EXPECTATIONS The difference between what you expect and what you receive can be very small but is always significant.  If you expect to receive $100 and get $99 you are disappointed and angry.  If you expect to receive $100 and get $101 you are happy and appreciative.  Always give more than expected even if it is…Read more Expectations by Bobb Biehl

“Some men who seemed impossibly weak at the beginning of SEAL training - men who puked on runs and trouble with pull-ups - made it.  … Some men who were visibly afraid, sometimes to the point of shaking, made it too. All the men who survived possessed one common quality.  Even with great pain faced…Read more God’s Will – Be Strong

"God called you to do good." 1 Peter 2:21, NLT Summer means fresh tomato sandwiches, tomatoes and rice, tomatoes and okra and fried green tomatoes!  There is one special couple at church that hangs a bag of tomatoes on the door to my study when their harvest comes in a couple of times per week. …Read more God called you to do good!

I love Paul's following prayer for the church from Colossians 1:9, "We ask God to give you complete knowledge of His will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding." With the gift of the Holy Spirit and the Bible God has abundantly answered Paul's prayer for us.  The Bible unfolds for us our salvation…Read more God’s Will and Spiritual Wisdom part one

Jogging in the desert this week has opened my eyes to beauty that I've never noticed before.  The "monsoon" rains have come to Arizona's Sonoran Desert and pink, purple, yellow and white flowers are blooming.  The fragrance from some of the cactus flowers is heavenly.  So far no rattlesnakes when I am jogging.  I ran…Read more Taliesin West

Praying and planning are part and parcel of my life.  It’s difficult to remember when I wasn’t praying and planning.  My personal prayer life has matured over the years of seeking to understand the will of God and yield to His will as revealed in the Bible.  As I have walked and prayed, studied and…Read more God has a good plan for you to discover and obey

I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11, NIV The beautiful green hummingbird sipping sweet nectar out of my wife’s red, yellow, and purple flowers this evening was a brief moment of sheer…Read more But God

She was living but dying quickly in a strict religious community dominated by rabbis who thought it was better to be born a dog than to be born a woman.  Physicians had taken all her money but hadn’t cured her. Her disease isolated her.  The daily blood loss drained her of iron and vitamins and…Read more Risk Taking Faith Results in Health

"I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of.  I will speak very boldly and honor Christ in my body, now as always, whether I live or die." St. Paul in Philippians 1:20, GW God's image in us includes the body he has given to us.  These bodies of ours are…Read more I will honor Christ in my body

Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 2, NASB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs The prayers of the Bible help us understand and live out the will of God.  This prayer in particular has a lot to teach us about the health of our…Read more Faith and Health