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Election Integrity – Does It Matter?
Clearly God intends for us to select leaders who fear God and are truthful and honest. But how are we to do this? In the United States, a constitutional republic, elections are the principal means…
Psalm 6 – The Voice of My Weeping
Psalm 6 is the first real lament of David against the Lord and where his heart is consumed with thoughts of his enemies. He is depressed. We can feel the anxiety…
Psalm 5 – Heard by God, Joyful in Him
I am a morning person, so I know that those who are not may want to throw things at me as I teach through the first three verses of this Psalm…
Personal Prayer #3, Pray for Courage
In 2010, out of concern for the direction of our country, My wife Patti and I founded the Sachse Tea Party. On March 7, 2011 we received a notice from the IRS that we had been singled out…
Psalm 4 – Safety & Peace in Distress
In that prayer His primary desire is for us to be with Him where He is – beholding His glory. When I stop and mediate on that idea – my life makes sense…
Do the Best Thing First
I felt fortunate to be at a mission’s conference in California when word of the Capitol riot came to me through my wife. I was able to focus on the conference and all it taught me. Since then…
Preparing Our Hearts Ahead of the Inauguration
As we approach the Inauguration - many of us are looking at this national event through eyes of hurt, disenfranchisement, and fear for our nation’s future…
Psalm 3 – I Will Not Be Afraid
This Psalm is a cry to the Lord for HELP when King David in his later years was fleeing from his son Absalom as his kingdom was being threatened…
I Saw the Lord (Part 1) – Seeing Before Telling
As believers in our culture, we want to be sent. We are ready to go. We are ready to preach, to serve God, to run for office, to build a business, to change the world and to make our lives count for eternity - BUT we forget something really important…
Psalm 2 – Why do the Nations Rage?
Why do leaders, rulers, and kings have to be so selfish? The Scripture here reminds us that “the people” are caught up in vanity and…
Psalm 23 – He is My Good Shepherd
This is the Psalm that everyone knows, everyone recites by memory, and it is quoted at every funeral and memorial service in America…
Isolation Can Destroy
When we are struggling with anxiety, fears, insecurities, and worry - the absolute worst thing we can do is to isolate ourselves…
A Divine Strategy for this Hour
2020 has been a peculiar year to say to the least. On many occasions I have started a blog for our site but always have come to the same conclusion…
Guide for the TX Municipal Runoff Elections
The Christians Engaged Guide to the Texas Runoff Elections…
Psalm 139 – His Thoughts Toward Me
I absolutely adore Psalm 139. The words bring me to tears almost every time I read them. I have quoted sections of this Psalm over and over again in my life as…
Psalm 138 – Praise Comes From the Words of His Mouth
This is a short psalm, but in eight verses it describes the greatness of our God in a way that we can understand – in simplicity. Today in our post-modern world we are surrounded on every side by the “gods” of this world…
God, When Will it be Over?
Last weekend I was exhausted. I collapsed. I just wanted to sleep FOREVER! I had worked all election cycle (two years) for a Member of Congress, running his campaign while simultaneously running…
The Struggle is REAL (Encouragement for this Moment)
We just went through the hardest year in most of our lives and now THIS - a Presidential election that seems as if it will never end.
We can be frustrated, depressed, or we can ask God what HE is up to…
Personal Prayer #2, Pray for Wisdom
In this post we will look at the second bullet point, wisdom. If we are going to stand on the Word of God, then we must seek the wisdom to understand and articulate Biblical truth and a Biblical worldview. This begins with humility…