LET’S DO IT AGAIN!

 “Let's have church! Let's join the heavenly sound! There's nothing like Your presence when the praise breaks out. Let's have church! Let's tear the roof off of this house cause anything can happen when the praise breaks out. Let's have church!” (Excerpt from song by Thrive Worship) Do you remember anything special about Sunday mornings in your past? I do! Of course, I had to deliver the...

THE WATERS, THE RIVERS, AND THE FIRES OF LIFE

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you. For I am the Lord your God,” (Isaiah 43:2-3a NASB) The Lord woke me up at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday night to write this meditation for you, in advance, scheduled for Friday’s publication. To be...

RECOGNIZING THE WAY UP

“When I shut up the heaven and there is no rain, or when I command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence on My people, 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 will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:11-14 Modern English Version) At a...

GO BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

Sally just got her annual performance appraisal at work. When she heard her supervisor say, “You’re overall rating is ‘Meets Expectations,” internally she started boiling over with anger. With more “temperature control” on the outside controlled by a Spirit-influenced “thermometer”, the internal fire on the inside was held in check. She tamed her tongue as best she could, but...

GOING TO

“Now is the time to relocate from burdens to “better,” from hopeless to hope, from our entrapments to the freedom that is ahead, from where we reside in our mindset now, to a place where relief, hope, joy, and victory resonate loudly.” (Mark L. King Quote) Since we did not have a Monday Short meditation yesterday, I will try to be brief today.  I may not say it all, but when all is...

THE GOING THROUGH

“Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need!  He lets me rest in the meadow grass and leads me beside the quiet streams.  He gives me new strength.  He helps me do what honors him the most.  Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way.  You provide delicious food for me in the presence...