Some people use this day, the first of April, to play practical jokes on their friends. Has that ever happened to you? Today, let’s focus not on jokes but on truth, God’s life-changing truth! Yesterday, I left you standing in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and His disciples as they wrestled with a fundamental question: ‘Who […]
We’ve all heard the question, ‘what’s in a name’? So, I wonder what you know about your name? Why was that name chosen for you? What does your name mean to you and others? Yesterday I left you in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and His disciples and they were wrestling with the significance of NAMES! Jesus had asked them who […]
Yesterday we began an exciting, several week journey with Jesus and His disciples, as we walk together, toward Easter. If you missed yesterday, I urge you to go to our Daily Archives tab and catch up with us, so you understand where we are, where we are going and why. I left you […]
Three weeks from today is a very special day, do you know what it is? Many people called that day “Good Friday”. It’s the Friday of Easter weekend and of course it is ‘good’ because of what God accomplished that day, and weekend, for the rescue of our human race! Over the past several weeks in our “Walking with Jesus” journey […]
I suppose all of us have had ‘defining moment’ experiences in our lives. For several days we’ve been following the life story of a remarkable man named Daniel who lived a very strategic life at an important time in world history. Daniel’s life had many ‘defining moments’ which we’ve looked at closely and today we’ll finish with one final, […]
wonder how often you receive a special looking envelope in the mail with words like “extremely urgent” or “official document” stamped on the envelope? And how often when you open the envelope do you find it is simply a marketing ploy attempting to coerce you into purchasing something you really don’t need? As frustrating […]
I wonder how many of you, my friends all around the world, have ever had a very close call with DEATH!? I mean the type of close call you might say you ‘stared death in the face’ and lived to tell your story! I have, at least twice. Once when I was told I had highly aggressive […]
Have you ever been faced with the evidence which convicted you of something and resulted in consequences? In that situation, did you try to negotiate or argue or deny the evidence? Come with me back to Babylon in 539bc as Daniel is praying in his private home, as is his normal pattern, with his window open […]
No matter where you and I have lived our lives, I can safely say we have each and all experienced a good bit of indiscretion among leaders, am I right? What type of Leaders? Leaders in business, education, health care, politics, law and order, even religious organizations. Why? Because it’s the world in which we […]
Today marks about 60 days since the new American government administration has been installed. 60 days! Yet if you’ve watched the news, the flurry of activity and restructuring has been a frenetic pace impacting thousands of people and government offices, both in America and around the world. Yesterday in Daniel 5:30,31 we witnessed a […]
