Sharing struggles. Sharing triumphs. Sharing the Father’s love.
Last Thursday while walking outside the house, I noticed an iridescent bottle fly seeking shelter from the wind on a purple cone flower in one of our planters. It reminded me of a few scriptures from both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and how temporal our surrounding conditions may be, yet how eternal our security and hope remains.
Continue readingWe live in a world where it seems as if everyone is easily offended. It has become so much so that at times, I find myself questioning everything I say because I don’t want to offend someone. However, as a Christian, if I stand for Biblical truth, then I will offend someone.
Continue reading“The pride of man is best seen in his determination to live by his own solutions in independence of God.”
Hampton J. Keathley, III,The Promise That God Cares
The topic points of this reading largely come from the above quoted book by Mr. Keathley. It’s amazing how the study of God’s word and the context within doesn’t know time limits and continues to hold just as true today.
Continue readingI bet from time to time you have asked, “What is this world coming to?” It’s a natural reaction to the awful things that happen. Sin is running rampant, and, as a result, terrible things happen. It is safe to say that we live in an unholy world. This world is so unholy that anything holy sticks out like a sore thumb. As Christians, most of us have heard the word holy used in church. As a matter of fact, it is a very common word used amongst the people of God. I think sometimes we even throw that word around without fully understanding the gravity of it. Let’s have a quick refresher on that word. Continue reading
Repairing Relationships
Becoming a dad has been one of the greatest blessings I’ve ever received, but like most blessings, there come responsibilities and new lessons learned. We are constantly screening what types of shows we watch on TV, working out the context of our conversations, and teaching a two-year-old the tough things in life, like drinking milk from a bowl, especially from a bowl of Fruity Pebbles cereal. Continue reading
Sunday, March 31st, 2013, is a day that I will never forget. It was a day that changed the trajectory of my family’s future. You see, March 31st was a great day! This was the day that I surrendered to ministry before my home church. I knew I was in God’s will and obeying His command. However, I could never have predicted how the next six years would look. Continue reading
By Rob Smith (and Elvis)
Malachi 3:8-10 New International Version (NIV)
8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
I am very embarrassed to share this article with you. It exposes a sin that I am not very proud to talk about. As a matter of fact, I “fought” the Holy Spirit all the way to the point of saying, “Well, I wouldn’t know what to title it!” Continue reading
What is it that you fear the most in life? Is it failure? Perhaps death? A terminal illness? The loss of a job? The end of a relationship? Maybe you fear being the victim of a violent crime. All of us deal with fear at times, and some of us struggle with fear all the time. In his inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt made a statement that has become famous, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Continue reading “Fear or Faith”
Should someone allow hobbies to become more important than family or friends? I think we all know the answer to that question; however, sometimes a hobby will turn into an obsession before you realize what happened. Please understand I am not condemning healthy recreation. I think it is necessary for mental well-being and healthy living. Allow me to take you down a road that could have consumed me.
…I walked out of the Marine Corps Museum (March 2015) as a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt.), and a world of new beginnings lay before me. First stop would be the Basic School (TBS) in Quantico, VA. Unless you’re married, you live in the barracks with your entire company. Our company consisted of over two hundred new Lieutenants. Continue reading “The Greatest Commission (Part 2) “