Do you ever find yourself longing for a good friend to just take an interest in your life? You know, someone who will take the first step to see how you are doing? It seems that we are terrible at making friends and perhaps equally as bad at befriending and cherishing the people who areContinue reading “Looking for a friend”
Author Archives: Michael D Johnson
Things I regret
These are the things I regret: These are things I regret. But since I don’t have a time machine, there is no way I can go back and change these things in the past. I need the courage of the Lord to apologize to the people that these choices affected. I want and need toContinue reading “Things I regret”
Being present
Dear pastor, What if your presence with them was enough? But what if your presence was enough? What if God is simply asking you and me to be present to the person in front of us? I believe that we set ourselves up for failure and place unnecessary, unrealistic and impossible expectations on ourselves becauseContinue reading “Being present”
God’s story
We are all characters in God’s story. The Bible helps us to see that everything that is unfolding around us (on earth, throughout the cosmos) as well as all that has taken place throughout history, has not been the respective stories of billions of individual people but rather the one singular story of God’s love,Continue reading “God’s story”
The privilege of declaring the gospel
What a joy it is to tell people of the peace and freedom that is available to them in Christ Jesus! All of us have particular needs, and the amazing reality is that God wants to meet these needs. The good news of the gospel is that He longs and yearns to supply all thatContinue reading “The privilege of declaring the gospel”
Can we trust Him?
Trusting means believing that someone will do something that they have said they would and that they have the capacity to do so. Trusting is about taking someone at their word and believing that they have the intellect, time, energy, strength and provision to make it happen. This is the question of trust. This isContinue reading “Can we trust Him?”
What are you listening to?
I’m curious what are you listening to these days? In regards to music, I go back and forth from one style to another. I truly have eclectic taste. But above all I desire for the music to either accompany my times of prayer and thanksgiving to the Lord or remind me of the goodness ofContinue reading “What are you listening to?”
Lingering
Dear pastor, I want to ask you a unique and VERY important question… Are you very good at lingering these days? Let’s define the word: You may be thinking to yourself: “What a strange question!” But here is the point. Pastors seem to be soooo busy (at least in America, much like the culture aroundContinue reading “Lingering”
More than able
Dear pastor, Let us be reminded that God is more than able to handle whatever we face and whatever we give over to Him. As a matter of fact He is more than able to handle it, keep it, bless it, beautify it and use it. We just have to give it to Him. It’sContinue reading “More than able”
Peace that is beyond comprehension
There is a lot of noise and chaos in this world. And even when we do get alone and quiet, it seems like technology or our own thoughts like to interrupt. Fear is a loud and obnoxious voice that seems to invade our thoughts and any modicum of peace we might have had. But GodContinue reading “Peace that is beyond comprehension”
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