picture of grace

“Mercy doesn’t care what you’ve done.”  If that’s not a perfect picture of God’s grace, I don’t know what is.  You’re failures don’t void His mercy in your life, and your greatest successes can never earn it.  I...

supplementary or necessary

The difference between supplementary and necessary things is time.  If you think about it, most of the things that we feel are necessary today were nothing more than impractical embellishments not all that long ago.  Before that, chances are they didn’t even...

trick or treat

I heard this week that Halloween has become one of the biggest holidays in America, second only to Christmas.  What is the big deal about October 31 that gets everyone so hyped up?  Sure, there’s a ton of candy, but there is more to this time of year than...

underestimated grace

It is only by the grace of God through the blood of Jesus Christ that we are given salvation.  So many times this grace is underestimated by us and we find ourselves trying to obey every law and do everything we can do to secure our salvation.  We continue to say we...

choosing to love

Thinking about love, thoughts of emotions and feelings are the first things that come to mind.  When you say I love you, you usually mean I have affection for you or care about my relationship with you.  To truly show love, there needs to be a better definition first....

desires of the heart

Everyone has at least one deep desire.  This deep desire is often related to either finding a spouse, having a child, or what you feel “called” to do.  I’m sure you have heard that God will give you the desires of your heart as long as you are in Him...

a good night sleep

I think I have some sort of sleeping problem.  I either have a tough time sleeping when I should be, like right now, or I want to fall asleep at less than appropriate times, like the middle of a meeting or when I’m actually trying to read a book.  I know I...

glorious noise

rise up and sing to The Risen Son make glorious noise to The King sing songs of hope to The Lord on High our Savior has come, hallelujah

one match… wildfire

It’s hard to make it out sometimes.  Everyone sees it differently.  Some might say it’s absolute and set in stone only to find that others find it to be relative to specific situations.  What I’m talking about is the line that is sometimes crossed...