The Steps of a Good Man

As you know I recently finished 'The Chronicles of Narnia' book series once again. Throughout the series it is said that Aslan is on the move. He's been seen over here, over there. There has been a sighting in these woods, on that mountain. You know that stuff is about to start happening when Aslan starts moving. The Lion is once again on the move. Over the past few weeks the air has begun to charge, the feeling of expectation has begun to grow. It’s interesting to note that several times in my life God has “moved” in really big and spectacular ways. Many things are different and many things the same. It’s in the intimacy, to know and be known. Not that I know what God is doing or will accomplish during this season. BUT I do know when my Father is on the move, and friends, it excites me. Maybe it has been awhile since you’ve seen Him move. Maybe you don’t believe He is still moving. Oh friend, this is your opportunity to once again watch the power of God poured out on His p...

I recently began rereading C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" and have made it once again to the final book. Orchestra plays a crescendo, "The Last Battle"! Let me first begin by saying if you’ve never read Chronicles of Narnia, I highly recommend it for young and old alike. Some might protest and say, “but Pastor I thought those were children’s books?” That is the wonderful thing, they are! But like any great story teller, Lewis weaves some very profound and precious truths deep in the pages of this seven part series. Not to give away the story but early in the last battle an ape and a donkey find a lion skin. The ape has the clever idea of dressing up the donkey in the lion skin to fool everyone into believing that he is Aslan. Now for those unfamiliar with Aslan, He is the KING, like, of all, everything, in the story. He represents Jesus. He dies for the guilty in “Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe,” and leads the lost home in, “The Horse and His Boy.” So you woul...

If God is not in an area of your life, it is in vain. Everything we involve God in, it will be something that bears fruit for all eternity. Every area we invite God into, he will come in, bless that area and there will be eternal blessings. God has given you, mothers, the ability to nurture and raise up. Pouring out good Godly heritage is such a necessity. Our society, our church, is crying out for women of God to be mothers. Our children are a heritage from the Lord. He has given you, the warrior, arrows for your quiver.  As parents we are the warriors, we need to be skilled in our weaponry. An arrow has four parts. The head, the shaft, the fletching and the nock. It is up to the warrior to sharpen the warriors head. Some arrows have dull heads and cannot pierce. The shaft is the body- we could not be who we are without our body. The fletching is the spirit- if we don’t have the fletching we won’t fly straight, we'll go all over the place. The fletching need to be arranged a...

I cannot be remiss to say that we as a church, we as a people may have some tables in our temple that need to be toppled. The last thing we want to do is turn a blind eye to those things we may have gotten used to. All the garbage, we need to get rid of so that we may be one with Jesus as He and the Father are one. Now you may ask yourself, ‘How do we figure out what those tables are? ‘You will know them by their fruit.’ Does a bad tree bring good fruit? Does a good tree bring bad fruit? Many a times we get used to the tables in our temple. They’re little things. They’re not ‘bad’ sin. So many people in the body of Christ are walking in the grey. There is no light, there is no dark, but let’s be real...the grey is darkness. Often times, in the grey, you can see less than if you were walking fully in the dark. When we leave those tables in the temple, it puts a damper on the flow of God. God is unable to flow through our lives the way that He wants to. We need to get up, remove ...

We like to say that something is our ‘god-given right’. To talk freely is my God given right. To do what I want is my God given right. There’s only one right we really have. ‘You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.’ In a kingdom, you don’t have a voice because the only voice that matters is the voice of the king. What he says, is law. What he says is immediately the way. You don’t get a choice. Kingdoms are made up of kings, dukes, earl’s, peasants, serfs, knights and so many more. Each individual has a title and they know their role. It’s the kings job to be the king. Not the peasant. Not the duke.They have expressed purpose, destiny. Jesus sent his disciples out with purpose, a certain power, with a message of the kingdom.He has sent us out to declare the same message of the kingdom. The reason you have the job that you do is to spread the message of the kingdom in that place. You were sent to that place to be a...

It’s not enough that we merely say He’s a good father. It’s so easy to just lift our hands here in church and declare He is good. But that’s not enough. We need to make a declaration of faith through our actions. We’ve got a decision to make, are we going to be those that will arise? Awaken? Will we be like Peter and step out of the boat? We need to recognize that before we step out of that boat, realize that the wind, the rain, the boys back in the boat are going to try to take your attention. You have to determine, before you step out of the boat. As we prepare to take steps of faith we have to know that it won’t always be easy. There will be challenges that come when we step out of the boat. There’s a tiny bit of safety in the boat and that safety is completely gone when we step out. But Jesus doesn’t want us to have the relative safety of the boat and the oars and the sails or the friends around you. He wants you to find 100% complete security in Him. It’s scary, but it’s the sa...