CONQUERING FEAR PART 1

He has planted eternity in the human heart. Ecclesiastes 3:11 In the past two months my father was diagnosed with a dangerous colon cancer, and I discovered I have a benign brain tumor. What was my first response in both cases? Fear. Why? Why do situations like these cause all of us to have fear? […]

THE REAL CHRISTMAS 24/7

“She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel,” which […]

GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING!

He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:27–28 A while back my cable internet service went out. I went to the box and rebooted it, which usually solves the problem. This time it didn’t. Frustrated because I needed to get online, […]

God is God

There are some things that only God can do. There are some things that only God could think of and orchestrate. This true story is one of them! “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” Jeremiah 32:27 My wife and I were helping a […]

The Details of Divine Love

The Lord has blown my mind many times but this time He left me in tears. I literally could not believe what He was showing me. I will never be the same. I was studying the Gospel of Luke and came across this passage. Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not […]

The Cross is Everywhere

With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them. Romans 9:1–3 NLT Recently, […]

The Desires of Your Heart

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 A few weeks ago I was excited to go surfing especially since the weather was beautiful. However, when I finally arrived the wind had picked up and it was getting choppy. I went out anyway and paddled […]

CARDIOLOGY: THE SPIRITUAL HEART SERIES – PART III: HEART TRANSPLANTATION & HEALTH

I. Spiritual Heart Transplantation Last week I described the depravity of my heart. I had no idea that the only hope for my heart was a new one. I thought I could try and be a “good person” but God showed me I had to become a new creation. My heart was so diseased with […]

Cardiology: The Spiritual Heart Series – Part II: The Unhealthy Heart

By age 36 my life was a wreck because my heart was in shambles. My heart, the central source of my person and life, was everything that it wasn’t created to be. Prideful, arrogant, unloving, selfish, cruel, deceptive, and separated from God who created it. Everything I was putting into my heart was unhealthy and […]

Cardiology: The Spiritual Heart Series – Part I: Anatomy & Physiology of the Heart

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Before I was saved I suffered inner turmoil. I wasn’t content or satisfied despite living the American Dream. I feared death and was tormented by the fragility of life as I tucked my young children into bed every night. I yearned […]