When I was much younger and serving God in my first few years of ministry (22-24 years old), I felt I was important to God and in getting His message out to others. I remember thinking to myself that God would never allow anything to happen to me, because He needed me to fulfill His purposes on earth. I thought I was…

Hey Guys, I am currently involved in two fantasy football leagues. For those that aren’t sure what I’m talking about, we have drafts and then set our line-ups to offer us the best scenario to score more points than our opponent each week. Unlike real football, our fantasy teams will have players from many teams and we have to be concerned about…

Isaiah 26:3-4 says, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” If your heart and mind are in a panic today because life is overwhelming and you realize you are totally unequipped to deal with it, take some time out…

Psalm 46:10 tells us to “Be still and know that I am God.” One of my favorite translations puts it this way, “Cease striving and know…” Jesus told Mary, the sister of Martha, that she had”chosen the good part that would not be taken away from her” when she chose to sit and listen to Jesus instead of frantically serve with her…

Last night at the Wednesday night service we talked about humility. In preparation, I ran across a list of 5 ways to grow in humility by a former archbishop named Michael Ramsey. I am paraphrasing them here just in case anyone is interested: Thank God often and always – thank God carefully and wonderingly, for your continuing privileges and for every experience…

Hey Guys, “Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” 1 Timothy 4:7 (NASB). As Christ followers, we hear a lot about spiritual disciplines. These include prayer time – alone and together, Bible reading, worship, etc.. Don Whitney, professor at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville says, “Rightly practiced, the spiritual disciplines take us deeper into the glories of the gospel of Jesus Christ,…

Years ago when I was in the midst of heart wrenching grief, I read C.S. Lewis’ words, “I never knew grief felt so much like fear,” and immediately identified with his statement. That was exactly the feeling I was having – full blown fear! From a multitude of butterflies in the stomach to nauseating anxiety that I would not be able to…

I was reading an article this morning entitled, “Love and Conduct” by George Sweeting, based on the definition of love found in 1 Corinthians 13. I would love to share the entire article with you because it all spoke to me, but there was one point as I was reading where I thought, “Whoa! Ouch!” It’s when he gets to the “Love…

A couple of years ago I used to send out a devotional every morning by copying my devotion from an app on my iPhone and pasting it to an email to everyone on the Three Point list. I decided that might be against the copyright laws and so I stopped doing it. I have tried to buy copies of the book for…

Driving to the church this morning I was listening to Christian radio and Tony Evans was preaching on prayer, saying that unless our prayer life is based on the knowledge of God that comes from the Word of God, we are chattering mindlessly. Those weren’t his exact words but his meaning was clear. If we don’t know the Word of God, if we are…