This week I am a guest writer at Destiny in Bloom. My contribution is called Seeing the Unseen. I would love for you to visit their site and check it out. There are a LOT of other great writers and posts to check out in their Archives while you are there. Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, ...

“For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. ...

It’s 7:30am and we’re just outside of Baton Rouge headed towards New Orleans. Ten of us are packed in a van on our way to New Smyrna Beach, FL for a week of vacation by way of Cafe Du Monde in Jackson Square. The anticipation of coffee and beignets is almost more than I can stand at this point. Nancy, me, ...

Meditation is Scriptural In recent memory the spiritual practice of meditation has been mostly neglected by the people of God and instead counterfeited by practitioners of “Eastern” categories of religion and spirituality. Many Christ followers in the west shy away from this practice for the simple reason ...

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This is a message I spoke at Crossroads Church in Decatur on Aug 1, 2010. What is Keeping You from the Father? – Alan Smith | Teaching Audio Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

AlanSmith_Sermon_WhatsInMyAccount This is the message I gave last weekend at Crossroads Church in Decatur, TX. Do you think this post might benefit someone you know? If so, please share it by clicking the Share/Save button below. Thank you! (c) 2010 by Alan Smith. All rights ...

Suddenly I saw with clarity the very issue that all the communication skills in the world depend upon. I saw the foundational attitude without which no other relational changes will be sustainable. It’s about responsibility. Specifically – who is responsible for who and what? If this piece is not right ...

Control is rooted in fear and based upon a deception. That deception is the belief that people can control other people. It’s just not true. Oh, I don’t mean others can’t compel me to do things. A really big guy could get me to eat boiled squash if he wanted to, but that’s not the kind of ...

Isaiah 55:1-3 1 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is ...