Good morning! I woke up this morning feeling extremely thankful to God. I have many things to thank Him for like health, family, life, etc. The list could go on forever. The bible says in I Thessalonian 5:8 that we should “….give thanks in all circumstances”. So as you go through your day and things [...]
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trading my life
My friend, Dave Ferguson, asked a great question on his blog. For what are you trading your life for? This question has really stuck with me for a while. You see, for many years I thought that my life was not worth much I never thought that I would ever amount to a whole lot. [...]
my testimony (outro.)
After struggling for what seemed like an eternity, I couldn’t take it anymore. I cried and I cried. Then God said “Be Quiet”. You see, I had moaned and cried so much that I couldn’t “hear” what God what saying to me. He told me that I didn’t have to keep asking Him to rescue [...]
my testimony (intro)
One of my goals in life is to impact as many people as possible with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I used to think that it would take me standing in a pulpit on a Sunday to make this happen. With the help of my wonderful wife, I quickly understand that this is not the [...]
church! where you at?
There was another shooting in my city last week. This time a 15 year old boy was killed and others were injured. My question, like always, is WHERE IS THE CHURCH? This is the 5th murder in Joliet this year. Joliet is not the biggest city in the world. It has about 175,000 people in [...]
speak up!
I attended a meeting last week to discuss the ongoing issue of violence in my city. It was an amazing situation for me to be sitting at the table with ex-cons, ex-drug dealers, and ex-gang members. There were people (mainly men for a change) who, for the most part, used to be part of the [...]


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