Dear Friends, Unfortunately, when we “signed up for this” by becoming a believer in Jesus and making Him Lord of our lives we got the whole rose bush, not just the flowers. You see it’s like the old 80’s rock song by Poison says, “Every Rose Has Its Thorns.” So it is with this adventure… Read more

When I say “what,” I am not talking about what we should fast. We covered that when we talked about “how” to fast. “What” is “What are the benefits or results of fasting.” As we saw in “Why” there is primarily one goal associated with fasting, to strengthen our relationship with God. Likewise, in general… Read more

What is a swan song? While we know our God will never die, or retire, it doesn’t take a Bible scholar to see the signs of the times and know we are drawing very close to the end of this age. With the end of this age comes the final appearance of our Messiah, Lord… Read more

Before we spend time discussing how to fast I want to pause a moment and consider what fasting is. In short, biblical fasting is typically seen as abstaining from food for a set period of time, while focusing intensely on prayer and spiritual reflection. Even in the scriptures there are many different kinds and lengths… Read more

Zephaniah 3:17 ‘“The Lord your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins], He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. ‘ Amp ‘The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty… Read more

There are passages throughout both the New and Old Testaments that serve as examples of fasting, commands to fast, or instructions for doing so. It is my understanding that fasting is actually one of the basic tenet practices of the Hebrew faith as well as the New Testament church. Additionally, I believe that it is… Read more

The Lost Among Believers Luke 15:3-32 I had always considered this set of parables as referring to non-believers, those who did not yet know Him. However, I come to believe that is not the case at all. Take a moment and read these 3 stories again. The sheep was among the shepherd’s flock and got… Read more

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:8-9  For this is what… Read more

“More than Just Being Happy” “…the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 As the subtitle says, joy is more than a simple emotion or feeling. Let’s begin by digging in to how this word is used in this passage. We will look at it in some other passages as well.  The Hebrew… Read more

There seems to be so much contention in the world these days over such a little thing as how people greet each other this time of year. Some are quickly and severely offended by “Happy Holidays,” and insist on keeping “Christ” in Christmas thus believing “Merry Christmas” to be the only appropriate greeting.  While I… Read more