With the eclipse upon us today it is all about the lenses that you can view through without causing damage to your eyes. I find a lot of things in life are best viewed through the right heart lens. Here are just a few;   Challenging situations: James 1:2-4  Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles [...]

  Challenging circumstances – challenging people. We all encounter them on a regular basis. Truth be told, there probably isn’t a week that goes by where there isn’t an opportunity to be hurt, offended, challenged, belittled, discouraged, or just plain frustrated with something that happens in your life. The challenge is to always maintain the [...]

  Greatness is a choice!  One of David’s mighty men, Benaiah pursued a lion in a pit on a snowy day. He didn’t have to and certainly no one would have blamed him had he run the other way. But he didn’t run from the opportunity, he ran to the opportunity and in doing so [...]

  When David went to fight Goliath he walked into that valley as a little shepherd boy. Those who were watching him never expected him to win and were probably wondering why in the world would the King risk the future of the nation on one young man against such odds. Interesting thing is even [...]

  God’s vision is always bigger! Tony Fitzgerald says “When God touches you He already has more than you on His mind.” Sometimes we think is such small increments but God is so expansive. He wants to touch us so that He can impact all those whom we come in contact with. Hence one of [...]

Preservation or transformation, which do you lean toward? Like it or not, many of us focus on preservation. It is safer, expectations and outcomes clear, patterns are established, and I know how to function. Put the quarter in and the gum ball comes out, every time, on cue, as expected. I know what to expect [...]

You can easily count the number of seeds in an apple but you can never count the number of apples in any given seed. Such is the power of seeds and the exponential law of sowing. What you sow are seeds and while there may be a concrete, definable, or distinguishable amount of seeds you [...]

  My Friend Jeff Hoglen writes, “When do you start leaving a legacy? Well, you actually started. Every decision that you have made, every attitude that you showed, every reaction and every action molds the overall perception which eventually forms legacy.”   The question is not,  “When are you going to start to leave a [...]

Dan Mohler at the Power and Love Conference said something along these lines that impacted me. While this is not a direct quote, it went something like this.   If what you are doing would be hard for you to image Jesus doing, chances are you shouldn’t be doing it either. Pretty good advice!   [...]

  Too often we rely on the “3 R’s” in dealing with life circumstances.   React - Usually our natural and first response to the situation or comment. Reaction usually isn't the best first step because it often carries with it an emotional response based upon the story that we are telling ourselves. Which is [...]