Spiritual Director

I’ve said this many times before, but most Christian people either don’t like what I say or how I say it. They feel it’s too blunt, too harsh. To some, they feel it’s disrespectful. But, I can most certainly tell you, I mean no disrespect in the slightest manner. I’m referring to our God and Him constantly talking to us. If I were to be honest with you, I think God is a chatterbox. There,...

So my very good friend, Pastor Carl, told me a joke the other day that relates to what I read in my Bible reading this morning. I hope I can tell it right, it goes something like this… There’s this man pondering the deep questions of life, the universe, his own personal problems. And since he couldn’t find any answers on his own he decided to ask God for some help. “Dear God” the man...

When our children were small, a couple of them had difficulty in making decisions. It was almost like the end of the world had come when they were faced with deciding what they wanted to eat, or what they wanted to wear, or which TV program they wanted to watch. So I implemented a new rule. I would give them two choices and only two choices, but they had to pick one of them. “Do...

Have you ever made a promise and then broke it? You remember, maybe it was a time of desperation and you needed money or you needed a car, and then after all was said and done, you went back on your promise? I thought of that today as I read the word and had to ask myself if I’ve ever done that. I wanted to take it a bit further than the surface and ask...

Who rules you? Maybe it’s your spouse, or a boss, or even a domineering friend. Whoever it might be, let me share some thoughts with you today about putting God back in His rightful place in your life. Here’s the Bible verse that triggered these thoughts…“The leaders of Shechem, including the priest and the military officers, met at the tree next to the sacred rock in Shechem to crown Abimelech king.” Judges 9:6 CEV To...

God is an indestructible force. He needs no one. God is the ultimate, superior potency. His power has no end. God is the overwhelming enforcement, controlling everything, to the minutest detail. How’s that for starting our devotion? You too are a force to be reckoned with. Not to the same extent as God, but nonetheless, your potential is more than you probably give credit to. Your gifts and set of skills and abilities make you...

You probably know this story, but I’m going to bring it out from the archives of my memory because as I was reading the Word this morning, it came back to me. Henry was a painter and often he would thin his paint so as to make it go further. So when the Church decided to take care of some long over-do maintenance and asked Henry to put in a bid. Because of his practice...

During the many years of my ministry, I’ve had the opportunity to give numerous Bibles to people. I remember one time, one of our older saintly ladies at my first congregation, died, and her family wanted to know if I’d take all her old Bibles. I thought having an extra Bible or two in my possession would be a good thing. So I agreed. But to my surprise they brought me a whole box of...

Regardless of who you are, or whether you realize it or not, spiritual warfare seems to be the norm these days. The question is not whether we’ll face hard times and even persecution, but rather, “What do we do when attacked by the enemy?” Do we give up and throw in the towel?” Do we look for sympathy and feel sorry for ourselves?  Or do we seek strength from a supernatural source?   I don’t...

“Ruth answered, ‘I’ll do whatever you say!” —Ruth 3:5

I guess, Mr. Johnson wasn’t the first person to say, “If you don’t use your head, you’ll have to use your feet”,  God did.

Who do you owe your life to because they introduced you to Jesus? The greatest life changing gift you can ever give to anyone is Jesus. This week invite a friend to Easter services with you. Make a friend… Be a friend… Bring a friend to Christ!