I don’t know when the last time you were in the Old Testament Book of Job was, but one of the truths that comes to us through Job has really began to hit me in the past few years. The truth I’m speaking of comes from Job 41:11b, which is God through Job saying this: “… Everything under heaven is mine.” The circumstance I’m thinking of now isn’t the first time God taught me this lesson, but it’s one of the most powerful for me… Have you ever loaned something...
All our lives, most of us have been seeking excellence for our lives; we’ve been on a treasure hunt. We all have desired the very best for ourselves and for our families. And that desire isn’t in us by chance; God placed it there. And because of this desire God’s placed within each of us for something more, we seek both a person and a place. I’m convinced that Jesus is the Person … and Heaven is the place—the ultimate treasures. But, there’s a problem; we’re not physically living with...
So, IS JESUS YOUR ONE AND ONLY? In Luke 14, we find Jesus having another D.T.R. (Define the Relationship) talk; but this time, it’s not with an individual … and certainly not in the shadows of the night. This time, it’s with a crowd… By this time in Jesus’ life, word had spread about this incredible teacher: The lame were made to walk… The blind were made to see… And funeral processions were turning into family reunions… People were coming from all over to fill the hillsides and listen to...
Summer will soon be upon us. And for many of us, that’s when we plan time away with the family. Well, if we go on a vacation (a journey), we usually take time and plan, don’t we? And one of those very important things to take into consideration, when planning for a journey of any kind, is the cost… It costs to go on vacation (a journey), doesn’t it? And, here we find that ‘money matters’… In the same way, money is a very important part of our life journey...