‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’Matthew 4:4You might be surprised that the bible has a lot to say about food and lots of other things that we put into our bodies. When it comes to food or drugs most of us skip over most of the verses on the subject. Can you remember the last time you stood in front of a mirror or maybe even better in front of...

Who God Says I AmAs promised, here is my sermon from Sunday that I didn’t get to preach. God had different plans for us but the message is still true and I am writing today to share it with you. Let me begin by asking you a few bible questions. How many crosses were there on Golgotha the day Jesus was crucified? How many people died that day? How many went to heaven with Jesus that day? How do we ...

“By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life”2 Peter 1:3What I am about to tell you could get me killed by manufacturers and advertisement companies alike. What if I told you that you could have it all, would you believe me? Truth is, you already have it all. You don’t need to ever buy another thing in order to find fulfillment in this life. Commercials for the...

“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.”Ephesians 1:3Have you ever heard the expression, “Love the giver more than the gift”? It’s pretty straight forward and it’s sad we even have to remind ourselves and each other to not forget. The danger we read over and over again in scr...

“Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.”Proverbs 29:23It’s easy to read the title and think that this is a slam against the LGBQT+ groups who celebrate Pride Week and Pride Month throughout the year. I have nothing personal against those groups using the name PRIDE to express themselves. In truth my heart hurts for anyone, myself included who ever thinks of pride in a positive lig...

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”John 14:1-4After being in the car for hours I would complain to my parents, “When are we going to be there?” The answer was often the same, “5 more minutes”. My parents would say that in hopes I would sit back and relax thinking we would arrive shortly. Reading in John’s Gospel something a friend of mine once told me came to ...

“One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out.”Luke 8:22There’s a valuable lesson to be learned in this story. If God says it that settles it. You can trust anything and everything Jesus says. If He said get in the boat and let’s cross over to the other side of the lake you can rest assured you are going to make it safely...

“And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.”Matthew 5:41I came across a quote that left me laughing as I tried to imagine the scenario. It said, "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?… He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!” Ha! Immediately I thought of Jesus and one of His most well known teachings in all the Bible, “The Sermon on the Mount.” Ha...

“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.”Hebrews 11:1When the Bible talks about hope it means something entirely different than what most people define hope to be. If you ask people what the word hope means to them it’s no surprise to get a definition that aligns more with a wish than with a promise. To hope in the Lord is to hope in a sure thing. N...

“and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.”Luke 21:11In my curiosity I have learned a lot as I have sat these past few months and watched and listened to what many of you are seeing with your own eyes too. The very things the Bible warns us that will happen in the last days are happening right before our v...