Years ago, I was driving down the road and the Lord gave me a poem. It was about the story of Peter walking on the water. I wrote it down but have since misplaced most of it. I only remember the last stanza, but it still captures the essence of the message: You see it’s not about running, or even walking on water. Christ won’t be offended, If you jump in and swim. Though bombarded with questions, God sent only One Answer. Since you caught sight of Jesus, Are you moving t’ward

“Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you. ”So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) One of the statements under “I Am Secure” in the “Who I Am In Christ” in the Freedom In Christ Discipleship class list is based on this verse. Read it through a couple of times. What does it say to you? It’s important to note that the verse doesn’t say that God causes all the circumstances of our life, just that He will work in them for our

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 As believers, we are called to present our bodies as a sacrifice that is acceptable to God. When I read this verse

Veteran’s Day began at the conclusion on WWI. In November of 1919 President Wilson proclaimed November 11th as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in American, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her symp