Joe | May 29, 2009
My coworker asked me this morning: “Our sole purpose as believers: what do you think that is?”
It was a little early. I had just logged on and hadn’t had my morning coffee yet. But we must be ready in and out of season, right? (2 Timothy 4:2). We had the following dialog.
“To give glory to [...]
Category: 2 Timothy, Christian Living, Deuteronomy, Matthew | 4 Comments »
Tags: law, love, obedience, priorities, purpose
Joe | May 27, 2009
UPDATE 05/28: Welcome visitors from Caffeinated Thoughts!
Aside from the many things God has done for me and my family, one thing He has definitely taken care of in the past 10 years are my jobs. Indeed, the last four jobs I’ve gotten were definitely not something I had much to do with. I basically just [...]
Category: Christian Living, Deuteronomy, Job | 3 Comments »
Tags: faith, hope, manna, obedience, pride, priorities, suffering, trials, work
Joe | May 22, 2009
It’s been a tough week for us. Our faith is being tested and at times we’re white-knuckling it.
Normally Friday’s post is “Link Love” but I’m so mentally drained that I’m not sure I have enough mental acuity to sift through my blog and web reading. Instead, I wanted to find something in Proverbs that speaks [...]
Category: Christian Living, Marriage, Matthew, Parenting, Proverbs, Stepfathering | 4 Comments »
Tags: children, faith, hope, jobs, rest, stepson, suffering, teenagers, trials, wisdom
Joe | May 20, 2009
When my son was born, I took great comfort in something Jesus said:
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” –Matthew 18:10.
I love the fact that my year and a half [...]
Category: 1 Peter, Christian Living, Ephesians, Matthew, Parenting | 3 Comments »
Tags: angels, children, guardian angels
Joe | May 19, 2009
There are a few posts in the blogosphere about Amazon’s Kindle now publishing blogs.
I signed May He Increase up and submitted this blog for subscription last week. Today I confirmed that May He Increase is available for subscription on Amazon!
Click the image to view it on Amazon.
It’s a big milestone for me, although for most [...]
Category: Announcements | No Comments »
Tags: amazon, blog, faith, kindle, subscription