My name is James and I have spent years on the journey to where I am today. I have always enjoyed spending time with my family whether it is at home playing games or going different places together. I especially like being outdoors hiking, walking, visiting a lake, watching a sunrise, or a sunset at the beach. Part of my journey was completing twenty years of military service and working more than 26 years in Corrections before retiring. I have since been helping and serving others through my work and church. I still search for clarity of where God is leading me. I had spent much of my time either chasing God or running from him. It was not till I began to listening to Christian music did my path finally change. One night of music and ministry changed me and my outlook on life forever. It was not until this point I was able to say with complete honesty that I was a Christian. My journey since has lead me to find that everything is simple and not as complicated as we tend to make it.
Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Have you ever tried to straighten a bent metal part, but you … More SOMETIMES YOU NEED A BIGGER HAMMER
Philippians 4:6 (NKJV) “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Have you ever had a long day doing laundry at the laundromat and you try to get all the clothes back in a bag to take them home? Maybe you just spent a … More SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FOLD
Matthew 9:11-12 (NKJV) “And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” Have you ever woken up in the middle … More SOMETIMES THERE IS NO PILL
John 19:17 NKJV “And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,” Have you ever filled a backpack and took a long hike along a trail or through the mountains? How about carrying a box of books or supplies up from … More ABOUT A MILE
Philippians 4:4 NKJV “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” How many times do we look forward to extra time off from work because of the next scheduled holiday? Maybe your family or friend has a special day or event that a big party is being put together for? It could even … More EVERY DAY
Mathew 18:20 (NKJV) “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Have you ever attended a big sporting event where they lead everyone in a cheer that begins with “We are,” and everyone else fills in the name of the school or team? Maybe … More WE ARE ………..
Matthew 23:27-28 (NKJV) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.” Have you ever seen a person … More Whitewashed Tombs
Genesis 3:8a (NKJV) “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,” Have you ever had a best friend that you trusted but one day they did something to betray you? Maybe a brother, sister, or other family member hurt you so deeply with what … More GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED
Matthew 25:40 (NKJV) “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” Have you ever been walking down the aisle in a store and then suddenly look up to see someone … More THE LEAST OF THESE
Matthew 7:24-25 (NKJV) “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the … More WATCHING THE WAVES
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