Getting nervous and anxious is a really interesting phenomenon – if you think about it. I recently preached about fear and I was researching how our bodies were created to respond to threats. Our pulses quicken, our blood pressure rises, our muscles tighten, we are being made ready to go[…]
“Oh, thank GOD —he’s so good! His love never runs out. All of you set free by GOD, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression, then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas. Some of you wandered for[…]
“O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—[…]
I know someone who dreams in technicolor! No, it’s more like 3D, Dolby-Digital, enhanced, Blu-ray, awesome vision. This person dreams such vivid and real dreams that I regularly find myself overwhelmed by the next morning recounts. I’m overwhelmed because I feel like I’m getting cheated by only hearing about it[…]
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually does for humanity. It seems that each time I start letting this event permeate my thoughts something starts to just buzz with in me. Last evening, I was trying to wind down from a pretty busy[…]
When I was growing up, my dad and I were regular attenders at University of Florida football games. We were so devoted that we would go up during the spring training games and generally at other off season times just to get our Gator fix. We’d walk around the stadium[…]
“What if, today, we decided to take up Jesus on his offer to live Kingdom Lives? What if everyone did that?” I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of the Kingdom coming to earth as it in Heaven. As I read Jesus’ words and life, I’m continually convinced that[…]
“In the morning when I rise, give me Jesus. Give me Jesus, you can have all this world, but give me Jesus”. These words are from a song that one of my favorite artists sings. It goes onto say “when I’m alone, give me Jesus” and “when I’ve come to[…]
I’m going to tell an embarrassing story. I’m sure my sister will not be pleased with this story but I actually feel the embarrassment is on me not her. Growing up my family had a pool. Most folks not from Florida ask me all the time if we grew up[…]
Acts is without a doubt one of my favorite books in all of Literature (not just Scripture). There is something deeply amazing about this book. Obviously, it has a ton of stuff that God is doing through the Holy Spirit – in fact, one of my professors challenged us to[…]