The Forbidden Fruit
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of […]
A Desire for a new world
I think sometimes I get stuck in the only Christian desire a new earth (and new heaven)…. When I listen to a song like this, I can’t help but to see that those who don’t know Christ have a desire for a new world too when we look at the brokeness of today’s culture 🙂 […]
Sport Ministry
Email I sent last night.. I was just thinking about my triathlon. I was sharing with a brother tonight that I was glad when I was a new Christian, my pastor gave me lots of patience and grace and let me get into this. He could have easily say “Oh Cliff, you know Sunday is […]
Delight Yourself in the Lord
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 Earlier today I was spending time with my Pastor and we were talking about this. We talked about how this passage might reference to ask God for anything and He will give it to you. The condition is […]
When the heart wants to go one way
and God wants me to go the other… “God…you know how my heart feel(think?). What you are showing me right now is a path where I don’t really want to go. It feels like a struggle. You know the burden that I have. But I know you are a good God. For you have provided […]
Being the hands and feet of Jesus
This is just some rough thoughts in my head. Just throwing some ideas around. I was at prayer meeting tonight and next week we have a number of people going to Short Term Mission to Jamestown. I never know where Jamestown was until I looked in the map. My heart sank at the thought of […]
Operation Bring The Kids Back to School
Hey everyone, I hope everyone had a great long weekend. I sleep in today and got up at 11 something :D. I was speaking with Krista from Open Door and she mentioned to me that the kids need school supplies to go to school. I know when I was in grade school, the school use […]
Seek first
Back in Dec 25, 2007, I signed a contract with God that I will seek Him first in everything that I do. Some where in the contract I stated that the Lord is good and He will provide. Recently, my heart was heavy with things about the future. And this worry was bothering me more […]
Quote
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose.” – J. Elliott
Newbie
I have been doing triathlon for four years. After four years of sweating and training, it feels like I am only at the beginning of the sport. There is still a lot of learn and a lot I don’t know. That’s great. The joy of discovering and exploration. I got baptise the Sun after I […]