Category: Weekly Devotional

So that our joy may be complete

Some people think Jesus Christ is a myth, along with his teachings and miracles. Maybe this describes you. The Apostle John was addressing a similar understanding with the gnostics of his time in Ephesus. They had a problem with the concept that Jesus was both fully man and fully God at the same time.

Read More

May your hearts be comforted

May your hearts be comforted and established in every good work and word. Why did Paull write this second chapter of Second Thessalonians? He gives us the answer in verse 17; “…comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.” Put in my terms, he wants to bring comfort to the hearts of people who have been upset by misunderstanding regarding the second coming of Jesus. That comfort provides the environment for their hearts to be established in every good work and word. The good work refers to how we live out our faith in Jesus, and the good word refers to sound doctrine. Paul wants his disciples to live fully balanced lives with good doctrine and a lifestyle that reflects that doctrine.

Read More

Justice is guaranteed

God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you (followers of Jesus) and to grant relief to you (followers of Jesus) who are afflicted. When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, he will inflict vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God.

Read More

Optin Form

Categories

Archives

My story in brief…

Christ first came into my life at the age of 5 during a series of evangelistic meetings in our tiny country Quaker church house in Gate, Oklahoma. Since then it has been a process of “Stumbling forward by grace, through faith in Christ.” I experienced a significant personal revival at the age of 19 and have been much in love with the Lord ever since…five decades-plus.

My passion is to enjoy the Lord by encouraging others to make progress in their lives…living life successfully. I do that primarily through my disciple-making efforts and through my writing.

I spent about 20 years in public ministry and at the age of 40 decided that I had allowed my passion for ministry to impede my prior duty to my family, so I stepped aside. I found a new career as a financial advisor and now make my living serving my financial planning clients.

I now consider myself to be a bi-vocational minister of the gospel.

google-site-verification: google606cdf6ce2e1328b.html