“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward” -Martin Luther King Jr. Tomorrow marks my final day at Little Church, ending 18 years that Nikki and I have been there. It’s been truly an honor to…
Is COVID-19 From God? Some Christians have asserted this coronavirus pandemic has been sent by God as a judgment upon the earth. I don’t agree with that. What I do know is God will turn for good what is meant for evil and will work great things in the lives of those who look to…
“But you are a Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation, a People for God’s own Possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 I attended a Graham Cooke Conference a few years ago, and Graham posed this question, “If you could…
Weekly Prayer Letter, Monday, June 8, 2020 What Won’t Be There In heaven there will be no more cancer, no fear, no rejection, no shame, no loneliness, no depression, no crutches, no wheelchairs, no pacemakers, no chemotherapy, no suicide bombers, no school shootings, no metal detectors, no persecution, no loss. There’ll be no more middle-of-the-night phone calls,…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, June 1, 2020 An Astonishing Recovery On Wednesday, April 8, I wrote the following prayer need in my daily prayer message: “Nick – family member of Michelle Doherty, fighting to live.” He had contracted the coronavirus, had a compromised immune system, was elderly and the prospects for his recovery were dim. We started praying…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, May 25, 2020 The Power of Encouragement I love to encourage others. I love to be encouraged. Few things in life are more wonderful to me than encouragement. To affirm someone. To call out who they are. To put them in touch with their real identity. To bless them. Speak life into…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, May 18, 2020 First Thoughts I’m looking at this picture, and I am moved, so much so that I begin writing down my first thoughts. Not analyzing. Not thinking long. Just my first thoughts… “Friends. How I love them. How glorious to worship God side by side. Together. Near each other. In…
Weekly Prayer Letter, Monday, May 11, 2020 Dramatically Different “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are My ways your ways. For as high as the heavens are above the earth so My thoughts are higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8 The ways of God and the ways of man are diametrically different. Completely opposite.…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, April 27, 2020 A Timely Miracle It’s tough being a renter. Anything can happen at any time, shaking your world. Maureen Smith has lived in a sweet little 1928 Laguna Beach cottage, 650 square feet with a lovely side yard, in one of the cutest neighborhoods in Laguna, the intersection of Catalina…
Weekly Prayer Message, Monday, April 20, 2020 A Virtual Baptism Her name is Candise which means “sparkling.” And it perfectly describes this young lady these days – sparkling with joy, shining with excitement, and carrying a newfound passion and love for God. She has made her way back to the Lord in recent weeks after straying…