spiritual growth

Perfect Purpose (Luke 2:52)

MOTIVATE Could you imagine if we celebrated Christmas every day? As we finish the final days of December and enter the cold winter months, not to mention the tough and trying year of 2020, we need something to look forward. Or, perhaps we need something to look backward. The key to life, faith, and joy…

Everyday Faith (James 1:19-27)

MOTIVATE Having 5 kids means our garage has several scooters and bikes. Not too long ago, a church member family donated a bike to one of our girls. So, on occasion I’ve been trying to teach some to ride a bike. The thing about learning to ride a bike isn’t about balance as much as…

Revive My Heart (Psalm 51) pt 3

Audio: MOTIVATE This past week I had an unexpected visitor. It was not in my church office but rather the mobile office of my car. I had just dropped my oldest daughter off at school and was on the way to bring two of my other children to their preschool. I was stopped behind a…

“I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for…