Taking It to Work: Do you have a trained ear? When one of my boys was younger, I was waiting for a school concert to start where he played the bari-sax. As I sat listening to the kids warm-up, which sounded more like a traffic jam than a warm-up, I Read more…
Taking It to Work: One of the hardest lessons in life is to learn not to worry. As a business owner, I have been brought very close to bankruptcy three times. First through a very dishonest businessman, then a worldwide recession and the last time was by a devastating natural Read more…
Taking It to Work: There were some incredibly hard choices made by men and women in our Bible, but maybe because we have heard the stories so many times before, the choices don’t come across so incredible…but they indeed were. Think of the story of those three young men, Shadrach, Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Great is the adversary of men, but as the small speck to the eye of He who provides and gives power to all creation. To the world a great force, but to He that sits upon the throne, a passing stench in an everlasting plan, Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Joyful are those with My peace. Without threat, their lives are under My hand, allowing only that which builds and draws. Little is lost and much gained. Even in the calamity, the joy of My fortress protects them. A strong tower is the refuge of Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Where do I send the light – light into light, or light into darkness? You are sent to nourish the hungry, to show those without hope where you have found your own. The coming together of My children is to strengthen, that they go out, Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: As you serve in your labor, it is My Name you carry, for it is I who created you, and I who has given you breath. It is I who has saved and brought you to this place. I have given you strength and good Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Those who walk in faith have expectations beyond the natural. Their mind is not limited to what is common, for those things common are in the control of He Whom is uncommon. The created heart knows of the existence of He who is above existence, Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: As a Father delights in his child, so I delight in My own, for those who know Me in truth, follow My ways. Kindness is abundant in their fruit, and righteousness is in their step. They seek to understand deeply My Word, and listen that Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: My hand will guide. The journey of the disciple is one of learning. A student finds each new level difficult, so do those who follow Me. I lead you in the way of the wise, that you would not grow dull in your call. He Read more…