~Video Version~ ------------------------------------------ I’m thinking about peace this week. Most of us experience days where the schedule gets full, the task list is adding up, and too many things are adding stress to your life--- making you feel more anxiety than peace. You’d like to get ahead of things but too many problems interrupt your plans. Here is some truth to chew on….the PEACE that Jesus offers is not the subtraction of problems. It’s the multiplication of power to face those pro…

~Video Version~ ---------------------------------------- Philippians 4:11 “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Contentment. Would you call that a common quality in our world? I’m inspired by the story of Arsenius, a man in the 5th century who abandoned the comforts of Egyptian society to simplify, focus on his spiritual life, and live out in the desert with only the basics. It is said that whenever he visited the great ci…

~Video Version~ ---------------------------------------- Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them." The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. ~Psalm 126:2-3~ With Thanksgiving Day approaching and the reminders to give thanks every day, I’m thankful today for laughter. I’m thankful for a wife who makes me laugh. I’m thankful for my grandkids who are always a sou…

~Video~ The unity of believers was and is really important to Jesus, as revealed in His powerful prayer of John 17.

~Video Version~ ******************* Psalm 119:71 “My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.” So, suffering can be good for us because it teaches us to pay attention to God’s Word? Maybe because God’s Word and obedience to it is good for us when we are having a rough time? Psalm 119 is full of encouragement in the midst of hardship. Not feeling well? Give yourself a booster shot of His Word. Big day ahead? May His Word bring you peace. Are you …