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CHECK YOUR SOIL

I have to admit that I am not much of a gardener, or a farmer, etc. I have been fortunate to have thrown some seed down…

THE UNTHOUGHT KNOWN

Some might be thinking, “Doc must really be tired this morning, he got the title backward!” Nope. It’s the known we some…

SHADOW PEOPLE

Psalm 39:6 (Amplified Bible) – “Surely every man walks to and fro–like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and…

WAITING FOR BUBBLES

I’m not sure if any of the great painters of religious art ever captured the scene of the angel of God stirring the wate…

TRYING, OR TRUSTING?

In the matter of your relationship with God, particularly as far as your salvation goes, trying doesn’t cut it. If you a…

PILLAR OF STRENGTH, OR PILLAR OF SALT?

Which one are you? Interesting concept about the “Pillar of Salt”. The Bible says it is what happened to Lot’s wife as t…

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS

Ignorance is dangerous. Ignorance will kill the soul. Ignorance may even kill the body at times. I have discovered there…

WHATEVER

I’m talking about God here. About when He responds to a need, especially those needs we have already rubber stamped “Imp…

DREAD DOES NOT EXIST

There was a time I woke up and went to sleep with it. The dreaded path. Not enough self medication to vanquish it. I cou…

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A REAL BATTLE

The world has become accustomed to getting what they want when they want it. Believers often expect the same results. A…

WHERE FAITH ENTERS IN

Heb. 11:3 – “By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, a…

DRIVE BY FAKES AND POSERS

Matt. 27:39 – “And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads…” Matt. 27:40 – “…and saying, ‘You who would des…

IF YOU’RE GOING TO INSIST ON SUFFERING…

I wonder how many disciples of Jesus would admit they were if the threat of 40 lashes plus 1 was staring them in the fac…

PROSPECTING FOR ANSWERS

Back in the days of the American gold rushes prospecting was an adventurous endeavor. Maximum investment in time and equ…

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?

Matt. 26:56 – “But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the discipl…

STAY SALTY

Stay the edge. Be cool. Retain the saltiness. Matt. 6:13 – “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its tast…

THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF PLACE FOR $1,000, ALEX!

Ever watch the game Jeopardy on television? If you answer incorrectly you can “jeopardize” all that you have. Life can m…

TO DEFY, PERCHANCE DEFILE

Genesis 3:4 – “But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die”. There it is. A statement as old as humanity…

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!

I remember standing in line at a movie theater in Manhattan in 1973. I was 20 years old and waiting to get in to see the…

Luke 6:22-23 (AMP) – “22 Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your out…

THE ONLY LEGITIMATE GOD

This is a message God gave me sometime back about “The Veil”. Smoke, mirrors, projected images, lies, deceit, false prom…

THINGS I NEVER HAVE TO ASK MY WIFE

Mark 10:6-9 (AMP) – “(6) But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. (7) For this reason a man sha…

YOU CAN DO THIS

Whatever “this” is, and you’re struggling with it, you can do it. Within certain parameters of course. The parameters be…

THE CORE

The Core On the top shelf of my desk is a small odd looking round ball. Its surface is rough and dimpled, it has a stran…

LOST AND FOUND

Luke 15:32 – “But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and i…