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.…

Just Passing Through

The truth is that we are all just passing through this broken world. We are reminded to hold on the the faith we’ve been gifted. The entire strategy of our adversary is to distract, and depress us so that we wear worry on our faces. The adversary examines our ways and in his cunning attacks…

Gifting Eternity

Who is the Giver of all life? Who takes away the sting of death? Who provides for your every need? Who sees everything and knows each motive? Who watches your every step, and listens to your every word? Who loves  you beyond all human capacity? Who forgives you? Jesus said: “Do not let your hearts…

Satisfaction

The world keeps changing the names of the treasures, but the pursuit remains the same. People still chase laughter to escape sorrow. We seek entertainment to escape silence. We desire more possessions to escape insecurity. We strive to accomplish to escape insignificance. We seek social status to escape being forgotten. Ecclesiastes demonstrates the ultimate futility…

Gratitude

Be dazzled by how much God loves you! Be stilled and stand in the glory of God. Remember how our Lord stepped into the pain, the grief, the hard days?  He remains with us in the valleys and through the wilderness. We arrive changed on the other side.  What was meant to harm us, our…

Intellect vs Wisdom

The Bible distinguishes between intellect and wisdom. The Bible is the Word of God penned under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Word is without error, written by —- chosen people, in —- different continents, over —- years, in —- separate languages. Human intellect and wisdom are fundamentally different. The definition of intellect:  The…

Alley Family Roots

A Love Story in the Shadow of the Eifel Mountains, began in the small village of Shuen Ecken. In the heart of post-World War II Europe, an eager 19-year-old boy named Willis Earl Alley was the son of Vernon and Isa Mae. He was the middle child born into a tribe of 12 field workers.…

Transformed Love

We do love You, Lord Jesus so we humbly submit to the Holy Spirit. He shines a light on whatever we have hidden. Loving God is more than just saying that we do. His Love for us is more than a fuzzy emotion. God’s love includes pruning away the fruit that is not of Him. …

Gabe Poirot

Pastor Gabriel Poirot spent 18 days in heaven and walked with Jesus. His way of evangelism is now more about trusting the Holy Spirit to harvest souls. “Just ask the Holy Spirit to impress upon you a word to share with any stranger. Then trust that God will finish the work He began through your…