God, our father, is relational.  God, along with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, comprise the Trinity, three persons in one. As children of God, our Father wants to have a relationship with us.  God wants to communicate with us. The Bible is full of stories about God communicating with His children.  One way that God… Continue reading Hearing God Part 1: Dreams

8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. (Psalm 34:8, NIV) The authorship of Psalm 34 is attributed to David.  He is speaking from his experiences where he had found protection from the Lord. David is singing about God’s goodness to him and is asking others to experience the goodness… Continue reading taste

13 For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well.15 My frame was not hidden from you    when I was made in the secret place,    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;    all the days… Continue reading master weaver

23 Above all else, guard your heart,    for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23, NIV) Heart occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, making it the most common anthropological term in the Scripture. The heart stands for the inner part of a person and refers to our will, mind, consciousness, emotions and understanding. It also… Continue reading  guarded heart

Faith is a muscle. Jesus called his disciples to follow him. Jesus Calls His First Disciples 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to… Continue reading atrophy

Jesus Presented in the Temple 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in… Continue reading memory

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. (2 Corinthians 2:14 NIV) In describing the meaning of this Scripture passage, Wesleyan-Holiness Old Testament Scholar, Dennis F. Kinlaw wrote: “The fragrance of the knowledge of Christ is spread in the earth… Continue reading pleasing fragrance of Christ

A good friend of mine who is an Old Testament scholar gave this whimsical reply when I asked him what the significance of the right hand is in the Bible. “As a left-hander, I am sorry to have to say that the right hand is the preferred one and the right side of someone is… Continue reading God’s right hand

Psalm 37 Of David. 1 Do not fret because of those who are evil    or be envious of those who do wrong;2 for like the grass they will soon wither,    like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good;    dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.4 Take delight in the Lord,    and he will give you the desires of your heart.… Continue reading laughter