DON’T YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT LAND?

One week ago, my wife and I had to fly back to Indianapolis from Baltimore, Maryland. We arrived at the BWI airport in plenty of time to check our luggage and head to the gate where we were to catch a plane to Charlotte, North Carolina and connect with a flight that would get us back home in Indianapolis, Indiana by 11:00 p.m. When we went to the designated gated, there was a posting, “Flight...

WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP…

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless his name.” (Psalm 100:4 KJV) Since my childhood years I have heard the saying, “When the praise go up, the blessings come down.” Look, you might even hear someone make that declaration today when you are in worship services. You are going, right? Let’s be real! Many people who will...

KEEP GOING FORWARD

“When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!” “Oh no, my lord!” Lot...

WHEN THE PRAISES GO UP…

“I will praise you to all my brothers; I will stand up before the congregation and testify of the wonderful things you have done. “Praise the Lord, each one of you who fears him,” I will say. “Each of you must fear and reverence his name...” (Psalm 22:22-23 The Living Bible) If you have an old bible that you brought at a garage sale, picked up at a Goodwill Store, or you have a...

FIVE WORDS

“So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out.  Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going.  He always keeps his word.  Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24-25 MSG)...