Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Matthew 6:7 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The s...

Send us Fan Mail They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. Isaiah 2:21 Matthew Henry, a Presbyterian preacher who is best known for his Concise Commentary of the Whole Bible. He lived from 1662-1714. He wrote about Isaiah 2:10 the following thought, "It is folly f...

Send us Fan Mail Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Let's pray daily for our nation, fam...

Send us Fan Mail Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers. Isaiah 1:7 Spurgeon writes about chapter 1, saying  "It is clear from this chapter that the Lord views the sin of mankind with intense regret. We are obliged to speak of Him after the manner of men and in doing so w...

Send us Fan Mail For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:14-15 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Below is a Isaiah is the first of the biblical books of prophecy. Isaiah, who is believed to be the author, was known in the royal court of the southern kingdom of Judah. Like Moses, he was well educated. He had a prophetess wife and at least two sons (7:3; 8:3). As a prophet and a writer, he is mentioned in the historical record of...

Send us Fan Mail Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalms 51:10-12 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and...

Send us Fan Mail Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 2 Samuel 7:18 AW Tozer says, "To think God’s thoughts requires much prayer. If you do not pray much, you are not thinking God’s thoughts. If you do not read your Bible much and often and reverently, you are not thinking God’s thoug...

Send us Fan Mail Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. John 21:1 Consider the plight of these poor Galilean fishermen who comprised the inner circle of Jesus of Nazareth. They are to make disciples of all nations, but Jesus is going away. What do they need from Jesus in order to accomplish this task? They need exactly what he gives them here in chapter 21. They ne...

Send us Fan Mail I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 Let's pray daily for our nat...

Send us Fan Mail Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of...

Send us Fan Mail So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:2 Of this verse, Charles Spurgeon says the following, "This was the language of ignorance and unbelief. She had forgotten that the Lord had said that He would rise again the third day. Or else...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” John 19:11 AW Tozer, points out about Jesus, "Christ left us an example, and from it there can be no appeal. As He was, so are we in this world, and He felt no trace of resentment against any man. Even those who cruc...

Send us Fan Mail Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 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 the Word o...

Send us Fan Mail When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. John 18:1 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?” John 18:4 At the end, some might assume Jesus was "captured" and the circumstances were out of H...

Send us Fan Mail if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 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...

Send us Fan Mail My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 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 bro...

Send us Fan Mail Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 1 Timothy 2:8 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. Luke 22:42-43 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke t...

Send us Fan Mail But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. John 16:7 Have I made God too small? Do I worship and believe in the complete and full God? Do I limit God to Jesus and the Father? Charles Spurgeon says, "I fear that sometimes we who, "profess and call ourselves...

Send us Fan Mail And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eter...

Send us Fan Mail Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:6-7 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 J...

Send us Fan Mail My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-13 This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17 Charles Spurgeon writes, "You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of Him." If you have any question about that great Truth, you will have your brain more or les...

Send us Fan Mail In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:26-27 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship...

Send us Fan Mail But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 More and more, as our faculties grow sharper and more sure, God will become to us the great All, and His presence the glory and wonder of our lives. Join me in reading John 14 and be encouraged!   Just a Guy and His Wor...

Send us Fan Mail And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:13-14 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...