“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). With Thanksgiving around the corner, I know it’s time to do some deep cleaning. My office is out of order. The closet is even worse and there is a…
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Have you ever put off something you knew you were called to do? Because I was a fatherless child, I desired to write a book to help people overcome father wounds. I wanted them to understand that God…
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy…” (John 10:10) For months I had waited for this day. After a busy ministry schedule, I sat on the back porch of our first floor beachfront condo and tried to enter the presence of God. But there was a black cat staring at me from…
I was nineteen years old and a sophomore in college. It was our Spring Break and I spent the week in Oklahoma with my friend who grew up there. We made the rounds. That night it was “Drown Night” at Pistol Patties in Stillwater, an Oklahoma State hangout at the time. Pistol Patties was running…
Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19). I remember when I was asked to speak to three women’s luncheons at South Padre Island. It…