The Journey

If I hit it right, it’s a slice. If I hit it left, it’s a hook. If I hit it straight, it’s a miracle. ~ Lee Trevino

“No adversity equals no opportunity. God wants to redeem the adversity you’ve experienced. He wants to recycle your adversity and turn it into a ministry.” ~ Mark Batterson

Jim Rohn says:
“Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. [...]

“We are at our best when we are entrepreneurial and courageous, push for innovation and reject the status quo.” ~ Howard Schultz, Transformation Agenda Communication #8

This afternoon as I was preparing to walk out of the house, the Holy Ghost spoke to me “The pruning is necessary!” While on a basic level I understood what that meant, I decided to google it and find out more. My search took me to this page where I read about “Training [...]

I have been thinking about Youth Alive, the youth group of Pentecostals of OC…
We have a great responsibility as Pentecostals to impact the next generation. They are our future, and we must insure that they are equipped to handle life and to impact their generation.
This week I have heard great reports concerning Youth Alive!

I spent time this morning walking a couple of streets in Tustin with invite cards in my hand. As I walked passing out these cards, I prayed for the people whose homes I left them upon their door. I know not their struggle or the storm they may be going through but it [...]

I just finished reading Communicating For A Change By Andy Stanley and Lane Jones. I may at some point go back and re-read this book, because I felt like I was reading it out of season and therefore did not get much out of it in spite of the rave reviews.

“I think a lot of people are willing to do BIG things for God – those things that get recognized & praised – but, few are willing to do little things for God – those things that go unnoticed and require pain & humility. Yet, that’s the paradox isn’t it? Little things are BIG [...]

This afternoon the thought that has been on my my mind has been “keep climbing.” No matter what it looks like or sounds like, this is no time to quit climbing. I read awhile back that 70% of the mountain climbers who die, die on their way back down the mountain. When [...]