Hello Friends! Coming to you from Savannah, GA today. Y’all, this Cali gal cannot get enough of Southern hospitality!
Continue reading “Your Gift is for Everyone”Category: Culture of Honor
What’s Outside Your Window?
Firmly rooted outside my office window is a beautiful green, twenty-year old Ash tree, in desperate need of its deep biennial trimming.
Continue reading “What’s Outside Your Window?”Given the Nations
She knelt before Him. Her head bowed in reverence and honor of Whose presence she was in.
Continue reading “Given the Nations”A Crown Upon His Head
I saw the Lion of Judah with a crown upon His head and heard, Jesus is the rightful King. Is He the King of your life? The enemy has come to steal, kill and destroy. I came to restore and offer new life.
Continue reading “A Crown Upon His Head”Hamstrung
The Old Testament wasn’t written to us as New Testament believers, however, that doesn’t mean we throw the ‘baby out with the bathwater.’
Continue reading “Hamstrung”The Gatekeeper
I sat, arms defiantly crossed over my body as my leg, also crossed, bounced slightly, up and down, up and down. Worship music was playing and the singer was encouraging us to just be held. I thought, rebelliously, I don’t want to be held! I just want this situation to go away and everything to be normal again.
Continue reading “The Gatekeeper”Where Are You Looking?
This can be a difficult one—fixing our gaze on Jesus, especially during this challenging time of a pandemic, shelter-in-place, and social distancing. When we focus on the challenges and struggles before us there can be a tendency to miss the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Instead we can allow ourselves to focus on the length of the tunnel, or the stale and dank air in the tunnel.
Continue reading “Where Are You Looking?”Sunday is Coming!
May we each bear our cross for whatever situation we currently find ourselves with the strength and peace of Him who bore the unimaginable cross for our sins. And, may we help each other bear our crosses together.
I am thankful for you WordPress family! Of all the social media platforms you are my favorite. From around the world you share your kindness, grace and love of Jesus.
It is Good Friday but Sunday is coming!
Shalom!
What’s Your Weapon?
What are some of the things you’ve been doing as we shelter-in-place during this crazy time in what will one day be world history?
Continue reading “What’s Your Weapon?”The Big Lie
Jesus will always love all His human creation, however, we cannot stop here because Jesus will always hate sin.
Satiated by their finished meal, the open fires casted a slight shadow over them as they and His disciples continued to listen intently. Preoccupied with the many things they had heard that day and evening were cause for consideration.
One of the things that caught their attention was Jesus telling them He would be ashamed of them if they were ashamed of Him and His words. Oh the deep, painful, and overwhelming sorrow they felt at these words.
Many of us probably associate ashamed with shame. Let’s stop right here.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:1.
If you believe in Jesus there is no longer shame or condemnation on your shoulders.
In our verse today (Mark 8:38) Jesus is teaching that being ashamed is two-fold. It applies to those who haven’t accepted Jesus and have misplaced their trust and confidence in the big lie—someone or thing other than Jesus.
It also means Jesus will be ashamed of those who erroneously think, wrongly identify or align themselves with anyone or thing other than Him. I understand this is hard to hear for many especially because Jesus ushered in the new covenant of love.
Jesus will always love all His human creation, however, we cannot stop here because Jesus will always hate sin.
It is because of love Jesus gives the warning in our verse today. The adulterous and sinful generation began the moment Adam and Eve ate the fruit and it continues to this day.
How you share this truth matters. It holds much weight. Yes, there is an urgency and we want others to know Jesus loves them. We also want them to know they don’t have to believe the big lie.
I encourage you to think about all the practical ways you can share Jesus. Smiling at strangers, picking up those items that fall off the shelf at grocery stores that others pass by, paying for the order of the car behind you in a drive-thru. These small steps help build our confidence and trust in Jesus and prepare us to move onto the bigger assignments He has for us.
How will you share Jesus today?
Shalom!
Your Gift is for Everyone
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