Reflecting on the last three years, and the journey God has taken my family on, I wanted to share words of encouragement to the men, women and children about to embark on a godly path who may not be filled with joy by the end of the night. The last three years have taught me God truly is in control and knows what He’s doing.

You never know what season it is for the people around you, or how much a small bit of kindness might mean.

You see, there’s a problem which too many of us have, men and women, and Heidi illuminates: “I still believed deep down that I was not worthy of the word: Beautiful.” In some ways, we all look to what we do not have and our longing obscures what we do possess: God’s deep love.

Everything personal starts with real relationships. There’s something pretty appealing about the way Hugh Halter and Matt Smay describe The Tangible Kingdom and how they follow Jesus and invite others to do the same.

Our answer to “What’s wrong with the world?” will go a long way toward what, if anything, we think we can do about it. In the span of a couple of days, I’d gotten two recommendations and attended a presentation on The Arbinger Institute’s Leadership and Self-Deception, a book which helps shine light on that question.

What can a Southern Baptist teach a Missouri Lutheran about church membership? Lots.

We never know what God is up to, and sometimes it is years before His timing is right. Just like knowing when to change differential fluid in a truck, be aware of the Spirits leading to get mixed into some one’s life who is struggling with sin, and be careful not to get mixed up in the lifestyle as well. 

We have a chip in our spiritual windshield. Spiritually speaking Jesus did not come so we could do our own parking lot repair job. He came to replace our whole windshield.

Is there any spontaneous overflow of Jesus in our lives? Is Jesus spilling out of us into the lives of others? Allow this to be an encouragement to you in that it’s not about how long Jesus has been in our lives, nor about how much we know about the Bible, simply that we know he is living water, the Savior, the cross bearing, blood shedding, sin forgiving, death conquering King of Kings and his offer is free for all!