Author Archives: Intentional Faith

It has been a busy day but a good one.  Filled with its share of good and bad.  Probably not much different than yours.  The question is:  Was your day a successful one?  There seems to be this incessant need to be able to quantify the value of the day.  We need those victories thatContinue reading “Success Is Cumulative”

Just got back from the hospital.  The patient was scheduled for one hour but it wound up being another hour.  So I thought this morning I would share a word about patience.  I hope it can speak to your life today. "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."  Leo Tolstoy The apostle PaulContinue reading “Hurry Up and Wait”

It struck me today that some of you may be facing a tough decision.  It may be about your career, family, health or faith.  All of us eventually do but I wanted to remind you of God’s provision for those tough times.  There called friends.  Ralph Emerson wrote, "God evidently does not intend us allContinue reading “A Friend Indeed”

I don’t like television that much.  Especially prime time shows.  I tend to favor those Discovery and History channel programs.  Lately, they seem obsessed with end times.  There was even a show about the earth after we are all gone.  Amazing and disturbing because we are the ones who really believe that it will occurContinue reading “End of Days”

"Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend on your own understanding.  Remember the Lord in all you do and he will give you success."  Proverbs 3:5,6 We work hard to teach our children responsibility, self-control and mature self-reliance.  We want them to stand on their own two feet.  But Solomon the WiseContinue reading “Think Twice”

Light changes things.  As I get older, I see the truth of it.  I need plenty of light to read or the words begin to blend.  I need light to move through the house or I spend more time bumping into things.  Now, more than ever, the first thing I look for in a roomContinue reading “Turn the Light On”

A wise man once wrote, "Do the thing and let them howl."  Jesus knew how unpopular some of his decisions were going to be with others, yet he let them howl.  "Why do you concern yourselves with the approval that comes from man but do not worry about the approval that comes from God?"  JohnContinue reading “Let Them Howl”

God has a plan and a purpose for your life.  That has been our message for the last two years.  "I know the plans I have for you." declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you, plans to give you hope and a future."  We struggle and struggle and fail to remember that God is theContinue reading “All In Good Time”

Everyone of us longs for a more simple life.  We remember the carefree days of childhood when someone else worried and provided for us.  We want to be taken care of again but God has decided that maturity requires we take care of another so they can experience some of that comforting joy. We whoContinue reading “Simple Love”