Building God’s Kingdom In this week’s Zoom Dad Talk with numerous Chinese men, an interesting question was posed. ‘Most Chinese men work 12 or more hours per day, so Bill, how can they abide in their family and be available and present with them?’ How would you answer that? I admit I had to pause a moment […]
God cares As I started driving away from the Aerobics Center last week, I paused to watch numerous blackbirds feeding on the ground. I also noticed quite a few squirrels in the pecan trees. The squirrels were having a feast on the pecans and the droppings to the ground were being consumed by the blackbirds. […]
Train In every area of sports, each team or athlete has trainers. For some, it may be just general conditioning, while others for an area of competition. I have the joy of working out at the Aerobics Center. Around twenty percent of those present are utilizing a trainer. Some need them a way a lot […]
Glory to God So, what do you find yourself boasting about? Try these for starters—your cool kids, awesome spouse, great job, comfortable home, that summer home or ranch, low golf handicap, college degree(s), health, your spiritual gifts, knowledge of scripture, church attendance, elder board, the mission trips, what? I am sure you can think of […]
Majestic I want us to try as best as we can to grasp the incredible nature and power of God. Majestic is an adjective of the noun majesty defined as sovereignty, authority, power, dominion, supremacy, magnificence, splendor, awesomeness. The Psalmist is saying that the Lord’s name is majestic all over the world. How could he say that? […]
Persecution Joseph’s own and older brothers had made it possible that he ended up being sold into slavery in Egypt. Not even Joseph could have imagined the enormity of his future. Except for some good promotions, he was mostly persecuted, at least for a period of time. Egypt and the known world were headed into […]
Victory Want to be able to live victoriously one day at a time? You just read it. God wants and must be first in your life, in everything. The very next verse says you are not to worry about tomorrow, it still belongs to God, not you. And the preceding verses address your basic human […]
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything…” This is so very all-encompassing. There are no cracks, no backdoors, no exceptions. All or nothing sums it up. The Holy Spirit, through Paul, is telling us that anxiety of any nature is redeemable, curable. In fact, there is a vaccine. Wow, give me the full dose! Just […]
Deliverer The nation of Israel had grown to over a million people in 430 years from a mere 75. They had become the labor force for Pharaoh in Egypt. It shows that they were to the point of groaning. It was not as if God had turned his back on them and closed his ears […]
A reflection of God Have you heard the expression—spitting image? My dad’s friends would tell me that I was the spitting image of him. We see here in this verse, Jesus was answering Philip’s question, emphatically. He was telling him that if he wanted to know what the heavenly Father is like, then he simply […]