Church family, The other day, I received my copy of Alliance Life magazine. For those who might be unfamiliar with this publication, it is the magazine of the Christian & Missionary Alliance. (By the way, it is available for FREE to anyone who requests it.)  I want to encourage to sign up for it – to…

Church family, What a beautiful week! I trust you have had the chance to enjoy these amazing spring days! I was outside with a friend the other day and I remarked, “What a day to worship God!” I must admit, we were on a golf course. I can assure you we were not worshiping our golf…

Proverbs 1:7 (ESV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.  Daniel Akin in his book, Exalting Jesus in Proverbs, offers this definition of true wisdom: Wisdom is being corrected and disciplined. Wisdom understands and reads situations. Wisdom is godly morality. Wisdom is justice. Wisdom is discretion and…

Church family, I was reading through Psalm 23 yesterday and thought I’d pass on some insights I received. Psalm 23:1-6 (NLT) 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. 2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. 3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right…

Church family, A.W. Tozer begins his classic book, The Pursuit of God… Before a sinful man can think a right thought of God, there must have been a work of enlightenment done within him; it may be imperfect, but it is a true work nonetheless, and is the secret cause of all desiring and seeking…

Church family, We are days away from the day that has been set aside to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. People all around the world will find their way to a church this Sunday. Each will have a reason for being there.            “It’s Easter!”             “The family…

Church family, Welcome to Spring! I was hoping for a warmer start to the new season! Oh well. I will say that we are blessed to live here in NWO. Carmela and I enjoy the pace of life and the setting here – and the change of seasons (whenever they come!) Last week we had the…

Church family, I would imagine that as Christians, we believe in prayer. We believe that it is something “good Christians do”. I am not sure of your background in this area, but I can say that in my upbringing, prayer was a part of my life. We prayed before meals, before bed, at the beginning of the day.…

Church family, Matthew 21:13 (ESV) He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”  This verse in Matthew came to my mind this morning. The focus is the part, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’. In the context,…