Everyone sees other families and thinks either what a mess or what a great family. Social media posts and television ads portray the perfect family or life with no problems and financial prosperity. The truth is we all have messy families both in the church family and our natural families. In Genesis, chapter eleven, it... Continue Reading →

Have you ever been around someone who knows how to push you to become angry or frustrated?  They can just look at you in a certain way and you want to slap them. They give you backhanded compliments like, “Wow that is a good color on you, but it is too bad it doesn’t fit... Continue Reading →

People who have never experienced being in the military sometime have a hard time understanding the sacrifice this commitment requires. This is true even in other personal life choices. Mothers who choose to be stay-at-home moms while others choose to or must go to work. Either way their choice is a sacrifice. About ten years... Continue Reading →

As an Air Force Veteran during the Vietnam Era, it took over forty years to realize I had PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Healthcare at the Veteran’s hospitals was not the best and the rules that govern the treatments of patients were totally different. I had a girlfriend, who had broken both her arms in... Continue Reading →

I saw Jesus in an open vision. He extended his hand and said come dance with me. I said, I don’t know how to dance. He said, “Just grab my hand and follow me!” A few months later, during praise and worship at my church, I saw myself dancing with Jesus. In this season of... Continue Reading →

The word “But” gives room for excuses and is not good enough which leaves you never satisfied.   The words “If Only” causes you to live in the never enough or links you to past regrets that keep you from moving forward.   The word “Maybe” places you in the land of indecision allowing opportunities... Continue Reading →

  Do you realize that we have a right to defend ourselves and our circle of influence? Do you know that God provided a way for the believers to take the land without shedding blood? How many of us are sitting around frozen in our fear not knowing God supplied a way to combat the... Continue Reading →

A young mother was getting ready to put her Christmas ham in the oven. Her husband was working along side of her in the kitchen. When she went to put the ham in the pan, she first cut off the end of the ham. Her husband asked, “Why do you cut off the end of... Continue Reading →