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Share this:Today we continue our series, “Progress On Purpose.”  I told you that God wants us to walk in “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  But if we are going to do so, we…

Share this:Today we continue our series, “Progress On Purpose.”  I told you that God wants us to walk in “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  But if we are going to do so, we…

Share this:Today we continue our series, “Progress On Purpose.”  I told you that God wants us to walk in “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  But if we are going to do so, we…

Share this:Today we continue our series, “Progress On Purpose.”  I told you that God wants us to walk in “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  But if we are going to do so, we…

Share this:Today we continue our series, “Progress On Purpose.”  I told you that God wants us to walk in “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  But if we are going to do so, we…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  If we are going to make progress in 2021, we must be intentional.  I am calling this “Progress on purpose.”  God…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  The point I am making, as we kick off the new year, is that we must be intentional about making progress…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  The point I am making, as we kick off the new year, is that we must be intentional about making progress…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  The point I am making, as we kick off the new year, is that we must be intentional about making progress…

Share this:Today we continue our new series, “NEW LEVELS IN 2021!”  I provided you with the introduction yesterday.  This morning I will pick up where I left off. I will keep driving…

Share this:First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray you had a great Christmas break and entrance into 2021.  I am truly excited about this year.  I know 2020 was a rough…

Share this:This is a poem the Lord gave me back in 1998, while I was stationed in Bosnia. I recently shared it in a message in 2020. Enjoy. The Christmas Story For…

Share this:As I provide the final message of the year, I will recap some of what I taught this year.  I will also give some thoughts about finishing 2020 strong and getting…

Share this:Today I feel led to share some of the things we learned this year.  It’s amazing to see what God had me teaching in January and February that was preparing us…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In this message, we will close out David’s story.  Not because it is finished, but because I…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 11) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  I only have a few more messages for the year, so I have…

Share this:The messages you receive this week will be the last for the year.  So I will close out the story of David and then provide a few closing thoughts for the…

Share this:(2 Sam 9:13 NIV)  And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was crippled in both feet. Today I will continue with “Faith and…

Share this:(Read 2 Sam 9:5-10)   Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been discussing Mephibosheth for a couple of days now, and we…

Share this:(2 Sam 9:8 CEV)   Mephibosheth knelt down again and said, “Why should you care about me? I’m worth no more than a dead dog.” Today I will continue with “Faith and…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 9:1-8) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David for almost four months now. …

Share this:(Read 2 Sam 8 – the entire chapter) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Before I get into the meat of the message,…

Share this:(Read 2 Sam 7:18-29) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  There are different types of prayers.  I have taught on prayer over the…

Share this:(Read 2 Sam 7:8-17) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We pick up the story in a conversation between the Prophet Nathan and…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 7:1-10)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying David’s life for 15 weeks (3.5 months), and we…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we saw how that when Uzzah died when he touched the Ark of the Covenant, David…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 6:1-12)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Before I get into the message, I want to share how thankful I…

Share this:Today’s message will be my last message of the week.  As I take my Thanksgiving break to be with my family, I pray you do the same as well.  From my…

Share this:Note:  Before I get into the message for this morning, I want to tell you that since it is “Thanksgiving Week” in the United States, I will only share messages today…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Instead of walking through another Biblical passage about David’s life, since it’s Friday, let’s think about what…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 5:6-12)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  After the elders of all the tribes anointed David as King over a…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 5:1-5)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been following David’s life story for almost 14 weeks now.  Some…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 3:31 – 4:12)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday, we saw how General Abner pledged his allegiance to King…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 3:20-30)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”   In Friday’s message, we saw David’s life take a significant turn for…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 3:6-17)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”   As the war between the house of Saul and the house of…

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 3:1-5)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  The foolish decision we discussed yesterday, made by the military commanders of both…

Share this:Note:  Before I get into the message, I want to wish everyone a Happy Veteran’s Day.  Isabella and I both served.  We have a combined 46 years of service between us. …

Share this:(Read 2 Samuel 2:4-10)  In our last message, David was appointed as king over the Tribe of Judah after Saul’s death.  The appointment came by grace.  David was led by God…

Share this:Missions Update:  Before I get into the message, I want to provide you a quick Missions update.  After learning how difficult it is to get things done in a third world…

Share this:NOTE:  Before I get started, I want you to know that this will be the LAST MESSAGE I share this week.  I am headed to the Dominican Republic early tomorrow morning. …

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 30:20-26)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Friday, we saw how the Lord blessed David and 400 of his men…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 30:9-19)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  After hearing from God and with the confidence that God’s Word would come…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 30:7-9)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  When we left off with David’s story yesterday, he was at a new…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 30:1-6)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Although David was upset with King Achish because he wanted to participate in…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 29)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In yesterday’s message, we saw how Saul was devastated when he had a…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 28)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In the 28th chapter, the Philistines mustered their armies for another war against…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 27:5-12)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday I told you that David got tired of life on the run. …

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 27:1-4)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In chapter 27, David got to the point where he was tired of…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 26)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We covered chapter 26 yesterday.  Before I move on, I feel led to…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 26)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In chapter 26, David spares Saul’s life for a second time.  After everything…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 25:37-44)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  On Friday, we saw how Abigail intervened for her husband, convincing David to…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 25:14-46)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we saw David’s anger was kindled because Nabal did not show him…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 25:1-13)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  The 25th chapter opens with the announcement of the Prophet Samuel’s death.  Samuel…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 24:16-22)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Today we will close out chapter 22.   After David confronted Saul, making it…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 24:7-22)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we saw how David had a great opportunity to kill Saul while…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 24:1-7)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  As we are studying the life of faith, and our requirement to develop…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 23:19-29)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We saw how the Lord encouraged David just when he needed it in…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 23:15-18)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we saw how David he was still on the run from Saul,…

Share this:(1 Samuel 23:13,14 NLT)   So David and his men—about 600 of them now—left Keilah and began roaming the countryside.  Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn’t go…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 23:1-12)    Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Before I move on from yesterday’s message, 1 Samuel 22:9-20, I want to…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 22:9-20)    Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Friday, we left off with Saul being highly upset about the fact that…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 22:1-8)    Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In yesterday’s message, we were able to identify with David at his lowest…

Share this:(1 Samuel Chapters 19 – 22) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  In this message,…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 19:1-17) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we learned yesterday that king Saul had gotten to the point where…

Share this:(1 Samuel 18:28-30 NLT)  When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him, Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 18:17-27) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  In our last message, we saw that Saul kept sending David out on…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 18:13-16) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  For the past couple of days, we talked about Saul attempting to kill…

Share this:(1 Samuel 18:12 NLT)  Saul was then afraid of David, for the LORD was with David and had turned away from Saul. Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 18:8-11) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  Yesterday we learned that Saul allowed the green-eyed monster of jealousy to develop…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 18:6-9) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  For the past few messages, we discussed David’s incredible promotion.  David had just…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  I thought about this series over the weekend.  I…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  Yesterday we crossed over into the 18th chapter of…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  Today we cross over into the 18th chapter of…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  We started going through specific passages in 1 Samuel,…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  We are still dealing with David and Goliath.  Let’s…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David.  In our last message, I taught on purpose, vision,…

Share this:Note:  Before I get into the message today, I would like us to observe a moment of silence for those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.  We will never…

Share this:Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We have been studying the life of David and we are going passage by passage through this…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:51-53)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  In our last message, we covered…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:51-53)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  In our last message, we covered…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:48-51)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We spent days covering 1 Samuel…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:41-47) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We will cover 1 Samuel 17:41-47…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:41-47) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We will cover 1 Samuel 17:41-47…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:41-47) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We will cover 1 Samuel 17:41-47…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:41-47) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  Today we will cover 1 Samuel…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:37-40) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We studied verses 32-27 of 1…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:32-37) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We will stick with the same…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:32-37) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  We will stick with the same…

Share this:(Read 1 Samuel 17:32-37) Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  David’s story is impressive and inspirational. …

Share this: (1 Samuel 17:12-32)  Today I will continue with “Faith and Patience Volume 5 – Greater is Coming!”  We are studying the life of David.  David’s story is impressive and inspirational. …