Let me share the good news with you: Are you lost? We all have been lost in our lives. Whenever we are not trusting God completely we are lost. But thanks be to God, He has made it His mission to seek and save the lost, so we know He is pursuing you and me everydayContinue reading “Are you struggling? There is hope!”
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The desire of God’s heart
God does not want.. “anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9) Recognize this: God “wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4) God loves you and me so much that He is actively reaching out with a heart of compassionContinue reading “The desire of God’s heart”
Be present
God has been teaching me (over and over again in fact) that one of the most important things in all of life is to be present to Him and present to each person that I with in each moment. And of course God is always and ever present, so I ought to be present toContinue reading “Be present”
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?”
I went to my prayer closet…
So, I went to my prayer closet today…and heaven didn’t open with angels ascending and descending on a ladder illuminated by light and heavenly choruses of “hallelujah”. So what now?
The Need to be Still
In my last post I spoke about the need to be productive. Now I would like to briefly consider our deeper need to be still. It’s not that we don’t have a calling and purpose in this life that ought to be diligently and intentionally pursued, but rather that being still is the greatest thingContinue reading “The Need to be Still”
Keeping in step with God’s abiding Spirit
Here is the reality for a believer in Jesus Christ. If you have come to faith in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then God Almighty has indeed saved you. If you have confessed your sins and repented of your former way of living according the ways of the world, then God has forgiven you andContinue reading “Keeping in step with God’s abiding Spirit”
The dilemma and the promise of faith
What is it that we have faith in? What exactly are we believing for? Are we believing for things to turn out our way, or the way that is seemingly most favorable to us? Are we believing for events and even other people’s choices, words and behaviors to be positively in our favor? Or isContinue reading “The dilemma and the promise of faith”
What the world needs now
It’s that time again. You know, when men and women begin to politic and proclaim what they believe about something, because they are certain that their particular political convictions are the hope of America. The rhetoric, the campaigning, the promises, the slogans. All of this and more has begun as the presidential hopefuls seek toContinue reading “What the world needs now”
A prayer for God’s presence and His people
Oh Lord, we need You now. We need You to guide us. To instruct us. Oh Lord we need Your Spirit, Your Presence and Your Glory to be on us, with us and in us! Lord, break our hearts for lost people, dying churches, hopelessness, hurting, sorrow, grief, sin-laden and imprisoned people. May we careContinue reading “A prayer for God’s presence and His people”
Pastor Michael Johnson 