Grace Abounds

By God’s grace, through the work of the Holy Spirit in me, I write this publically to personally apply Romans 5. “Therefore, since I have been JUSTIFIED through FAITH, I have PEACE with GOD through my Lord JESUS Christ, through WHOM I have GAINED access by FAITH into this GRACE in which I now stand.…

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I Spy a Hallelujah

Delighting in the vast, everyday opportunities to praise God with a hallelujah! Our Father personally painted all the wild flowers with a word, and He has not finished blowing our minds with marvelous things to behold. He is the sustaining life Source of all that grows. Once you choose Jesus as Lord, and pluck the…

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Stride Abiding

To walk in the Spirit, let us first drench our mind, and saturate our heart, as we savor all of John 15. Slowly we digest and assimilate the heavenly food our Father has given us. Learning to abide in Jesus, just like any other skill, takes effort and concentrated time each day. We read, and…

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Gift of Faith

Jesus speaks to His disciples about the relationship between BELIEF in HIM and the WORKS that His followers will perform. “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in Me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” Jesus, John…

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Influencers

The greatest Influencer is from the Ancient of Days. The Holy Spirit abides and thrives as we submit to listen and glisten in the light of His revelation. The living Word of God breathes life and hope into every earnest, seeking, hungry heart. The promised deposit of the Holy Spirit gratifies all empty desires. He…

Royal Privilege

As our heavenly Father’s own adopted Kings kids, we are all privileged to bear the name of Christ, and to represent the House of God as His servants. Jesus gave us His name so that we could represent the House of God, His Kingdom, His Way, His purpose, His Church, for His glory. Joshua led…

John C Maxwell

John Maxwell’s reflections on “finishing well” resonate deeply with 2 Timothy 4. This letter yet encourages perseverance and faithfulness until the end of one’s journey. At age 80, Maxwell exhorts believers to not mix their faith in Jesus with faith in their successes. We each leave a legacy every time we humbly reflect Jesus, or…

Covenant Joy

We read what Paul wrote to the Galatians, how possible it is for believers within the new covenant to still be held by old beliefs. Let us examine how the old covenant’s spirit of bondage can persist even within the new covenant’s promise of freedom. In the home of Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac are both found.…

Where are they?

The question of mankind after the Rapture; “Where are they?” Adter the sudden disappearing of milluons of ordinary people. This letter is to the inquiring people left behind once the people of God go missing! Read the Bible and humble yourself and pray as you ponder our holy God and His ways. First understand 2…

Justice for All?

Ever notice that the female symbol for justice is blindfolded? The scales she holds seem to be tipping to the left? With a STACK of evidence and the best attorneys, many of the guilty have been released back into the public. The participants on Epstein Island are not in jail? Hilary, Obama, O.J. Simpson? Judges…

Years Wasted

God does promise to restore the fruits of our wasted years by our repentance and His magnanimous grace. The locusts did NOT eat our years, the locusts ate the fruit of our years. “I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.” Joel 2:25. May this truth not be a stranger to…

Fantastic Fanatics

Fearless, Favored, Fire Filled Fanatics fight and stand victorious. We Rest Assured in our radical Redeemer. We soak in Scripture. We steep in the Deep and Drench in Delight as our Father’s transformed Ambassadors. The Holy Spirit freely renews, revives, and recounts the fabulous, marvelous, grandiose splendor of God’s glorious, controversial ways. We are fully…

Just Passing Through

The truth is that we are all just passing through this broken world, but as believers, we are not alone. The Holy Spirit reminds us to hold onto the the faith we’ve been gifted. Through His eyes and by His wisdom we undo the entire strategy of our adversary. He studies us and plots against…

Character is Built

To build our character our heavenly Father allows hardship. We learn the most from hard knocks that chisel away any weakness while the disappointment builds perseverance, strength, faith, and the purpose that comes from serving God and others. The most satisfying of all life’s blessings are truly forged through personal effort, struggle, and selfless serving.…

Timely Lessons

All that is needed is a basket of balls, clubs and proper shoes to begin my timely golf lesson with Romero. Travel in my cart as a passenger across the lush green expanse in Mexico. The green is all a glitter with morning dew. My used set of Big Bertha clubs should lift any stubborn…