Devotions

The past couple of weeks I have been in Israel. It was an incredible experience!  I had 10 days with my dad and together we got to experience a tour through several places in we read about in scripture.  I am super humbled to have been in the very places Jesus taught...

There is a scene in 1 Kings 19 that has long challenged me. The prophet Elijah has been standing up and proclaiming the truth about God for quite awhile, but he has reached a breaking point. Seeking refuge in a cave he cries out to God: I have been very zealous for...

Isaiah 60:1New International Version (NIV) The Glory of Zion 60 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,     and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. The prophet Isaiah called for Jerusalem to wake up. A new day is rising for Israel. The light of the sun was hot, but...

This coming week we will be starting a new teaching series, 'Failing Men - Rising'. We will look at the lives of the twelve disciples. We will see how their lives impacted the world even though they failed Jesus before his crucifixion. I believe, men, that we find...

Genesis 28:15 (NKJV)  Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” The application deadlines for western big game hunts have closed or are soon to....

The older I get, the more I enjoy history, especially decades and experiences that occurred before I was born and that I did not experience first-hand.  I regularly lean about historical people and events that I have never heard of before through references I hear or...

So far in our journey, Jacob has manipulated his brother for the birth right, deceived his dad into getting the blessing, and it hits him.  His brother is going to kill him.  So he runs away.  He runs to his uncles territory, where he meets Rachel his cousin.  He...