Devotions

What do you think of when you hear someone say, I’m going to Church?  Probably the Sunday morning worship service you are most familiar with, or possibly they are stopping at the building to do something.  That is how I grew up understanding what a church was, and to...

A little over four years ago I bought a house. The ceiling was falling down. The water pipes were broken. The HVAC was broken. Most of the house didn’t have any flooring in it. Oh and it was UGLY!!! Wow it was ugly. The house had been on the market for months. No one...

A number of years ago I heard Pastor Willie George say that for the church Easter is our Super Bowl. We can debate whether or not every Sunday should be treated with the respect we treat Easter with, but the reality is this: people are over TWICE as likely to accept...

Matthew 11:17 New International Version (NIV) 17 “‘We played the pipe for you,     and you did not dance; we sang a dirge,     and you did not mourn.’ Jesus has made his final journey to Jerusalem. He had his triumphant day on Sunday, and now it is Monday. Jesus heads...

Malachi 3:3 (NASB)'He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the L ord offerings in righteousness. '  I came across an article on facebook the other day.  Some...

I had a conversation the other day with someone about home repairs.  The joke is that by the time you get everything done you need to and would like to do, you basically start over on that list again, because there is always something that needs worked on that you can...