Today I begin a New Life

One of my very favorite books is Og Mandino’s bestseller - The Greatest Salesman in the World. I was first introduced to this book many years ago when as a Pastor I was needing to supplement my income and began a job as the front desk clerk at a local hotel.  The manager there required all [...]

R.E.A.L. CONNECTIONS

Connected – it is how we are created to be – Connected to God through Jesus. Connected to the body of Christ – the church Connected to one another-person to person. Sunday we spent the morning learning what it means to be connected.  We learned that good connections are R.E.A.L!   We learned that there [...]

Connected to Community

How many of you have heard someone say – “I can believe in Jesus and not go to church”?    Almost every Pastor I know when they hear this simply roll their eyes to the back of their heads and walk away.  It is seemingly a death sentence to a conversation.  Because it is so [...]

Connections – Who’s Your First?

655 friends on facebook.  355 connections on linked in.  5 very different networking groups. My message to you is It Is WHO You Know that matters in life! There is a very important fact in life for those of us who want to make their lives better.  We have seen this to be true time [...]

How Connected Are You?

You have heard the phrase:  “It isn’t how much you know that matters - its really WHO you know that matters.” I believe that this statement is really true!  No matter how much you know – there are always others who know more.  Most of us know people who think they know more than enough for all [...]

I Surrender – Part 3

1 part commitment to living as a living sacrifice. 1 part identifying which God you are going to love with all your heart. 3 parts Surrender =  a Life pleasing to God. Sound easy?  I don’t think so.  Last week I said 2 parts surrender – your past and your future.  Today – there is [...]

I Surrender – Part 2

We are on the journey to living a life pleasing to God – We have found that every journey is a series of steps and on this journey we have found: Step one:  Make your life a living Sacrifice – Romans 12:1Romans 12:1English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVChrist Brings New Life 12 1 Dear friends, God [...]

I SURRENDER!!! (PT 1)

Listen to this story that I had the honor of hearing: A woman came into a courtroom asking for orders against her ex-husband. She was haggard with emotion, nervous and upset to the point that she seemed ill.  Trembling, she related at length how bad her ex-husband was, how ever since their divorce he had [...]

WHO IS YOUR GOD?

Have you joined the journey the last two weeks?  Have you been thinking about what it means if life isn’t about you?   So many have been told all of our lives that life is about “ me” – and that it is what I think and about what I do that is important.  But there it is [...]

It’s Not About You!

This is the first line in Rick Warren’s book – The Purpose Driven Life and in my opinion it is one of the most powerful lines ever written and here is why.  Each and everyone of us has two choices in life – we can choose to live for ourselves or we can choose to [...]

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