'Chosen by the King'

   I had a bit of time when I took a short sabbatical from my computer to spend time with the Lord for the 10 days of Awe and came across a Play/Musical put on by Jacobs Tent Fellowship out of Tennessee. I found them quite some time ago performing with a song called 'Strike the Ground'. They do not sing the song. Strike the Ground is sung by Seth Yates, but this Fellowships youth group put together a wonderfully choreographed dance/show using the song. When I saw that Jacob's Tent had recently put out the story of Esther called 'Not Alone' I knew I had to watch it as Esther is truly one of my all-time favorites in the Bible. I have read, heard about or seen movies on the story of Esther countless times but how many of you know that God's word is inexhaustible. You can read something for years and not see it the same way or you can read something for years and then finally see something you hadn't before. In watching 'Not Alone' I saw something that I

Religious Misconceptions... I have come to find that one of the biggest misconceptions is that Christians don't go through anything. This morning while reading through Acts I felt that I was to share some of Paul's story to help us to see that Paul who was an Apostle of Jesus Christ and fully in the will of God went through some truly difficult ordeals. One of those was being a prisoner and being tossed from ship to ship to get to his destination. First of all, we must remember that back in those days prisoners were not treated kindly by any stretch of the imagination. They were bound in chains and shackles and thrown from place to place rarely even being fed at all.  God does not promise that we won't go through anything. The truth is we live in a fallen world, but He does promise that He will be with us, that He will help us, and that He will protect us. In fact, Jesus said in  John 16:33 ... John 16:33  I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] p