When I was a kid, my whole family on my mother’s side used to rent a big pontoon boat in the summer and spend a day on Sebago Lake in Maine. My grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, along with my brothers and parents, would climb on to the boat and float to the island, around the shoreline, and up and down the locks. It was a blast and since Sebago is a pretty good sized lake it was easy to fill a day especially when your boat would only go 5 mph because of all the cargo!

One year, my grandfather was steering the boat along as fast as it would go and then suddenly had to…Read More

Creation is an awesome display of God’s power, faithfulness, and wisdom. It’s interesting that after all of Job’s struggles, the LORD points to His creation and says to Job, “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn it’s place?” (Job 38:12) Obviously, there is so much more than what we can see. We can’t even understand how our own planet works let alone the universe! But God can because He created it all. So today, if you can’t see clearly how the LORD is working in your life, ask yourself, “Have you ever given orders…Read More

No one likes to go through hard times, but knowing that God loves us and believing that He will redeem the lowest points in our lives - if we surrender to Him - makes us able to stand up under them. All things do work together for those who love Jesus Christ (Romans 8:28).  Eventually, we will stand up on these hard things, finding our faith tested, purified and our hearts even closer to Him. We are building a firm foundation based on Christ, preparing the way of the Lord into our hearts. We are walking the way of holiness straight to the heart of God where no unclean thing, no…Read More