May 2011
12 posts
Bodies - A Divine Exhibition
Romans 8:3 stopped me in my devotional tracks today. It says, “He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have.”
It has always amazed me how the divine became human. Like a woman trying to fit into a way too small dress - can you imagine compressing deity into a human body? What did this mean? A few things that really stand out to me are…
Need - this God who...
Do Something. Remember You're Valuable.
“Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.” ~Sidney J. Phillips
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“Church planters that pray but refuse to take action never actually do what God has called them do to…and they wind up bitter at God because ...
I Still Want to Win the Girl - Part 3
This Saturday is Jess and I’s 6th wedding anniversary. I’ve been reflecting on our love story - feel free to listen in.
I’m so grateful for the life that Jess and I have built together. We couldn’t have done it without Jesus as the center of our relationship and the pulse of our love.
A few of the reasons I believe Jess and I are building a great marriage is because…
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I Still Want to Win the Girl - Part 2
This Saturday is Jess and I’s 6th wedding anniversary. I’ve been reflecting on our love story - feel free to listen in.
That summer, I loved getting to know everything I could about Jess…
I would wake up early and pick her up a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee every Sunday before I picked her up for church.
Gummy worms were one of her favorite candies & I would pick them up for her.
I...
Letter to Myself - Bible Butt-kicking
Wrote a letter to myself in my journal today. I needed to hear truth - here is most of the letter. Maybe it will encourage you where you are at today:
Ok, TJ, listen up! Life is discouraging right now with no job and just a vision for a church plant. But now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to stand firm. This is where the full armor of God becomes extremely useful -...
I Still Want to Win the Girl - Part 1
This Saturday is Jess and I’s 6th wedding anniversary. I’ve been reflecting on our love story - feel free to listen in.
I’m one of those weirdo guys who took a long time to ask a girl out. Not because I was praying about it or something - but because I’m mad shy most of the time.
So, I’m sure that Jess was getting impatient by June 2004. We had been doing...
Love's Old Fashioned
I really like this song by Cee-Lo Green. Sounds like an old Motown song. Check out the lyric’s:
My loves’ old fashioned But it still works Just the way it is
This love is classic And not just simply because I say it is It’s right on time (right on time) And it’s timeless (timeless) And it’ll be right here, for always
My loves’ old fashioned So be it, I’m set in my ways Hush...
2 Things Matter Practical Steps
Yesterday, we talked about how the two things that matter most to Jesus and should matter most to us is to…
LOVE GOD and LOVE OTHERS.
Today, I just want to share some of the practical ways that I’m trying to make this happen.
1. Love God.
Bible reading - I use YouVersion.com for Bible reading plans. I don’t know how to explain it - but I’m reading the Bible because...
Only 2 Things Matter
There are times when life becomes simplified no matter how much you kick or scream. We like complexity, because it makes us feel busy, successful, and accomplished at what we do. Even if we aren’t really doing much, we like people to think we are - and it becomes a successful facade we hid behind for reassurance. I’ve been there - and if you admit it - you have been too.
Since...
Knock em Dead
It’s a very different game between seeing the statistics of unemployment and being one of the statistics yourself. I would always say, “If they don’t get a job, they’re not looking hard enough.” But that’s simply not true in the economy we find ourselves in right now. And that’s simply not true of me in the position I find myself right now.
I have been...
Osama Thoughts
Here goes some of my thoughts on the killing of Osama Bin Laden…
There are two Scriptures that I keep going back to when thinking about this: Proverbs 11:10 - “[The whole city] shouts for joy when the wicked die” and then this other one Ezekiel 33:11 - “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to ...
