Daniel Parkins's Blog, page 17

Lord, I need You!

Lord, what does it mean to make you my dwelling place?  Psalm 91 says that in this place, the place of security and rest, no evil will be allowed to befall me.  Yes, you are in control of everything; every evil deed that seeks to strike at my heart in bitter ways, every thought that [...]

Help me to Die

Bearing fruit requires death.  This may not be the norm to which we see today, but in terms of our faith, Jesus said that we must die in order that we might live.  Do you by faith believe this?  If we do, then we are generally not living it; we are attempting the opposite.  We [...]

Seeing Samuel in Hunger Games

I remember singing to Samuel, with the angelic voice of my Kelly, blessing the Lord over the life of my son who was sick.  It was more than difficult, and the blackness of the night engulfed us many times.  We haven’t really talked about Samuel all that much lately, though we mention him all of [...]

A Breath Away

I was told that he was dead.  That was all I had to go on.  Dead.  Twenty-nine years old and one of my good friends whom I worshipped with, laughed with, and often times cried with.  The phone call that told me that Kyle Smith had died was during lunch when I had just made [...]

What Faith Does Pt. 3

The second hero of the faith that we will get to is Enoch.  Hebrews 11.6, “By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him.  Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is [...]

Freedom in Contentment

There is a sense of urgency in my right now that I am not fully comfortable with.  This past weekend we placed a rather large promotion on my first book, “Daydreams,” and it didn’t do as well as we’d hoped.  Many of you were so instrumental in promoting it, and for that I am forever [...]

What Faith Does Pt 2

In Hebrews 11.1b “the conviction of things not seen,” conviction carries with it a note of manifestation.  The person of faith lives His or Her belief.  Our lives are committed to what our minds and spirits are convinced are true.  If I look out the window and believe it to be hot out, you better [...]

Sunday Post

I wake this morning and I have no idea of the next few day’s events.  It’s early, and as I prepare for a message I give at PVPCC for the next two weekends, I can’t help but praise God at all that has happened.  Yesterday was interesting; if you were following the happenings of the [...]

Daydreams and Liver Update

I am extremely humbled and thankful.  Though I really have no idea what will happen due to all of this support for the book “Daydreams,” I do know that I am incredibly blessed because the story God has allowed us to live thus far will be spoken into hearts that I will never ever get [...]

Daydreams Revised

Get this book for free right now!  Even if you don’t have a kindle or iPad, you can download it as a PDF! It’s been over five years since I’ve lived through the publishing of Daydreams and almost twelve years since the events occurred within the end of the book.  I am now turning thirty [...]