Everything is framed in perspective! I was driving down the road a saw a young men standing beside his car talking on his cell phone. He was staring at his flat front tire. Thinking he probably didn’t have a clue on what to do, I swung my truck around and pulled in beside him [...]

  The call on the life of Jesus was to help others. Dale Mast writes, “Jesus did not leave heaven to help himself, but to help us.” In the same way the call that the Lord has on your life is not primarily for you, it is for others. It is for their gain, not [...]

  This morning I am sitting in a chair holding our two week old granddaughter, Hanna Grace. She is our sixteenth grandchild. I tried to tell her how much I love her but there is no way she is able to comprehend how deep my love is and to what extent I will go to [...]

Investing! Something we all think about and practice to a certain degree but in today’s market of immediate gratification, investing for the future seems meaningless and way too restrictive for many. Why wait for tomorrow when we can have it now? Few things can be gained without some kind of investment of either, time, money, [...]

  I was driving down the road a number of months ago contemplating a number of challenging situations I was then currently facing. Was I making the right choice, was I doing the right thing? Then this thought seemingly out of nowhere charged into my brain. “They are going to laugh at my funeral!” What??? [...]

  The disciples had just lived through the most traumatized few days of their lives. They had just experienced the horrible death of Jesus, their leader whom they had come to love and whom had so powerfully demonstrated the power of God’s love toward them and others. And now He was gone! What now?   [...]

  Last week we joined over 400 other believers from the DOVE Family from 22 nations around the globe at our international leadership conference. Have you ever noticed that it is always the other one who has the accent! Never you! Unconsciously, we always come from the posture that our speech is normal and everyone [...]

  Have you ever been in the situation where try as hard as you can, you just can’t figure it out. Why is this happening? You did all the right things, at least from your perspective, but the story that is unfolding seems to be by a different author. You just don’t seem to be [...]

                                                                                     In Mark 16, Jesus said: “17 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. 18 They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won't hurt them. They will be able to [...]

  An unclear understanding of your identity leads to misguided actions based upon clouded realities. When you realize who you are or more importantly whose you are and who it is that is in you, it changes your view of yourself and ultimately changes your actions.   Jesus knows who you are and is trying [...]