Last night at Beauty for Ashes Becky shared on the topic of purpose. As she shared scriptures from Isaiah 61:1-3, Part of which became famous words spoken by Jesus in Luke 4. Every time I have heard this preached it has been tied to Jesus, but in the context of these scriptures it was not... Continue Reading →
The Blessings are Closer
I was recently reminded of a Biblical Life Lesson that has carried me since October 6, 2001. The message was preached by James Payne a visiting preacher at Church on the Rock in Lee's Summit. It starts in I Samuel 16, David is anointed by Samuel and the spirit of the Lord comes on David... Continue Reading →
The Sound of Breakthrough
Maybe I am sensitive to all things military because my son left last week for his National Guard AIT training. Maybe because I have a special place in my heart for our armed services because of their willingness to serve. Regardless, one thing I really heard from our Advancing the Kingdom conference this past... Continue Reading →
New Creature
Sunday Pastor Cass was preaching on Who we are in Christ. He shared II Corinthians 5:17. I know the verse I can quote it. Today it really spoke to me. He read this from a different version than I am used to that stated that we have been in grafted. God has become so much... Continue Reading →
Keys to Success
Luke 16:10-12 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been faithful... Continue Reading →
Victory
Today Pastor Cass talked about Contending for the Faith, part two in his lesson. He made the comment that we go from victory to victory in our Christian life, but that we have to contend for it. The word Victory stood out to me. In every instance, the only way to have a victory is... Continue Reading →
Trust
Wednesday night Pastor Bryan taught about Trust. It was a really powerful message that makes one think. As I left church, and into the following day this issue of trust continued to run through my mind. I ended up talking about it in group I lead on Thursday. I was touched how God used that... Continue Reading →
Prosperity and Success
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. I was doing my study... Continue Reading →
The Overflow
On Wednesday night our discipleship class is studying "Getting a Grip on the Basics of Serving God" by Beth Jones. Last week our focus was week 8, How to be an Asset to your Local Church and God's Kingdom. A comment from the book jumped out at me. It said "Everything about fruitful service... Continue Reading →
The smallest part
We started our new discipleship study on Wednesday, the message was "The Church and You." One of the scriptures was I Cor. 12:12-31, where Paul writes about the importance of the individual parts of the body in comparison to the individual members in the body of Christ. We started talking about how everyone is important... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 