“My father David had it in his heart to build a Temple honoring the Name of God, the God of Israel. But God told him ‘It was good that you wanted to build a Temple in my honor—most commendable! But you are not the one to do it—your son will build it to honor my …
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Before Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
“Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “How can a kid like you fight with a man like him? You are only a boy, and he has been in the army since he was a boy!” – 1 Samuel 17:33 Before Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, there was Serenity, X-men, Alien: Resurrection, Twister, Toy Story, Waterworld, Firefly, Angel, Buffy, …
Eating without tasting
Then he said, “The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don’t do this, you will never enter God’s kingdom. – Matthew 18:3 It’s possible to eat food without tasting it. And it’s also possible to belong to a Kingdom that you never explore or fully enter into. …
If you don’t ask…
You crave something that you do not possess, so you murder to get it. You desire the things you cannot earn, so you sue others and fight for what you want. You do not have because you have chosen not to ask. – James 4:2 …the answer is always no then you do not get. Asking is grossly underrated. …
Stay in the water
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. – Psalm 90:1 Just as a fish needs to stay in the water to survive, you need to remain in the Lord to be fully Alive. Stay in the water…which is the Word of God.
A gazillion times zero
If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. – 1 Corinthians 13:2 …is still zero. And an “amazing” life/marriage/business/career/product/relationship without love is also zero. Whatever you …
1,000 pushups
Bodily fitness has a certain value, but spiritual fitness is essential both for this present life and for the life to come. – 1 Timothy 4:8 On the left side you have the Body. On the right side you have the Spirit. In between them you have Gymnasia…the place of exercise, and “training naked”. Both Body …
Pokémon realities
He raised us up with Him and seated us in the heavenly realms with our beloved Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King. – Ephesians 2:6 Just because you don’t understand Pokémon (or don’t even know what it is), doesn’t stop it from existing as a reality for millions of people around the world…and adding $7.5 billion to Nintendo’s market …
Christians coming alive
Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! – Ephesians 2:5 Is the glass half-empty, or is it half-full? Is this a problem or an opportunity? Is she …
Who are you?
But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” – Acts 19:15 When it comes to operating in the Spirit realm, what you do and what you say don’t matter nearly as much…as who you are. Who are you? In other words, you’ve just jumped into the swimming …