Please don't stop reading after my next statement, because I believe God has called all of us to something better . . . Wow, I hate to admit it, but I find myself being legalistic. I certainly don't want to think that of myself. I don't think I am most of the time because I compare [...]
Sunday, February 24th, was an incredible day at The Grove Church. From Jonathan beginning in the worship, talking about God's presence, to the message from Pete Tackett on God's Presence, we were definitely challenged to experience The Lord in a biblical approach, that is powerful. I trust that you will take advantage of a few [...]
There is no faith without prayer - Gary Thomas Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body. - John Henry Newman As it is the business of tailors to make clothes and of cobblers to mend shoes, so [...]
I am thinking, as I write this, of the various approaches to prayer. Some use prayer as a means of “preaching” or expressing an opinion on a matter. Others tend to be extremely formal in their approach to our Father. Some rely on prayers learned over the years. In certain situations, I use prayers written [...]
It has been a long time since I last posted, you know life gets busy and I have always said that I can't allow my blog to something that wags my life. But now I have a few minutes extra and want to write on a book I am reading, titled, Radical, by David Platt.I [...]
One of the thoughts entering my mind as I have contemplated writing this blog on Melchizedek is, “Why do we need to carefully consider something in Scripture that gets just a small amount of attention? The name only occurs 10 times afterall.” My answer is that though there is relatively little information on Melchizedek, and [...]
The goal of this blog is to expand the thoughts about praying by the Holy Spirit. Sunday I referred to the "How" of praying being built on the relationship to the divine. That we pray to the Father, through Jesus, the Son, by the Holy Spirit.The question arose in my mind, "What does it mean [...]