ENCOURAGING BLOG

Building Intimacy with God One of the most fulfilling relationships you can develop is a relationship with the Lord. Oftentimes we work hard on building relationships with one another but never take the time to build a strong…

Jeremiah 1:12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.” I can count numerous times that I’ve crumbled in my walk with the…

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.  I recently wrote a prayer about peace in my latest book and there was a sentence about eating the bread of anxious…

The weatherman said our temps were ten degrees below normal for this time of the year. I discovered he was right as I sat shivering in a treestand on opening morning. I brushed off his…

There’s a sign in our department that I’ve passed many times and I’ve never paid attention to it until the other day while waiting on a patient. I started to read the sign and at…

I was taken aback the other day during a morning turkey hunt. The rain had persisted all night and into the early morning hours. It wasn’t until about 8:30 that the sun broke through the…

A honest talk about rejection as I work on building my brand. Rejection is one of those negative experiences life seems to toss at us to keep things interesting. Only, instead of making things interesting,…

Putting God first is realizing it’s all about Him. Everything in our lives is to be directed to Him, His kingdom, and His glory. Proverbs 3:6 affirms it, “In everything you do, Put God first,…

FAITH PART II Faith that gets actual results is not passively dropped into our spirit beings.  We are all given a measure of faith, and the same measure of faith, when we are born again. …

Faith and Love are the two most important things in the Christian life that we must walk in.  I have been teaching and preaching these two things for years now.  Growing us up into strong…