Living in the Present

One of the tricks of the enemy is to try to tempt us to live in the past. If that doesn’t work, the enemy will tempt us to be overly concerned about our future. God wants us to live to the fullest in the present and allow Him to reign in the midst of our [...]

By |2013-01-10T10:00:14-05:00January 10th, 2013|Uncategorized|5 Comments

Zealous for God in 2013

  We live in a world surrounded by spiritual compromise. Read about the Laodicean church in Revelation chapter 3. It feels like it was written just yesterday. This church was filled with lukewarm Christians who compromised with the world around them, and they did not even know it was happening. They professed to be Christians, [...]

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00January 4th, 2013|Leadership, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Three Sides to Every Story

You’ve heard the saying: There are two sides to every story. I grew up believing that, but I recently discovered that old adage doesn’t present the whole truth. The reality is ... there are three sides to every story: my side, the other person's side and God's side (the truth). I have sat through countless [...]

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00December 4th, 2012|Leadership, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Giving Thanks

The American holiday of Thanksgiving is a perfect time for us to pause and give thanks to our God who has blessed us with so much. The scriptures tell us, “…in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1Thess 5:18). So many people struggle to find the will of God, but in reality, it all begins with giving thanks. A few years ago I made my first trip to Rwanda, a nation that had experienced genocide when 800,000 people were killed within three months

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00November 21st, 2012|Leadership, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Leave a Legacy!

Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 to “Go and make disciples.” When each of us get serious about making disciples as Jesus commanded, one person at a time, and training them so they make more disciples, God’s Kingdom will grow exponentially. Yet many times we have failed to obey this Great Commission from our Lord [...]

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00November 9th, 2012|Leadership|0 Comments

Stranded in San Francisco

LaVerne and I started our journey home on Sunday. We flew from Oregon to California on Sunday night and got stuck in San Francisco for the past few days.  Hurricane Sandy caused the airports on the East Coast to close down. We are experiencing a detour. We hope to fly out tonight. We had not [...]

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00October 31st, 2012|Leadership, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Forty-One Years of Mystery

This past week LaVerne and I spent four days away celebrating our forty-first wedding anniversary. We are so grateful to the Lord for His grace on our marriage relationship. It has been quite a journey. Although we have both come to the conclusion that at this point in our lives, we not only love each other, but we actually like each other—it wasn’t always like that.

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00October 23rd, 2012|Leadership, Uncategorized|3 Comments

When We Fail

Just because we fail, this does not make us a failure. We are in a spiritual war, and the battlefield is in our minds. The devil knows that if he can get us to focus on failing, falling, fear, poverty, disease, and our negative circumstances, we will become defeated and depressed. For example, if we [...]

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00October 8th, 2012|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Unfulfilled Dreams

Almost every week I meet someone who is experiencing the pain of an unfulfilled dream. Two weeks ago I was privileged to minister in Europe, this past week in the Caribbean and this week in the USA. I experienced three different parts of the world within three weeks, but I saw amazing similarities. Three cultures, same Jesus. Three nations, same kingdom. Three churches, same heart to experience all that the Lord has for each of them. Yet in each nation

By |2013-01-04T07:26:26-05:00September 25th, 2012|Leadership, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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