1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. Have you ever received a love note from a child written specifically to you? Doesn’t it just melt your heart? Every misspelled word,… Continue reading No fear in love
Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ A crossroad is a point at which a vital… Continue reading Stand at the Crossroads and Look
Hope is more of a developed character trait than a feeling. Having hope is not the same as wishful thinking. Hope must be produced in you through suffering. There is no other way around it. Romans 5: 2-5 And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also… Continue reading The path to hope
Humility and heaven go hand in hand. They are one in the same. Pride misses the path to heaven whereas humility knows exactly how to get home. Do you consider yourself a humble person? If you have not thoroughly examined your heart for pride and humility then you are missing what heaven is all about. In this blog post… Continue reading Humility and Heaven
What makes you think of heaven? Today my source of inspiration for contemplating heaven is a dark, damp and very cold cave. Today my family and I and our friends from Southern California left my home in Bend, Oregon and drove 20 minutes South on US-97 to reach this amazing mile-long lava tube called Lava River Cave… Continue reading Heavenly lessons inside Lava River Cave
Psalm 19:1-4 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth. On Sunday,… Continue reading The heavens declare the glory of God
2 Corinthians 4:18 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what… Continue reading Being renewed day by day
James 4: 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.… Continue reading Your life is but a mist
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:11, "He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no once can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." We were born with the capacity to dream and imagine eternity. Did you ever notice how easy it is for a child to believe in God or… Continue reading God has set eternity in our hearts.
