Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, Philippians 2:9 The Joy of the Lord! Does it ever feel like a far off and lost experience? I know that at times it has felt that way for me, but when I consider the "why" of that, I find it is my own mindset causing me to feel like I don't measure up to God's standard...

Send us Fan Mail For this reason I kneel before the Father... And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:14;17-19 Let's pray da...

Send us Fan Mail And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship...

Send us Fan Mail Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Philippians 1:27 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4 :13 What is a worthy life? In Philippians, Paul tells us to "conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel..." as he's sitting in a jail cell and facing a capital charge! Thankfully, he also shows u...

Send us Fan Mail I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. Romans 16:19 Often we think about Paul as a tremendous theologian, but his motivation is really driven by love and it's shown in this last chapter. Kent Hughes writes, "The first characteristic of Paul's heart described in this chapter is that it overflowed with personal love. If the long lis...

Send us Fan Mail “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one — 23 I in them and you in me—so that they...

Send us Fan Mail We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” Romans 15:1-3 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,...

Send us Fan Mail whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God...

Send us Fan Mail Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels. ” Psalms 122:6-7 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak th...

Send us Fan Mail Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. Romans 14:1 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Romans 14:13 Unity and peace within the church is highly valued by God. David writes in Psalm 133:  How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Psalms 133:1 Jesus prayed, “ My prayer is not for them alone. I pr...

Send us Fan Mail Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Romans 13:14 Have you ever noticed that no matter how small a trial is, if we think about it constantly, it grows into a crisis in our minds and heart. I also recognize that if I think about sin, an apparent slight or another negative, they grow and become overpowe...

Send us Fan Mail Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Psalms 95:6-7 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let&ap...

Send us Fan Mail As I was in church this morning, it struck me that there are many that don't have a church to go to! They may not have a house or even their loved ones to hug! Praying for our nation isn't just about addressing the political and economic circumstances. Let's lift our fellow citizens up to God and pray for His mercy upon them! Let's pray daily for our nation, fa...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39 Do you ever struggle with doing the above? I know I do!!! So often I beat myself up because I don't have this passionate, gushy type of love for God...

Send us Fan Mail   These things I remember as I pour out my soul:  how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One  with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng Psalms 42:4 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and...

Send us Fan Mail be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 So far, Romans has had a lot of theological truths and now comes the instruction on applying them to our lives. In chapters 12 - 15, Paul provides guidance of how the Christian is to live by applying these truths. In chapter 12...

Send us Fan Mail Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him Luke 9:18 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Luke 9:29 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35 After he had dismissed them, he went...

Send us Fan Mail This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Psalms 34:6-7 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God....

Send us Fan Mail Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Romans 11:33-34 God's ways are not ours and His understanding is not ours. This is evidenced in chapter 11. In this part of Paul's letter, he shows us that God isn't going to reject the Jews, but is...

Send us Fan Mail Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from...

Send us Fan Mail for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 The book of Romans has had some pretty complex and amazing concepts in it. Often, I've had to read chapters 2, 3 or more times! Today, I was reading a sermon from Charles Spurgeon and he kept it very simple. He focused on the most basic and fundamental message, God loves us, He wants to fellowship w...

Send us Fan Mail What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. Romans 9:30-32 Kent Hughes writes about the grace shown to faith filled gen...

Send us Fan Mail they called on the LORD and he answered them. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; Psalms 99:6-7 You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted;  you encourage them, and you listen to their cry Psalms 10:17 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word w...

Send us Fan Mail The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8 :16 As we've been reading in Romans, there's a duality of nature within us, the Flesh and the Spirit. When we are saved, the Holy Spirit moves in and takes up residence, but how can this be? AW Tozer says it this way, "One quality belonging to the Holy Spirit, of great interest and imp...

Send us Fan Mail “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me—so that they may be...