Good Times!
After 10 years of ministry in the Miami region, God has done many great things through us. And as it is true for anyone in the ministry, we’ve had our good times and not so good times. Fortunately, we’ve had more good times then the others. God has been great! Out...
PAIN, SUFFERING and HARDSHIP
It’s painful. It’s painful suffer defeat. It’s painful to suffer setbacks. It’s painful to experience tragedy. It’s painful to suffer persecution. It’s painful to suffer hunger and thirst. It’s painful to suffer lack. It’s painful to suffer hardship. But it’s...
Happy Birthday Zion!
I find it very difficult putting into words as to how proud I am of all my kiddos! I'm very thankful to God for all of them. They love the Lord with all their heart as well as possessing a sense of destiny. Yesterday was Zion's birthday. Zion is my 3rd oldest child...
Get on the Soul Train!
We've been rolling steady on our current message series, "Soul Train." We're teaching on evangelism and soul wining from a different perspective. I come to realize that most messages on evangelism are usually on the need and on the mechanics of soul wining. Although...
Buying the Field
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Matt. 13:44 I’ve been giving much thought to “value” here lately. I've learned that the direction of...
The Normalcy Bias
As a pastor, I’m a student of human behavior. The mind of man is very fickle and unpredictable. We are definitely very unique. We are the most intelligent species on earth, but our mental aptitude and intelligence is so extreme that it breeds unintelligence. ...
Hindsight – The Compass to Our Future
It's been researched that 99% of life’s experiences withdraw into our subconscious, but only 1% makes it into our conscious memory. And it’s in those very moments that we define ourselves. These moments are laced with impact and defining in nature. These memories...
Passion for God = Compassion for People
The apostle John is described in scripture as unique in comparison to the other disciples. In the gospel according to John, He called himself the “disciple in whom Jesus loved.” I don’t think he was trying to represent himself as one loved more by God than the...
Striving to Attain = Striving to Maintain
I’m beginning to learn certain things when it comes to succeeding in what I do... First of all, I’ve come to a personal revelation of what true “kingdom success” is. Success, in its simplest form, is not self-promoting or aggrandizing - actually, it’s the total...
Passion + Problems = Purpose
I was reading blog stats of the past couple of years and realized that this blog post received the most hits and comments. With that in mind, I figured I'll go back to come "old school" and repost it again. For all my new subscribers (and old ones) let me know your...