Can I confess to you, family? I am flawed. Yes me. My theology is not always perfect. I’m learning. I am not always patient. I’m growing. Recently, I went through a time of depression. God has delivered me. Sometimes I get angry and have to be reminded by the Holy Spirit to forgive. I have voted Republican. I have voted Democratic. Sometimes in the same election. I hate country music,...
The Nations
Yesterday, as I walked in my neighborhood, I noticed this sign in one of my neighbor’s yard. I don’t know this neighbor. I don’t know there religious beliefs but I thought, “Man, they understand the heart of God in this matter.” God’s heart is not just for America. God’s heart is for the nations. And as Christians, that should be our heart as well. The sign in my neighbor’s yard,...
I Am Salt
In the OT there is a story of a town with a bad water supply. The bible says the town was “beautifully situated” but the water made the town uninhabitable. As I read that story this morning I thought about our country. No matter what political side you are on, I think we can all agree America is beautiful – from the colors in the Fall of the Appalachian mountains,...
Crushing
As we celebrate Independence Day, consider the following words penned by TD Jakes: I recalled something Martin Luther King Jr. said, “No one is free until we are all free.” We celebrate our great nation and its many freedoms each Independence Day, but we must not overlook those whose souls scream out in silence, mourning the injustice, apathy, indignity, and indifference they face each day in these same fifty states....
Customize Your Order
The other day, I was reading a Facebook argument. Two people, I didn’t know were arguing on a friend’s page. It was like a bad accident. I tried not to watch but I just couldn’t turn away. One of the participants in this FB quarrel presented facts without name calling. The other participant resorted to the sentiment that has become prevalent, “if you don’t agree with me, you must...
What Can I Do?
Thursday morning we awoke to the tragedy. Another mass shooting. More lives senselessly taken for no apparent reason. We mourn. We pray. We debate political issues and then we go back to life as normal until the next time. It’s almost as if they are occurring so often that we have become desensitized. Each time we mourn less, we talk about it less, it takes up less media time. I...
God Rejoices Over Us
I was listening to an old Gospel song the other day. The gist of the song was, “The World is in a bad way and we need Jesus.” I thought, “Forty years later, and we are still singing the same song – ‘the world is bad we need to turn back to God’.” We have painted this picture of God crying over America because of sin, punishing America because we...
A Life of ”Shoulds”
As a Grace Christian, I’m not a fan of the word, “should”. It implies law, a mandatory requirement. While this interpretation of Colossians 3:12 – 14, is laced with the word “should”, I would like to share it. We are crying out for God to heal our nation when perhaps He has given us everything we need to make this a better world. Perhaps, it’s not our nation that needs...
Compassion
When the Pharisees saw a person who was sick or hurting, they sought to place blame: Did the person sin, did their parents sin? (John 9:1) And while these questions made for great philosophical debates, no one was healed, or changed, or rescued. When Jesus saw someone hurting and in pain, He had compassion. He didn’t blame their parents or the person. He never said, “Well if you had not...
A Prayer for Our Nation
Lord, I ask that you protect the hearts, souls, and minds of the beautiful children who have been separated from their parents. Holy Spirit comfort them, hold them, rock them to sleep. I bind the spirits of rejection, fear, and abandonment that is trying to enter their precious little hearts. I release Spirits of love and acceptance over them. Let them know God as Jehovah-Shammah, the God who is there....