As I pen this pastor’s desk, tensions are very high in our world.   North Korean is making missile threats on Guam (U.S. island, in the Pacific ), which could escalate into another war (possibly nuclear).  There will a total eclipse of the sun on August 21st, which has not happened since 1918 (when the moon, sun and earth are directly aligned).  We are at a low morally in our country and world.  The church is declining, and seemingly loosing its relevance in our society.  What we need in times like this, is...

“I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world.” - Bill Bright

Do you agree with that statement?  Whether you do or not, there is something to this topic of fasting.  It is quite clear in scripture that...

Have you made a profession of faith?  That is, have you received Jesus Christ as your Savior and repented of your sins?  Are you now following Him as Lord?   The two go hand-in-hand.  If Jesus is your Savior, then you follow Him as Lord out of gratitude.  This gratitude is expressed in...

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.  And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” - 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-18

Our Savior and Lord is coming again - a second and final time.  This should be encouraging to the church - an event that we should be looking forward to with great expectation!  What a great homecoming that day will be, to be...

Our world is ever-changing, not just in a global sense, but in a personal sense - our lives are full of uncertainties.  I used to think that as I got older life would smooth out, things would get easier and I would have more time, but,… the opposite is true.   Time is like gravity, it can work for you or against you.  When I look in the mirror, I realize time is against me!   And it feels like I'm running out of time for the things I would really like to do…things in my bucket list, like...

Happy Independence Day America!    241 years ago, on July 4th, 1776  America declared herself as a new nation, “one Nation under God” - recognizing her dependence upon the God of the bible, not independent from!

There has been much change since then.   Technology has increased, such as prophesied in...

God doesn’t want us to live in the past, but the present.  Yes, it is good and biblical to remember the past, as long as we don’t live there.  The past should help us to move forward.  God intends for His people, to be a people always looking and moving forward.  I love watching my three grandchildren, for many reasons, but I love witnessing how they...

Happy Father’s Day!

The beloved, in the song of solomon says, “Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair!”  and the Shulamite responds, “My beloved is mine, and I am His.”   Although men and women express their love differently, their love, and the expression of it, is of no less importance to the family structure and to the health of our culture.  And although the previous scripture verse is an allegory...

Have you ever wondered why in the beginning God said, “It is not good that man should be alone” (cf. Genesis 2: 18)?   Since in the beginning, man had God, why would he need anything, or anyone else?    And, if, we have Christ - why do we need anyone else?  Because that is the way God made us.  He made us to be relational, not only with Him, but with others.  And not just in the context of husband and wife, but others.  Our creator has wired us to...