Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Kent Hughes writes in his book, Preaching the Word Commentary: HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU? As a pastor I have spoken with men and women who feel like God has turned his back on them. “Where is God while my life is falling apart? Why has God abandoned me?”  If that describes you, it’s good to know that you are not alone. Charles Spurgeon, the great ninetee...

Send us Fan Mail James 3 only has 18 verses, but they are powerful and address a major shortcoming of mine, my tongue! With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. James 3:9-10 Charles Spurgeon writes, If we are, indeed, the children...

Send us Fan Mail Help, LORD, Psalms 12:1 Have you reached the point where your only option is to cry out to God? Time after time, friends, partners and you yourself have let you down and "Help Lord" is your choice? David knows how you feel and God has provided us with a prayer for such a time.  As Spurgeon preached: This was a prayer of David. It was offered under peculiar circumstances....

Send us Fan Mail In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:17 When I was younger, this section always made me struggle because I have never felt I did enough for God. I asked my father once and he told me a story that went something like this,  A father asked his kid a simple question. He pointed to a tree and asked what kind it was. The child answered...

Send us Fan Mail In James, we see the result of a complete transformation of a person by Jesus's grace. James was Jesus's brother. He didn't believe in Jesus's ministry initially, “For even his own brothers did not believe in him” (Jn 7:5). But what we find in these next 5 chapters is a person who has been transformed by the power of God and what many call, “the Proverbs of the...

Send us Fan Mail In Psalm 11 David declares his confidence in God while the world seems to be falling apart. David’s friends looked around in fear and told him he should run away. After all, they reasoned, “if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (11:3). Are you asking the same fearful question as David’s anxious friends. “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righte...

Send us Fan Mail "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” Mark 16:17-18 Jesus has risen and He has given us the responsibility to spre...

Send us Fan Mail Here's a prayer of David for those who are afflicted and tormented by the wicked. It encourages the poor and oppressed to look to God for He will defend them. Are you feeling oppressed and mistreated, God has provided the perfect prayer. Lets use it to express our need to Him.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, Hebrews 10:19-20 The death of Jesus opened the way to God for us. Before, there was a curtain and God could only be approached by the priests. With Jesus's death and resurrection, that ac...

Send us Fan Mail Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalms 9:10 When we know God, we can have faith in Him and tell of His greatness. In Psalm 9, we learn more about the awesomeness of God. Join me in praying a perfect prayer to God.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Aw Tozer talks about the distance we feel, despite it not being there, between us and God. So often, we stand away from God, but He's really right next to us. It's just that we've accepted our unlikeness to Him, instead of striving to be more like Him. Tozer writes, "We need to repent of unlikeness; of unholiness in the presence of the holy; of self-indulgence...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, it seems, that it's hard to find the wonder in God's creation. We have so much information and think we understand everything, but I need to remember that those who believed the earth was flat and the sun revolved around it, were the best scientist of their day. God's creation is beyond compare and David takes this moment to recognize it. Join David in pr...

Send us Fan Mail “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” Mark 13:35-37 Have you ever stayed up late waiting for a child to come home? I know I did. I also know that if...

Send us Fan Mail Aw Tozer describes the love God has for us as follows: God desires and is pleased to communicate with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills, and our emotions. The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the souls of redeemed men and women is the throbbing heart of the New Testament religion. When God loves us in such an incredible way,...

Send us Fan Mail In Psalm 7, David is reaching out to the Lord because he's been accused of something falsely. He needs God's shield and justice. Have you felt this way before? Thankfully God has provided us with the perfect prayer!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Charles Spurgeon writes about Psalm 6: Here the Psalmist asks for a visit from God, for he is sick at heart, heavy and depressed. Be very thankful if that is not your case, but if it is, be very grateful that here is a prayer ready-made for you. Here you are taught how to cry to God and what to expect from Him. If you are very sick and sad, you are not worse off than David was. Se...

Send us Fan Mail And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25 As we read and pray, we're so thankful for God's grace. His forgiveness is completely unconditional and unearned. I'm so thankful He reminds us to practice forgiveness too. Forgiveness heals, unforgiveness destroys.  Joi...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, it feels like we're in a mess that nobody else has ever experienced. That might be true, but David was in so many tough situations, despite being a man after God's own heart!  Let's pray Psalm 5 and ask God for help, just as David did.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:29-30 Aw Tozer writes about Mark 10:29,  &...

Send us Fan Mail A man was asking Jesus to heal his son who was possessed. He'd heard about Jesus healing the sick and casting out demons. This conversation transpired between Jesus and the dad; "But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”  “‘ If you can’ ?” said Jesus. “ Everything is possible for one who believes .” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; h...

Send us Fan Mail Today in Psalm 4, we pray for God's mercy, security and prosperity. When all is going against us, where can we turn? It's God. He's our source of strength, peace and prosperity.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? Mark 8:34-37 " What about you? You m...

Send us Fan Mail What defiles a person? What makes a person good, bad or neither? Most people will say it's the actions one does and that's partially true. Some religious folks will say it's not following strict rules. But Jesus says, it's what's in your heart. He says, "For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft,...

Send us Fan Mail Have you felt like everywhere you turn, problems and enemies are there to bring you down? King David knows that feeling and gives a prayer to help us. I think the message provided is the key, not necessarily the exact words, so let's pray Psalm 3 together and experience the words of God together!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Mark 6 is packed full: 1. Jesus tries a third time to reach out to His hometown with a similar effect 2. He sends out the 12 to preach, heal and deliver people from demons 3. John the Baptist is beheaded 4. 5000 are fed with 5 loaves and 2 fish 5. Jesus walks on water So, what are the takeaways from such a full chapter? If we have faith and look to Jesus for support, He'll us...