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This is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This is called Finish Line. Over the last several weeks I’ve talked to a number of people who are struggling emotionally and physically....and heard of many more. As I reflect back on my growing up years I remembered a game my brothers and I would play. One at a time each of was given a football and we would run full speed at the other...

Stiff Necked  This is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This called Stiff Necked. Usually every morning I wake up with a sniff neck and body because of arthritis i and of course theres that thing called gravity and age. Ive often complained that I "feel like the tin man" from the wizard of Oz caught in a rain storm without an oil can.   In Micah 6:8 God answers the J...

A loyal love is not dependent on how you or I feel at a given moment it exist simply because God wills it. Many a morning I’m sure my wife or I has woken up not “feeling” the marriage thing but the foundation of a loyal love held fast and will do so until our last breathes.  God has shown us his loyal love in the person of Jesus? What about you? Is loyalty foundational to your love for him, y...

The “social justice” of today is not the same thing. In fact it’s a term coined by socialist in post WW II in Europe. Socialism seeks to remove God, therefore what is “right and wrong” is determined by those in power...not God. There is much much more to this story for: Today think about this: “act justly” by applying God’s determination of “right and wrong” equally to all you encounter. Not...

 In every human soul whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, is a God-given awareness that there is “something more” than this transient world. And with that awareness of eternity comes a hope that we can one day find a fulfillment not found in the temporal.  Secondly installed deep into our souls is a compass that can distinguish between right and wrong and because of it as Pau...

There’s much more to this story but for today think about this:  Encouraging others to be everything that God has made them to be should be our default setting. In a world that makes it culturally acceptable to tear people down building them up in the image of God is life giving. With that my dear friends until we meet again I encourage you to Press On.. Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads...

This is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This is call What Matters. What matters to you...think about it “what really matters to you?” I’m sure many of you, as did I hear your parents say wait until you get my age then you’ll understand better...what’s important. This past 18 months the pandemic has reminded us and myself of what really matters. How by two major exa...

If Hope were a matter of chance or luck our lives would lack purpose, meaning, and value. In Christ however hope is a certainty an anchor for our souls that is unmovable. That is the kind of hope that our restless souls long for. It's the kind of hope that I want and I think you want too. This is Steve and until we meet again...Press On. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Once the man addressed the “do you want to get well question he then instructs the man “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk. I often wondered why mention the mat when the fact that he could now walk was all that one needed to know. The mat or bedroll was like a piece of furniture that metaphorically anchored a person to a specific location either temporarily or permanently. It represents an add...

There is no better way to understand how we should see and communicate with others than how God sees us. Hear the words spoken in 1 Samuel 16:7 “For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” There is much more to this story but for today think about this: It’s when we take the time to look each other in the eyes that we may see...

Bill, (the dad) a 62 year old man grew up in a family of 3 boys. They saw their mom leave while they were all very young. The splintering of the family and an alcoholic father led to a series of events and lifestyles sending all three boys on a trajectory of substance abuse and trouble with the law. Bill after spending time in juvenile detention and then prison came home to a scene that was no dif...

So today think about this: The Lord is not distance for he is near to the broken hearted, He see’s you because He intentionally turns and looks for you.  Hagar in Genesis 16 says to God “you are the God who sees me.” The question is are you ready to stop hiding from Him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Think about this: God is not always the cause of our distress, we do a good job entangling ourselves. Yet even our distress, if we have enough sense to look towards Him he will rescue us... but prepare yourself his resolution my be unimaginable. This is Steve and until we meet again, Press On Based on Jonah Chapter 2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Think about this: That in our distress God comes looking for for His own…even in disobedience. He does not abandon us or forsake us. Though His rescue of us might seem a little fishy. This is Steve and un til we meet again Press On.  Jonah 1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this. Suffering can make us bitter people or better people. When we receive it knowing that our Lord is in our hearts we have the power to heal others by taking their hand and letting them touch our wounds.  John 20:26-27 "by his wounds you have been healed." Isaiah 53:5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Think about this: It’s in the fellowship of suffering that you and I form our immortal ties, cemented by pain, tears and love for each other. The suffering that Paul speaks of is not accidental or a Devine punishment but a gift…more about this is the days to come.   This is Steve and even in suffering, Press On. Based on Philippians 1:29 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Think about this: So what do you do when things aren’t clear yet...you got it you press on…with the confidence that one day we too shall see God as clearly as God see’s us now. This is Steve, and until we meet again, do what is perfectly clear…Press On  1 Corinthian 13:12:  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I hav...

 Today think about this:  In short we need to keep putting one spiritual foot down in front of the other it’s then was Deitick Bonnehoffer said in his book Cost of Disciple ship that we see God work and learn to believe. This is Steve and until we meet again, you know what to do… “Press On.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this: For every ache and pain that visits your mortal body let them serve as a reminder of the inward renewal that is underway preparing you for eternity. Therefore do not lose heart...keep walking.  This is Steve, and yes Keep Pressing On. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this. Do you just know about God or do you know Him…because that’s the kind of relationship that he desires from us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this: God is about making things right and restoring them back to how they were intended to be.  2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Today think about this: It’s only when we walk with our creator does our soul, our spirit burn with life…because:   “He has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this: In times of despair, confusion and lost hope, and the thought of throwing in towel…then just keeping walking…for the Lord will drawn near and that road will become one of healing. Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this: Each shall walk on this earth given distance…. like these two men Jesus walks along side us prompting us to recognize him. The question will you take the time to so? Luke 24 Road To Emmaus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today think about this: When we give ourselves to the Lord to navigate life there will be times that He will lead us across difficult places. When that happens make sure you get your head in the game and….don’t forget to take picture (Standing Stones)..so you never forget the amazing think HE DID FOR YOU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.