My wife is always looking for an excuse to sing. I haven’t hear it in a long time, but when I was a boy there was a saying that went like this: He’ll fight at the drop of a hat and he’ll drop the hat. Well, my wife is like that when it comes to … Continue reading
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Tears & Joy
I will not be emphatic on this, but I think I am right: You cannot truly experience joy without having first known sorrow. For without first experiencing sorrow, you cannot recognize joy. Perhaps children experience joy, but without the experiences of life their joy is vapid and is soon forgotten. But to the person who … Continue reading
Sing for joy!
Sonja is the singer in our family–both at home and church (and pretty much everywhere else). When it comes to singing in church, I must confess, I am more prone to be looking at my watch judging how much time the singing is taking away from the time I have to preach than I am … Continue reading
When things turn suddenly
John 16:20 (NKJV) I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy. _____________________ It is a wonderful joy to me to know that, as a Christian, we can live … Continue reading
Kristian Karma
If you love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15 (NKJV) If our obedience unto God is not motivated by love then it becomes self-seeking and manipulative; in reality, we adapt a Christian philosophy of “Karma” (I’ll do what you want me to do but then I’ll be expecting you to do what I want you … Continue reading
Day 21/40-days: You can laugh again
There is no way around it, fasting is tough; it will make you miserable. However, the purpose of fasting is not to keep you miserable. Fasting is about making you better. It is about cleaning away debris from your body, soul, and mind so that the eternal spring of God’s joy can flow freely in … Continue reading
The ONE THING you must do today
The one thing you must do today is experience joy. Working hard is good in its place but there must come a time that you intentionally stop working and enjoy yourself. Enjoyment is the state of inserting joy into your life (en-joy) and is a part of God’s plan for your life. Without it your … Continue reading
That one fun night at Ken’s pizza…
Zechariah 4:10 (NIV) Who dares despise the day of small things? I didn’t realize it at the time, but one of the most significant moments in my 36-year relationship (and still counting) with my wife was a date we had at a little mom & pop pizza place called “Ken’s Pizza”. As far as I know … Continue reading
Sermon Notes for September 29, 2013
Title: Surprised by Joy Text: John 7:37-39 (NLT) 37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”39 (When he … Continue reading
Why Am I Working Like a Dog?
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8 (MSG) 7-8 I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness: a solitary person, completely alone—no children, no family, no friends—yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, “Why am I working like a dog, never having any … Continue reading
