I’d like to begin today with a quick confession, as we move into Part Six of this ‘Follow’ series. I was raised in a Christian home—the home of a Christian minister and his wife. From the time I was very, very young, I had Christian principles and Christian teachings drilled into me. But I have to confess, when I first came to the point of giving my life to Christ and becoming a Christian, it may have been for the wrong reason. Let me explain… I know now that God...
Have you ever ‘set your face’ to do something? Jesus did! It really means that we ‘determine’ to do something—no chance involved; whatever we’ve decided to do we do deliberately! And Jesus did that when it came to doing his Father’s will—completing his Father’s will for his life… Jesus was in Galilee, you see, among many agrarian villages and towns where thousands gladly listened to him. (I’d call that a great appointment!) He performed healings and he reached out to marginalized people, like lepers standing by the wayside. He even...
Destination matters, doesn’t it? I’ll never forget the first vacation we had as a family to Florida. My dad had just purchased some property down there in a little town called ‘Intercession City’ (yes, named after those involved in intercessory prayer). It was about 15 minutes from the front gate of Disney World. So, we were all excited—off on an adventure… The way we traveled when all us kids were young was … we camped. That was the least expensive housing we could find on the road in those days,...