Key:  When I finally let go of the need to be happy, I discover joy.
Malachi 3:6-18
November 22, 2009
A different gratitude
On this Thanksgiving week, most of us will gather around our tables and give thanks for our blessings. In many cases we will name those blessings - our homes, our food, our health, our families. I [...]

(New International Version unless otherwise indicated)
·         “So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD.”  (Hosea 6:3, NASB)
·         “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.”  (Joel 2:32)
·         “Woe to those who live only for today, indifferent to the fate of others.”  (Amos 6:4, TM)

Fifty years from now they will still be proclaiming that the only Name that gives life and hope.
Zechariah 4:1-14
November 15, 2009
A look ahead
            In 1962, Decca Recording Company had the opportunity to sign a contract for the Beatles.  They rejected the idea, commenting, “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” [...]

How has God been trying to get through to me and I keep calling it ‘coincidence’?
Haggai 1:1-11
November 8, 2009
God’s city destroyed
It was the year 586 B.C.  The day long dreaded by the people of Jerusalem arrived.  Prophets had warned God’s people of the coming judgment, which was more than a military invasion and political expansion [...]

When your heart turns toward him, God is giddy with joy.
Zephaniah 3:11-17
November 1, 2009
Ten fleeting reasons
As a pastor, I hear a lot of reasons people come to church.  I have noticed that church attendance is something that can be as consistent as fan loyalty to the Carolina Panthers.  I have concluded that the reasons most [...]