Growing up, I always thought it was ok for a bad things to happen to bad people. I believed in the rule of reaping and sowing; you know, what you sow is what you get. There have been countless times I thought people deserved the stuff they are going through because they caused it in the first place. The scientists put it this way, ‘action and reaction are equal and opposite‘. When I played the brother of the prodigal son,  if you are familiar with that bible story or when I played Jonah who wants the City of Nineveh to be destroyed because they are sinners. Yeah, I know you must be shocked and disappointed  to read this and must be thinking, “What a self-righteous writer!” But before you pick up your rock to stone me, just give me a few minutes of your time to defend myself. (more…)

Happy New Year! I believe that no matter how your 2019 has played out, God has been good to you because you are still here. Cathy and I join you and yours to say “Praise the Lord! Hallelujah”! We also want to encourage you make a decision on the last day of the year to plan to fast and pray to start 2020 strong! By dedicating an early part of the year to God, you set precedence for the rest of the year. You give God the reins and permission to direct the course of the entire year.

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I came into the presence of God one morning but I couldn’t pray because I was distracted by events going on in my life. God said to me, “You need to talk to me about these events. I just don’t want you to come to me and just pray away, but when you come into my presence, I want all your thoughts and worries”. I spent most part of my morning running through everything that was bothering me and oh my, that felt good. All the anxiety and stress I was feeling earlier all dissipated by the time I was done talking.

6-7 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)

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