The two most prescribed medications today are for anxiety and heartburn. We are obsessed with fear but so often fear the wrong things. Someone said there are 365 “Fear Nots” in the Bible. Technically, there are more than that. Fear is mentioned 457 -501 times according to which version you are reading. There is a ..read more

There are a lot of questions that people have surrounding baptism. Should infants be baptized? What about spiritual formation and next steps? Breaking this down into four questions, let’s look at what the Bible says. What is baptism? The Greek word is “baptizo” which means to dip, to immerse, to submerge. Baptism is called a ..read more

We are in a constant struggle. Why is it that the things that never bother you never happen but the things that bother you most happen all the time? This is more than having a bad day or bad week. There is evil in the world. The Bible speaks a lot about it.   Our Enemy ..read more

 Daily Declaration  Jesus Christ is Lord of my life and I live to serve and glorify Him.  I will grow closer to Him and receive His supernatural blessing, influence, anointing, and protection.  Today, the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart will be pleasing to God and minister grace and life to the ..read more

There are many different religions, and they all claim to have their religious writings. How can we be sure the Bible is the Word of the one true and living God? For this post, I have pulled together material from many different books, sermons, seminary classes, and apologetics sources. None of this is original to ..read more

Life is filled with choices. At the end of Joshua’s life, he tells the Israelites, “Choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship—the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD” (Josh. 24:15). Throughout ..read more

As we continue through the book of Joshua, we are going to look at a man named Caleb. The Bible says six times that he completely followed the Lord. His name is synonymous with wholly follow the Lord. Looking at his life, we will see what it means to be all in, totally sold out ..read more

You don’t always win in life. Joshua and the Israelites were defeated at Ai. Why? Sin. But they learned from their loss. When they defeated Jericho, we saw that the very wall that was the problem became steppingstones. God can make your problems work for you. Sin Causes Us to Be Overconfident In Joshua 7:4-5 we read that the Israelites fled from the men of Ai and that they lost heart. Ai was small and they had just won the battle of Jericho. A dangerous time is after a time of victory. It is not the big things but the little things that trip us up. Pride comes before a fall. Victory was follow ..read more

Now that the Israelites have crossed the Jordan, the first major challenge is Jericho. Before you can receive God’s promise, you have to prepare yourself (body, soul, and spirit) physically, mentally, and spiritually. Joshua 5:1 tells us the kings on the other side of the Jordan had heard about the Lord and their courage failed. You would think it was the perfect time to attack but God knew they were not ready. As important as God’s will is God’s timing (see Gal. 4:4 and Ecc. 3:11). There is a pattern, sequence, and order to receiving all God has for you. I want you to see the four steps of pr ..read more

We’ve come to the point in the book of Joshua where it’s time for the Israelites to cross the Jordan and enter the Promised Land. “Cross over” is mentioned 12 times in Joshua 4 and 5. It does not mean to go from point A to point B, but instead to go from known to unknown. God was writing a new chapter in the Israelites’ story. Today, He’s writing a new chapter in your life. God showed me five keys that are necessary for a new generation to cross over to the Promised Land and settle down.   Presence Chapter 3 begins with the instruction, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LO ..read more