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Red's Story

In my recent redo of Walk by Faith Ministry's website, I felt strongly led to create a page dedicated exclusively to telling the amazing true story through which God birthed the ministry. Red's Story, the incredible testimony of a HOMELESS DOG, a HOMELESS MAN, a BROKEN WOMAN, an AWESOME GOD, and a WORLD IN NEED, follows. Alternatively, you can click on the page RED'S STORY to read RED'S STORY and to see it on video..........

Walk by Faith Ministry was birthed through the amazing testimony of a...

Why Won't God Answer Me?

Day after day, I go to God and ask Him to tell me what He wants me to do in a certain situation that weighs heavily on my mind. It doesn't just weigh heavily on my mind. It weighs heavily on my heart. And it weighs, and weighs. It gets heavier, it seems. So I keep going back to Him. I ask Him the same question all over again. And still I can't understand why He just won't answer me. Then it dawns on me. He has been answering me all along.

"Wait and trust me," He told me the first time. 
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Are You Dying Daily?

Are you dying daily? Sounds like a pretty wild question, doesn't it? The question may be perfectly wild, but I am perfectly serious when I ask it. And just to add some serious legitimacy to my question, let me introduce you to what Jesus Christ Savior of the world and the apostle Paul who wrote much of the New Testament had to say about dying daily.

photo courtesy of geralt via pixabay.comJesus said that if you want to follow Him, you have to deny yourself and take up your cross. What does thi...

Is Your Church a God?

I spoke to someone recently who simply gushed at the mouth about his love for the church he attends, and I thought afterward of a church I once attended for a short while that sold shirts with the words "I love my church" in big, bold words stuck on the front. I have never worn a t-shirt like that, but rest assured I used to be so in love with various churches I attended that I virtually took people hostage to get them there.

As I dive deep into the Old Testament these days, I am reminded for...

The Disabled Man with the Message

His speech was a little garbled from the disability that had stuck him in the motorized wheelchair the man drove through the park, but his message could not have been more clear. I had a little trouble understanding his words at first, but the joy that lit up his slightly distorted face said it all. I do not recall if I asked how the man was, or if he simply decided to tell me. What he said should have been astonishing to me as he sat contentedly in his wheelchair, but deep in my heart I unde...

When the Thorn Won't Stop Jabbing You

The thorn God has allowed in my side for decades now has been jabbing me so hard recently that I have been moving ever close to the point of calling it quits when it comes to the work that I am called to do. But God has reminded me exactly why He has allowed that thorn in my life, and His purpose for the thorn is NOT to stop loving and serving Him. The purpose of the thorn is to help me to be humble, to allow God's strength to be made perfect in my weakness, and so the power of Christ might b...

My Beautiful Heart

People tell me I have a beautiful heart. They should only know. The Bible says the heart is deceitfully wicked. God knows. The beautiful heart people see in me is the heart God gave me. I had a broken heart. God gave me a new one. 
photo courtesy of pixabay.comWhen I don’t take good care of my new heart, it can end up broken all over again. The Bible teaches me to guard my heart so it doesn’t get filled up with wickedness again. When I find I have not guarded my heart and I see all that o...

Ready for a New Beginning?

No matter how much you might wish you could do over your life so you wouldn’t have such tough circumstances, and so many challenges, or make so many mistakes, the truth is you can’t. Not physically anyway. You can’t be born again physically, can you? You don’t get the do over you might want.But you can get a fresh start, be forgiven for your past, have an amazing personal relationship with God, and have everlasting life by being born again spiritually. You must be born again to have these awe...

The Cantankerous Crazy Old Man with a Message

Stooped over. Slow. Annoying. Loud. Probably uneducated. The accent of all accents. Brooklyn, New York, accent. Crazy, or that's how he came across anyway. And cantankerous. And I've never used the word cantankerous in my life. It's probably the first time I've ever spelled it. But I can't think of a better word to describe the muttering-under-his breath, complaining, complaining, complaining, shuffling along old guy who used to deliver the mail years ago where I worked at a financial newspap...

The Homeless Man Who Prays for Me

It was a loud crowd that day; it usually is. Something about a huge bunch of homeless people, others in need, and countless volunteers from numerous churches, ministries, and other individuals gathered every Sunday for the usual preaching, free hot meal, and clothing distribution. It's hard enough to get the crowd quieted down for the 10 or 15 minutes of preaching by the incredibly tall and unbelievably dedicated Samuel who heads up the outreach via his People Helping People group, Pastor Kyl...