Saturday, December 13, 2008
Has anyone our there in cyberland been as blessed as I have been on the lifejournals? I know, I know it is not January 1 but I couldn't wait, so I started on December, 9. December 9 started in Acts 23 where Paul is being imprisoned for his faith by the religious elect. In that two years we know he wrote the book of Philippians, and Ephesians. Pretty cool timing. It was incredible to read again what Paul was in the midst of and how his thoughts and prayers were for the...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
As you know, just as there are ebb and flow to life, there is ebb and flow to our spiritual life. As a mature believer I am always reminded of some of our fundamentals of the Christian walk. A couple of months ago is was just how anemic my prayer life was. I was convicted on how little spent time with God in earnest and honest prayer. This past week it was how little I share my faith. Why when I have so much to say that I say so little. Why is it that when I...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I know that God doesn't speak audibly because we have His Word. But just a few days ago I'm pretty sure the Holy Spirit used the mouth of my five year old to remind me of a simple truth. The conversation goes as follow. May God use it in your life!
KK: "Hey mom I know when Jesus' birthday is"
Addy: "You do, When is it?"
KK: "It's Christmas"
Addy: "Thats right. We need to bake a cake together to celebrate His birthday."
KK: "Yea and we need to give Him a...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I was posed the question this week, "what do you think about the phrase, God will not give me more than you can bear." I thought about it for a minute, because in passing I have given that advice before while talking to believers. The more I thought about that question the more I was convicted. You see that phrase is from 1 Corinthians 10:13. If we begin to read that passage of scripture in context, it has nothing to do with life circumstances and situations. Paul...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Come on everyone and sing with me! This is a song that we all grew up singing. It is a word that the penman of Psalms wanted us to know and grasp the concept of. Joy is a word that we have all heard around church circles. It is what our worlds materialism promises. It is what many of us think we are truly practicing, and some of you are. But joy, as CS Lewis says is "serious business of heaven."...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I am still not over what happened on Sunday. For my readers that don't know, we did a cardboard testimony service on Sunday that was incredible. Stories of mended marriages, comfort in time of cancer, peace in time of tragic loss and the list goes on and on. Today I had my time with God over at the church where the testimonies are displayed and again just began to weep as I read them again. I was totally overwhelmed with how much God has done in the lives of His...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Have you ever considered what a wonderful gift that music is? It comforts the hurting, it ministers to the weary, it draws a wayward heart home. Music has a direct connection to our soul and emotions. In 1Samuel 16:23 Davids music "refreshed" Saul. The Hebrew translation of the word ravach is to "be wide open, or give space so as to bring releif." Have you ever been stressed to the point of physically having trouble breathing. That is where Saul was, and the music...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Well I wake up this morning very sore because I have not played golf in about a year and yesterday was our 2nd annual lifepoint golf scramble. It was just an amazing day of fellowship with men in our church and a great day to meet some new folks. I was reminded of a simple truth yesterday as I played on a team with three other men. I was reminded of what the body of Christ looks like through this simple game of golf. If you don't know the basic rules for a scramble, it is...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Alright here is my attempt to blog. As you know I am not a great
wordsmith, and I would rather be singing behind a guitar. But since I
have this opportunity, I am going to take advantage of it and keep you
updated on events, and continually share what God is doing in my life,
the life of my family and our worship ministry. I want to begin by
sharing with you how much that you guys mean to my family. For two
years I began to pray about church planting, and here was...