Men of the Morning Prayer Line

“When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.” And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith;”  – Matthew 17:14-19 One of the sayings my wife and I learned early on in our parenting years is—a parent is only as happy as their unhappiest child. With many cities and countries experiencing covid-crazed conditions and navigating the global pandemic health crisis, parents with kids at home understand this more th...

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. --- Romans 10:10 So much to unpack here. Tower of babble time. I have been meditating, reading, glancing at, and absorbing this passage all weekend long. Here’ what God is telling me. We are living in a contested space where being a Christian is not easy. Being spiritual is acceptable however we are not called to only believe we are called to make disciples.  The #1 enemy of Christ is not Sin, it’s our own self-righteousness. Doing it our way. You’ve heard me say it before, “You wanna make God laugh and laugh hard? Tell Him what your plans are.”  We must submit ourselves to the righteousness of Jesus Christ.  We must see with our hearts that Jesus saves, and we must profess and confess this belief with our voice for all to hear that Jesus Christ is King.  Have you ever noticed that some people are more comfortable talking about evil spirits than they are having a conversa...