A Legacy


Parents play a key role in the lives of their children. The impact is generational and profound. What will you leave your child/children? Although my parents were fairly committed to church-going it was my SS teachers that impacted me the most. You may be the same. I was also in Pioneer Girls who challenged me […]

What voice do you listen to ?


You are in a situation where a decision must be made. What do you do? Some say one thing, some say another, whose voice is right? 2Chron 10 Voices can be misleading or they can lead to the truth. We are bombarded with voices from the tempter, the world, and the flesh. We must be […]

Something to Think About


What is your opinion on how we should pray? Should we kneel? Should we raise our hands? Is there only one way? 2Chronicles 7 From Genesis to Revelation the fire of God is used as a picture of the holiness and majesty of God. In Genesis, He consumes the cities of abomination. In Exodus He […]

A Parent’s Prayer


What do you pray for your child or if you don’t have a child yet what should your prayer be? 1Chron 29:19  How many times have you stopped and read the obituaries of others who have died? They offer a glimpse into the life of their accomplishments both materially and physically. But, how many times […]

From Beauty to Ashes


1Chron 9  Yesterday, the world watched as Notre Dame Cathedral, an international treasure burned. The pictures were sent around the world and we watched with tears. Centuries before another international treasure burned, God’s holy Temple. However, in God’s graciousness, the Judahites taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar never saw the Temple burned.  The loss of both is/was […]

Lessons from Jabez


Are you a complainer? Do you want “stuff” but don’t have it? Perhaps this lesson from Jabez might teach us all a practical lesson in trust, belief, and faith. 1Chronicles 4 “Lessons from Jabez” “you don’t have because you don’t ask; you ask and don’t receive because you ask wrongly” [James 4] but Jabez did […]

Parenting Tough Kids


If you have raised a godly child, consider yourself blessed. Do you know of a parent that needs some godly counsel? Why not disciple them? 2Kings 20-24  Although Hezekiah was a good king, he was not a faithful father. His son Manasseh was the worst of the worst! The Chronicle writer tells us however that […]

Missing a Golden Opportunity


2Kings 18 – 20  If truth be known, boasting comes rather easily to us. The prophet Jeremiah said this: “If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, […]