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February 12, 2018
When You’ve Waited Long Enough for God to Do Something
If we always quit when life gets hard, we live as if it’s all up to us.
Reflecting on life can prove good and bad. The good comes from how God has helped you stand strong and wait on Him when you thought you’d sink. The bad comes when think you’ve waited long enough.
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Life reflection proves a major challenge when you realize your feet are still stuck in the same muck you stood in years ago. After hundreds of hours of prayer and searching the Scriptures, you still s...
February 8, 2018
quote by Ridderstrale and Birkinshaw on the paradox of knowing more. [Quote]
While the human race is becoming collectively more knowledgeable every year, each of us (as individuals) is becoming relatively more ignorant. Thus the second paradox of progress: the more we know, the less I understand. Every morning, when we wake up, we are in relative terms a little bit more stupid than the day before.
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February 7, 2018
Dothan—How to See Beyond Your Disappointment
A shift in perspective looks beyond your pain to its purpose
Hindsight provides insight. It always can. But we can get so focused on today’s issues that we miss their purpose. Dothan appears only twice in the Bible. Both times, we get a perspective we desperately need.
(Photo: Tel Dothan and the Dothan Valley. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
As the ancient International Highway cut its way though Israel, it divided three ways through the Mount Carmel range. The eastern fork...
February 6, 2018
Teaching Series on Book of Mark at the Marathon Fellowship Adult Fellowship class [Event]
I’m excited to teach a series on the Book of Mark at the Marathon Fellowship Adult Fellowship class of Stonebriar Community Church. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book! Date: April 8, 2018—June 24, 2018 Time: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Event: Teaching Series on Book of Mark at the Marathon Fellowship Adult Fellowship class Topic: Book of Mark Venue: Marathon...
February 5, 2018
Tour to the Holy Land and Jordan [Event]
I’m excited to lead an upcoming special tour to the Holy Land which will focus exclusively on applying select Old and New Testament sites to your life. This special tour of the land of the Bible is designed to take you beyond the places most tours to Israel see. We’ll even experience the biblical sites of Jordan! Perfect for someone returning to Israel to see brand new places—or for the first-timer who wants to experience the Holy Land in a unique and fulfilling way.
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3 Steps to Contentment in Your Life with God
Security from the Good Shepherd who leads and walks beside you.
The word sounds too good to be true. Contentment. It feels out of reach because it sounds out of touch. The world mistakes content people for the unambitious, lazy, and weak. Yet finding contentment comes from God.
(Photo: The quiet waters of Ein Perat. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
In our hectic lives, trying to find contentment feels like finding the horizon. Always there, but always out of reach.
We need to...
February 1, 2018
Denton Calvary Academy Commencement [Event]
I’m excited to speak at the Denton Calvary Academy Commencement on the topic: “The Fabulous Success God Has Planned for You.”Keep reading this post. >>>
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Date: May 17, 2018 Time: 7:00 PM Event: Denton Calvary Academy Commencement Topic: “The Fabulous Success God Has Planned for You” Sponsor: Denton Calvary Academy Venue: Arts and Athletic Recrea...January 31, 2018
How to Unwrap the Bible’s Surprising Gifts in 4 Steps
It's the best way to benefit from your Bible.
Did you unwrap all your Christmas gifts? Silly question, I know. If we left a gift unopened, we might hurt the feelings of the giver. Plus, we wouldn’t get our gift! Still, we do have surprising gifts to open.
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The Bible is a book of gifts, often unwrapped, because we simply don’t realize its tremendous value to our lives.
I want to share with you 4 steps that can help you unwrap the Bible’s blessings in your life.
January 29, 2018
How to Live the Impossible Christian Life
Jesus' words by the Sea of Galilee reveal God has a source of supply for you.
The Christian life is not hard. It’s impossible. We can no more live the impossible Christian life on our own than we can get to heaven on our own. Jesus’ words by the Sea of Galilee prove it true.
(Photo: The Plain of Bethsaida, where Jesus fed the 5000. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
In fact, your own experience proves it true, doesn’t it?
Success in marriage is always beyond your ability. Your...January 24, 2018
Mount Sinai—Why You Absolutely Need God’s Word First
God’s will for our lives comes from pondering God’s Word
What gets your attention first each day? You have a todo list that begins to yell at you—yesterday’s list to finish first. But before the rush of productivity, God urges us to race to the foot of Mount Sinai —and pause.
(Photo: The Mountains of Sinai from Jebel Musa. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
That’s what God did with His people. Instead of taking them straight to Canaan from Egypt, He led them southeast for thre...
