children of Sandy Hook, Newtown, CT Broken Dreams HE Is! No Shadow of Turning Katie’s Story: One Marvellous Miracle Back to Work! The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing” — Snippet The Parable of the Two Sons: “It’s not how you start… It’s how you finish!” — Snippet Four Steps For Spiritual Restoration — Snippet Political Perspective A Temple in Sin City When Reason Fails Babes in Christ Because of Mercy we have Life, Because of Life we have Hope Prescription for Depression Recognizing Jesus in “The Night” Let’s Stay Together Bear ye one another’s burdens… GOD is FOR You! Lessons from Noah’s Ark The Sudden Storms of Life A Mighty Fortress is Our GOD LORD, Why won’t You Answer Me??!! With the Eye of Tenderest Love Burdened for the Brethren More Special than Sparrows The Awe-Full Truth about Self-Denial Storms “Behind the Scenes” Light for Life The Truth in The Bible Tells The Truth about The Bible My Prayer Life Under Cover Forgiveness: The Foundation for Fellowship The Son and the Rain Payback! — Snippet Faithfulness: Foremost for Followers — Snippet Misplaced Fear: Startled by a “Boo!” when God lives in You — Snippet Believer’s ‘KFC’: Kindness Forgiveness & Compassion Jesus and the Declaring Devils: Fanfare Foments Furor not Faith — Snippet Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION — Snippet The Limits of Knowledge Walk within the Love of The Lord — Snippet Choose the Right Weigh — Snippet Giving Thanks instead of Giving Up Gladly! — Snippet The Forgiveness of a Father — Snippet One Bible = One Belief: The Dilemma of Biblical Authenticity — Snippet BUILDING A SPIRITUAL WALL: Five Imperatives of Spiritual Growth — Snippet Working with God is Less Work — Snippet Sin doesn’t Come in Sizes — Snippet Precious Promises Prevail over Persistent Problems — Snippet Look Up & Step Out! — Snippet Teach me Lord Ye-centricity Suffering may Endure for a Season… God’s Waiting to Share A Mother Explains Heaven to Her Dying Son God Will Answer Prayers that Answer God’s Will To the Uttermost (Part II) Give to GOD, or you will Give to the Government Waiting for the Right Redeemer God’s “Eighteen Wheeler” Cross-Cultural Cross; Unmatchable Cost Giving is about the Giver Selfless Love = Love Self Less Mary had The Little Lamb Waiting Room M-O-T-H-E-R Before You Follow Jesus… Salvation is for LIFE not for DEATH The Gift Working ‘with’ God is Less Work Choose the Right Weigh The Comforted shall become Comforters Our Father’s Perfect Plans Heart ‘Transplant’ A Couple Crucial Characteristics of the Christian Church Belief is Only the Beginning The Requirements for Righteousness Reorientation from Remuneration Frustration All have Knowledge, Some have Salvation, None have Excuse Life is in The Light G.R.O.W.: Gain Righteousness by Obeying The WORD Rest in Hope Tidings to Shepherds: Broadcasts to Outcasts Pains of Rebirth Improve the Silence Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting Light to Live By …and They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love In the Pasture of The Shepherd King Loss of a Loved One Jesus Cleanses a Leper: A Revealing Healing The Believer’s Battle is Spiritual (not Political) The Wonderful not-so-Secret Secret to Knowing, Loving and Doing God’s Will Meditating on The Mercy of God When “The Thrill is Gone” When God cannot be Found Sanctification Secures Supplication The Pattern of Grace Precious Promises Prevail over Persistent Problems Hope for the Future gives us Hope for the Present Prayer: Public vs. Private WELCOME! Where is The Church? Excellent Knowledge “Germophobia” Walk Within the Love of The LORD Lessons from Man’s Best Friend To The Uttermost The Secret to Sleeping through Storms: Without Faith lies Fear; Within Faith stands Fortitude Nothing but the Blood! Timing is Everything! Eternal Economics 101: Profit and Loss The Heart Armed and Right-e-ous Prayers & Promises Whose Ambassador are You? Righteous Representation Jesus and the Declaring Devils: Fanfare Foments Furor not Faith The Father’s Good Gift People are More Precious than Protocol Healed for Saviour-Service, not Self-Service Jesus’ Return: Responsibility, Righteousness and Reality I Must Work While It Is Day Three Steps to Freedom Clothe Your Children in Scarlet True Teachers Teach with “Authority” Believing is Seeing Payback! The Purpose of Life The Believer’s New Clothes Lessons from the Barnyard Heart Search Gone Fishin’ The Forgiveness of a Father Suffering: The Forgotten Gift LIFE in the Kingdom of God Faithfulness: Foremost for Followers WANTED!!!: Wisdom Elisha and The Feeding of the Hundred, Part 1: The Overcomer Kneeling Down Will Lift Us Up When it’s Time for a Change Admission into the Kingdom A Prescription for Failure Faith: More than meets the Eye Access to Grace Triumph Through Trials The Unconditional Love of God SAVED, SANCTIFIED and SINGLE: When God’s Plan Excludes Marriage Boundaries of Responsibility Tackling Temptation Remember The NAME Qualifications for the Kingdom Christmas “Unplugged” Where are you going in this New Year? The Night Before Christ-mas Redux Remix Reviz Manger Bed: Free Food for Stall Swaddling Clothes: Gift-Wrapped Love Swaddling Clothes: Gift-Wrapped Salvation Christmas Light The Man with the Palsy | Salvation vs. Miracles: How do you see Jesus? The Man with the Palsy | Deeds vs. Declarations: How do you see your brother? License, Loopholes, Legislation and Legitimacy The Man with the Palsy | Spiritual vs. Physical: How do you see yourself? One Step at a Time… You Are Loved A Testimony of Tears and Triumph Thoughts on God… from ‘a Softer Voice’ The Word is for Washing A Prayer for Perspective Faithful Stewards I am Thanking You Now Gladly! The Therapy of Thanksgiving Look Up & Step Out! God knew you BEFORE you knew yourself | God Chose you BEFORE you chose Him! The Gates of Thanksgiving Again Lord… Pressed Close to God A Call for “The Little Engines” That Can’t How do you see things? Elijah and the Captains of Fifty | The Good, The Bad and the Uh… Seriously?? Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 4: UNDEFEATED, UNBOWED, UNDIMINISHED Man of Contrasts Loneliness can be Left Alone Where is Your Heart? Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 3: BRASEN WALLS The Lord is my Shepherd, BUT. . . Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 2: AN IRON PILLAR Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 1: A DEFENCED CITY A Majority of One When Jesus Grieved Sun Rising Branch Treatment: Turning Water from Bitter to Sweet Clothe your Children in Scarlet. Misplaced Fear: Startled by a “Boo!” when God lives in you. We can Only Walk in One Direction at a Time Chosen by God, Obedient by Choice Same Old, Same Old… Be Still… Rainbows… After the Rain Today: A Day to Rejoice in the Lord: Today Life from Death: The Promise of Affliction Encounters with Jesus: The Rich Young Ruler A.S.A.P. – Always Say A Prayer One Bible = One Belief: The Dilemma of Biblical Authenticity BUILDING A SPIRITUAL WALL: Five Imperatives of Spiritual Growth I am thanking YOU now! Redemption (Part 4): Knowledge [of God] is Power! Your word vs. God’s WORD Redemption (Part 3): Disobedience Disables. Redemption (Part 2): Garbage in, Garbage Out Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Mindset: “Setting the sails of the mind” The (Believers’) Alphabet Anger Management Get your IN-Right to be Downright Upright The First Sin True Love The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats: “Do I value others enough to put their needs above mine?” The Parable of the Talents: “We are NOT saved by works, BUT we are saved to do works” Finding Comfort in a Crisis History has no Slaves Measuring Up. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing” Miracles of Jesus: The Blind Man from Bethsaida Immortal, Invisible, God ONLY Wise Encounters with Jesus: The Rich Young Ruler Melting Points and Acid Tests Ready… Set… Answer! Miracles of Jesus: The Ten Lepers: “It takes more faith to give your life to Jesus than to receive healing” In Danger? Don Deer Feet! God’s Power can Only be Perceived through the Eyes of Faith Encounters with Jesus: The Widow’s Mite… “Only Faith enables us to give until we have nothing left.” Miracles of Jesus: The Nobleman’s Son… Faith produces Miracles, but Miracles don’t produce Faith! The Wrong Approach to Sin The Promiser is the Point of the Promises The Parable of the Two Sons: “It’s not how you start… It’s how you finish!” H.O.P.E.: Heavenly Outlook Produces Endurance Sin Doesn’t Come in Sizes God has a JOB for you… and you didn’t even earn it. Trials Teach True Tenderness What Kind of Builder are You? From Victim to Victor Lending to the Lord Forgiveness is Conditional Four Steps For Spiritual Restoration Encounters with Jesus: The Taxers, the Taxed and the Taxa Encounters with Jesus: Bad News Work-Wrought Worship Reflections in Nehemiah: Not Everyone Is Going to Heaven Reflections in Nehemiah: The Butler Did It! Encounters With Jesus: Paying Taxes You KNOW what to DO… GO DO IT!!! Comment: Fruit Finding vs. Branch Burning Reflections in Nehemiah: Weak Strength & Blessed Oppression Reflections in Nehemiah: Feeling The Good Hand of God Reflections in Nehemiah: The Right Words to Say Pain and Prayer Reflections in Nehemiah: Finding Comfort in Crisis Redemption (Part 4): Knowledge [of God] is Power Redemption (Part 3): Disobedience Disables Redemption (Part 2): Garbage in, Garbage Out (Wrong Knowledge = Wrong Action) Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION The First Sin — “Know God’s Word to know sin. Choose God’s Word to defeat sin” Miracles of Jesus: The Blind Man from Bethsaida… “We need more than just Light, We also need Sight” The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats… “Do I value others enough to put their needs above mine?” The Parable of the Talents… “We are NOT saved by works, BUT we are saved to do works” The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins… “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing” Miracles of Jesus: The Ten Lepers… “It takes more faith to give our lives to Jesus than to receive healing.” Miracles of Jesus: The Nobleman’s Son… Faith produces Miracles, but Miracles don’t produce Faith! 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