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One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father… No one was aware that Jonathan had left.  On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was [...]

The song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 begins with Moses saying, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak , and let the earth hear the words of my mouth . May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the [...]

Oh, sometimes I’m so bad about updating my blog… I blame not having internet at home! But, since my last post, we started the adventure of church planting! Tory started the church planting residency in September and it’s already been an adventure! God has been sooooo good through it and already I feel like [...]

What I’ve been learning this week…

My attitude should not be based on what people do to me, but what Christ has done for me.

Now to apply that….

Tory and I had a weekend getaway at a lovely family’s lake house in Jacksonville, TX. We wanted to spend this weekend relaxing and spending some time with God before this fall gets crazy! I recently started reading 1 Samuel and I’ve gotten so many good little nuggets out of it! God’s Word is so [...]

I was just thinking about sin the other day while reading Isaiah. I started to think… we take sin way too lightly! We take advantage of God’s grace perhaps without even recognizing it! I was reading Isaiah 65:2-5 and noticed how deliberately God’s chosen people sinned against Him. Go read it. And read the whole book [...]

I haven’t posted on my blog in a loooooong time. There are a couple reasons why…. first, I don’t have internet at home. So, my internet usage on my computer is limited. I use the internet on my phone, but that’s not very fun to type on… second, I haven’t necessarily had anything that [...]

Just some thoughts on Mark 1:16-20, where Jesus calls Simon Peter, Andrew,  James, and John to follow Him: These men respond to Jesus IMMEDIATELY. They decided to follow Jesus without explanation. At least in Scripture, we don’t see Jesus explain where they’re going, what they’ll be doing, or even who Jesus was! All they know is that [...]

I was reading Philippians 3:7-11 this morning and reflecting on counting “all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (verse 8). I kept asking myself, what do I count as gain? What rubbish thing am I holding on to? Do I live like Christ is infinitely [...]

“The critical question for our generation – and for every generation – is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all [...]

I wrote a devotional on Psalm 78 for our church’s Join the Journey devo site.  Here it is: — — — God has done so much. This is the Creator of the Universe we’re talking about! He created the earth, gave us life, saved us through Jesus Christ, and is sovereign and active in our [...]

I got to speak today at a funeral for an 8-month old baby boy that was the son of a friend in the young adult ministry here at Hill Country. He was born with health problems and he spent a lot of time in the hospital in his life. Today I was thinking about how [...]

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”  –Matt. 6:21 “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks”  –Matt. 12:34b Our conversation and our words show where our heart is and thus reflect where our treasure is. I hope I treasure Christ so much that my lips can’t help but speak about Him. “Whom [...]

I’m sad I haven’t gotten to update my blog much at all recently. Wedding planning has taken over my life. Not really, but it has taken enough time out of my day to prevent me from writing in my blog as much. It will soon be over though! Yay! I can’t wait to relax on [...]

Tory and I have been reading and discussing Acts recently. It’s been interesting to see the sermons from the early church. They were direct, straightforward, and bold with the good news of Jesus Christ. Peter tells the people what he witnessed. He tells them plainly that they killed the Christ. He uses Old Testament proof [...]