Never mind where I’ve been, this is where I am…

wow. last entry was on April 18th of this year. a lot has happened since then, but none of that matters this morning.
What matters is that, though I was late in getting to my devotional reading, the Lord visited me there and reminded me of what my mission for Him is all about.
Reading through the [...]

Pastor Mike Macintosh’s sermon, Romans 8 & John 17

Forgive me for how this looks, breaking into what appears to be the middle of a conversation, because that’s exactly what it is: a dialog I’ve been having with another believer about last Sunday’s sermon at Horizon Christian Fellowship (March 15th) and the Book of John, Chapter 17. It was so poignant, I felt the [...]

Never too late

I wrote this limerick this morning, several hours after I began my devotional time in prayer and study of God’s Word, finding myself side-tracked into a lot of (other-than) devotion, and in dire need of getting back to it:
I guess I jumped into my day,
Without taking the time to pray;
Lord, now let me do so
not [...]

Living in a state of perpetual forgiveness requires daily passport updates

Or, as the postscript to “The Lord’s Prayer” seems to threaten: “But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.” (Matt. 6:15, Amplified Bible)
Many times the offending party has no idea [...]

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and complete His work.” John 4:34

I just really began the ministry of HISwork.com this evening when I finally took the time to develop the first (decent) tee shirt idea the Lord impressed upon me, several weeks ago during one of my devotional times. As I was reading through Matthew, on my second year through the whole Bible, I came to [...]