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The Sign of Jonah Have you ever felt like you were back at Square One? You tried to run, you tried to take a shortcut, and yet you found yourself right back where the "No" first started. In Jonah 1:1-3, we see a prophet who didn't just want to skip a mission; he wanted to exit God’s jurisdiction entirely. God said "Go East" to Nineveh (modern-day Iraq), but Jonah went as far West as the known world allowed—Tarshish (Spain). The Divine Strategy in the Detour  We often view Jon

In Matthew chapter 22 we learned that we are to love God and to love people.  As we explored the concept of forgiveness and healing.  The effects and residue that sin creates in our lives we have learned a deeper and more profound way to love people.  This also is a way to be loved and to truly love people we must experience being loved so that we can fully love people.  Proverbs talks about iron sharpening iron and how one can sharpen the countenance of another. The interact

The message is a continuation of the season of Purim. During the week leading up to this message some were called to a 3 day - no food/ no water- fast. Why? Sometimes God calls leaders to do something that is outside the normal. It stretches our faith. However, the ultimate reasoning is to get past our flesh and put our focus on Him and others. That is what Esther, Mordecai, and the Jews living in Shushan did. Esther used her delegated authority and asked them to fast for her

The Cross is the foundation of every believer but yet too many times we come to the cross for salvation but never carry our cross, endure our cross, which means we really do not walk in the full power of the cross. After we come to the cross and receive salvation we now need to take up our cross and follow Him. Jesus instructs HIS disciples that unless they take up their cross they cannot be His disciples, Matt 16: 21-26. After we carry our cross, God now wants us to help o

Have you ever noticed that we often only talk to God when we need something? It’s a common human tendency to treat the Creator like a cosmic vending machine insert prayer, receive blessing. But what if the real goal isn’t the blessing itself, but the Source? In Psalm 37:4, we are given a profound promise: "Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of your heart."  For a long time, I looked at that verse as a transactional formula. If I "delight" eno