Messages of Faith

The most comforting and encouraging of all of the things that Jesus says to us throughout Scripture, can be found here in John 14. This is in my most humble of opinions of course. Your mileage may vary.

As I write this, we are in the midst of great persecution as Christians. This is nothing new under the sun mind you. One could make a strong case, historically, that what we face today is nothing but a drop in the bucket compared to what the church faced in its first 300 years.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (ESV) 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I am no electrician or handy man. My wife can, without hesitation, att

Here is a scenario we can all say that we can find as relatable. You walk into a restaurant. You’re hungry! You’re VERY hungry. You head up to the front desk to scan the menu.

One of the most utterly powerful moments in my adult life, is when God spoke to me audibly. I was on the rebound from the darkest moments in my life.

I get lost in my own neighborhood. You laugh; I laugh…but it is true. I recall a time just 5 years ago when my family and I were heading back home from a short trip to grab lunch in one of our favorite restaurants. (You get to eat in a train car!)

“At least I am not as bad as he is!” This is a statement that I have heard countless times over the years. I can even say, admittedly, this statement has left my own lips before…in one way or another.

When I was a child, one of my favorite things to play with was Lego Sets. Whenever I was gifted a new set for my birthday or Christmas, I would instantly get filled with excitement and anticipation.

As I sit down writing this today, I am a man changed. God has instilled a new reality upon me. One that has overwhelmed me with His pure and unbridled goodness.

Have you ever looked at yourself and thought, “Man, I’m seriously unlovable.” Thinking to yourself that there is NO way anyone could ever love you.

Walk through everything in your life that you can think of. Good or bad. Take the heartbreaking and the heart filling. Take it all, every single item, and then turn it, and your focus back on the name of Jesus.

My childhood was less than stellar. Abuse of multiple kinds was not uncommon. As a result, this left me with struggles with People Pleasing. In my case, as I call it, Reverse People Pleasing.

I love going on walks when there is a gentle but comforting wind. The type that isn’t just a simple breeze but isn’t a gust either.

Psalm 139:7-12 (ESV) 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” 12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is brig

I remember so fully of my “past life.” The life I lived prior to God changing me and regenerating my heart. I at times look upon the old Jesse and go through a great deal of feeling and spiritual battle.

I can safely say, that each and every single person reading this right this moment has a “person” or “persons” that, as believers, we have looked at with distaste.

Typically, we all think of the Holy Spirit as our BFF. He is the one who resides in us! He helps us to experience the love of God! He guides us and walks with us and nurtures us further and further towards godly living!

My Grandmother was one of my closest prayer allies. From the time I was born until the time she went to be with Christ in eternity. She was always petitioning God on my behalf.

I love God. I LOVE God. I love all of His attributes. I love all of His characteristics. I love that He exists in three persons. I love the sound of His voice. I love His church. I love His creation. I love what He loves.

I have struggled at times with feelings of self-doubt and putting people up on pedestals.