What are your kids seeing from you? What is your spouse seeing from you? When I was a kid, I never heard my dad swear. I also never heard my mom gossip. Now, were my parents perfect? Absolutely not, but they truly did model for us kids, faithfulness to the Lord. Another thing that stood out about my upbringing is that I didn’t hear a “materialistic spirit” from my parents. All they ever wanted for...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:   You are making an investment, even if you don’t know it. What you value, what you talk about, what you spend time doing is shaping your family…and those in your circle of influence. When Elijah approached Elisha about being his mentee, it was an easy choice. Why? It’s because Elisha had already observed Elijah’s boldness for truth and justice. What are your kids observin...  Read More

Today’s devotion title, "New Thinking Equals New Living” stirs up a lot of thoughts and ideas about what a “new” life looks like. Maybe it’s something you’ve thought about too. Let’s try something; how about we begin with backwards thinking. Yes, you read that correctly, backwards thinking, and no it’s not the same as playing a record backwards as if searching to hear a secret message.  I’m sugges...  Read More

There are a multitude (literally thousands) of “self-help” books available. Everything from eating right to how to lose weight, grow hair, hair removal, dating, marriage, divorce, raising kids, kicking adult kids out of the house, and list goes on and on. Wanting to improve ourselves is not a bad thing. But sometimes the things we think we need to improve actually have nothing to do with our well-...  Read More

We all know the illustration of the cup of water that is filled to the middle of the glass. Which then we are asked is the glass half full or half empty? It all comes down to our perspective on how we look at the glass. In that moment is one person wrong? Well, the same can be true about our priorities. In my house I tend to relax first, then do the task that needs to be done. Sarah prefers to com...  Read More

Pastor John, gave me the title of this devotional, and honestly, it could really begin and end with those words……Grace Wins…. truly, is there anything more that needs to be said? I suppose I better ?   Immediately upon reading those words, “Grace Wins”, I thought of a popular song that you may have heard on any Christian radio station, with the same title, “Grace Wins” by Matthew West. Here are so...  Read More