“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (Philippians 4:19–20, KJV) Growing up in my household, I was truly blessed. My parents were not rich as we might think, but they were alsoContinue reading “Amply Supplied”
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The Great Race
“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thoseContinue reading “The Great Race”
A Right-Hand Man
“For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.” (Philippians 2:20–22, KJV) Too often I have seenContinue reading “A Right-Hand Man”
Humble Encouragement
“And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, stop them.” But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, thatContinue reading “Humble Encouragement”
Lessoning the Load
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. And I will come down and talk withContinue reading “Lessoning the Load”
Observe and Join
“And whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped.” (Numbers 9:17, ESV) While I was in Savannah, a parishioner asked me a question. “Do you remember how the Lord led the peopleContinue reading “Observe and Join”
The Light of Hope
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6, ESV) When growing up, myContinue reading “The Light of Hope”
Pride Hinders Love
“For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.” (Galatians 6:3–4, ESV) In a book that I intend to write someday about the pastoral ministry, IContinue reading “Pride Hinders Love”
Renewing the Heart 