The LORD of Psalm 23 is the great “I am” (Yahweh)!   The “I am” is always in the present!   The LORD who made the universe and everyone in it is a personal God, that is why He came in the flesh, God incarnate - Jesus!

Advent is a time to celebrate and a time to prepare.   As Christ followers we celebrate...

Attitude of Gratitude - I am “blessed!”

It’s hard to believe we are entering into Thanksgiving already with Christmas just around the corner!   It feels like we just had summer and now entering into winter.   Somewhere along the way it feels like we skipped spring and fall (key word “feels”)?!   How...

I am a male.   Not just because I identity as a male.   Not just because my birth certificate or drivers licenses indicates that I am a male, but because seven weeks into fertilization in my mother’s womb, creator God made me a male.   I “was” a sinner not just because I am part of the fallen race of Adam, but...

“Thank You” to our veterans!   Thank you to all those men and women in uniform, past and present who protect the freedoms that we enjoy.   Not only protect but put their own lives in harms way for the benefit of all.   Jesus said, “greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s own life for his...

God said, “in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Mankind’s response - “took of its fruit and ate.”

Mankind’s consequent - “and he died, and she died.”

The history of mankind (Adam) reminds us all of the seriousness of disobedience (sin) to God’s word.   As I prepare to go...

I don’t know about you, but these days I find myself continually grieved by those whom I love that are fighting health problems and facing death - and those that are around me, whom I love, that are being affected by their loved ones facing these issues of life.   And although I realize we are all in that “valley of shadow of...

“Have you not known? Have you not heard?  The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.  His understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.” (Isaiah 40: 28-29)

Some would question with resent world...

Have you heard the saying, “If there is one thing we learn from the scriptures, it’s that we never place a period where God has placed a comma.”   This saying is meant to help us move forward.  The challenge is discerning God’s will in our life.  Life has a way of putting up many walls  in our life...

Courage - “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty.” 

If there was ever a time that we needed courage for the journey - it’s today!  I don’t have to tell you all the things that are challenging us today.  There are those obvious things that challenge us and...

Joseph Jennings Tackett, lovingly know as just “Joe” passed away last Sunday, September 19th, 2021 - unexpectedly, at just 52 years of age.

Joe was not only my first cousin but a friend.  Joe was the father of my nephew (Nick) and niece (Jenna) whom I love.  The descriptive word penned by Jenna “gentle giant”...