WORLD CHAMPION SPEAKER
God. Nuff said. Thank you, God for Grace, Truth, Love, and Laughter, Darren (Reminder, this is just a journal of my mistakes, experiences, and thoughts along with my journey to having a closer relationship to God. I do not claim to be an authority on the subject. If you want to know The Way, read…
Did you ever see someone on a street corner holding up a sign and yelling through a megaphone to passersby about Jesus? It seems to put most people off, and it does not seem like a very effective way to let people that know Jesus loves them. Do you think it convinces many people? Does…
Have you seen the latest Star Wars movie, Rogue One? If you did, you may remember that near the end of the movie, the blind character, Chirrut Imwe, repeated a phrase over and over as he walked through the firestorm of laser shots from the storm troopers. He was on a mission to reach a…
Advocate? I didn’t know. I’m not sure how I completely missed this one. I guess that is why I’m glad I’m committed to ongoing learning about God and The Good Book. During a recent sermon, my pastor read this passage. I must have heard or read it before, but I did not get it. I…
Okay, we are all working on something. If you are like me, sometimes you pray AND work really hard, but what you’re praying about just doesn’t seem to come to fruition. I try to remind myself that no matter how bad my challenges are, someone has it worse. Sometimes that still does not seem like…
One of my favorite lines from Zig Ziglar is, “You notice they didn’t call them the Ten Suggestions.” Still cracks me up. Nope, they are the Ten Commandments. They seem simple and straightforward, but they are not always easy to live by. Sometimes unexpected people can inspire us, not by what they say, but more…
The Bible is full of inspiring stories from Job to Jonah. I have to remind myself to look at the examples of faith in simple stories, too. For example: Mark 2:4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through…
I still crack myself up as I learn on this journey. It is funny how I missed some of the simplest things even though they were right there in front of me. John 14:14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. Thank goodness for my church’s daily reading…
Too often I think, “I’ve got this. I don’t need help in that area.” I’ll be open: sometimes I feel needy when I ask for help from God. Sometimes I think this is too trivial to ask Him for help. My pastor, who often uses the analogy of a father/child relationship, usually reminds me to…
Do you get spam? Does it frustrate you? It sure did me, too. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on my mindset and trying to be more positive. I’m a pretty positive guy, but when I’m not paying attention, sometimes a technology or email server glitch can bug me big time. Yikes! I’ve…