How Much Do You Love Jesus?

Daily I watch as people judge… people hate… people treat those different than them with dis-respect. I listen as they blame the condition of the world on everyone else, but themselves.  “You don’t believe the way I do, so you have to be wrong.”  “You’re liberal and I’m conservative so you’re wrong.”  “You don’t follow…

Our lives are connected to choices…  and the consequences of those choices.  Good are bad we are the choices we make.  We choose how we act.  We choose how we treat others.  We choose to be happy or sad.  We can even choose if we see the cup as half empty, or half full.  We…

We tend to glamorize it.  We even make beautiful jewelry out of it.  We don’t want to face the truth.    The whip had metal, and bones, in the ends.  As Jesus was struck, flesh was torn away from his back… his sides… his neck.  This would continue until near death.  Our Saviors raw muscle,…

“Doesn’t the state of the world scare you to death”.  As I listened he could feel I didn’t have the same concerns he did.  His face looked puzzled.  Then I answered by saying.  “I don’t worry, I know who’s in charge.”  Faith…  Unwavering faith is such a powerful force.  Without faith we have no hope. …

In Africa a lions roar is made to scare, made to intimidate.  A lions roar is made to show dominance.  Do you feel like satan is roaring extra loud?  Do you feel like the enemy is roaring none stop in an effort to scare, to intimidate?  There are days that his roar seems to overpower…

Forty days.  A long time with no food.  Satan asked “make bread from stones”.  Jesus said no I want but one thing.  Satan said “being Gods son you can do what you want and your father will save you”.  Jesus said I want but one thing.  In desperation, satan foreseeing the cross simply said, “give…