Happy New Year! I hope the year is off to a good start for you and that even at this early stage of 2024, you can attest to the Lord’s faithfulness and goodness. Every new year is an opportunity to…
Read moreJan 3 2024
Jan 3 2024
Happy New Year! I hope the year is off to a good start for you and that even at this early stage of 2024, you can attest to the Lord’s faithfulness and goodness. Every new year is an opportunity to…
Read moreNov 1 2023
He [Jesus] entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd…
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Well it’s been quite a year for many of us! Even though it’s October, I don’t think it’s too early to consider the implications of 2023 ending and 2024 beginning. I’ll admit, I’m a pretty reflective and contemplative guy when…
Read moreSep 6 2023
blind spot: an area where a person's view is obstructed.
I believe; help my unbelief! Mark 9:24
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my need for ongoing self-examination before the Lord. It’s probably the part of my faith I…
Read moreJun 7 2023
I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4
As I sit down to type this month’s blog (and accompanying content for the AS BOLD AS LIONS PODCAST), my heart is heavy…
Read moreAug 3 2022
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8
In the midst of the chaos of this world, there are so many reminders in Scripture that help us…
Read moreNov 10 2021
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2…
Read moreOct 13 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
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Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength. It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. Charles Spurgeon
I’m dusting off and reintroducing a…
Read moreJun 30 2021
Psalm 138
1
I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2
I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your…
Sep 30 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
Well we are here after a month focused on prayer, ending at a point which I think makes logical sense. These prayer points have taken ever-widening circles. First we looked…
Read moreSep 23 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
This has been an eye-opening few weeks for me in composing these blogs. I have had the opportunity to refocus and recenter my prayer life and I hope you have…
Read moreSep 16 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
We are at the half-way point of this month and continuing on in this series on prayer. This has not been so much a series about what prayer looks like…
Read moreSep 9 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
We’re just getting started in a 5-part series that is focused on prayer. The title “Prayer Points” comes from the idea that we are intentional and specific about who and…
Read moreSep 2 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
As this blog has centered on various themes over the past 3+ years, I have yet to take time to really delve into a topic most near and dear to…
Read moreMay 13 2020
Going further into our Parenthood series, I believe we need to pivot and look at the home with another perspective. Last week was mission-focused. We live our lives on purpose for Christ, always pointing little eyes and ears up to…
Read moreMar 4 2020
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” John F. Kennedy
When I started brainstorming this series and outlining some key thoughts, I had the natural tendency to think about my life as a teenage and young…
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
I chose to start out 2020 with a blog series that is in many ways vision-minded and…
Read moreNov 6 2019
Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength. It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. Charles Spurgeon
A couple of months ago…
Read moreOct 9 2019
(Originally posted 3-7-19)
Prayers Of The Bible: Joshua’s Prayer in Joshua 10
12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon, …
Read moreOct 2 2019
Pray - Derek Charles Johnson
I have prayed full of faith but some days you don’t answer like I think you should
Other times You’ve provided more than I ever hoped or dreamed you could
But I never…
Aug 7 2019
“If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in…
Read moreJul 31 2019
“Abundance isn’t God’s provision for me to live in luxury. It’s His provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with His money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build His kingdom in heaven.” Randy…
Read moreJul 17 2019
Prayers Of The Bible: Isaiah’s Prayer, Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8
In…
Read moreJul 10 2019
(Originally posted 1-25-18)
“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.” Rick Warren
Of all the things we can offer another person in our lives, what is…
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