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I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 How does a person live a sacrificial life? It is rather simple to live a minimum life. We give the minimum to God and to our families. When you analyze your spiritual life you might at admit that you are only surviving spiritually. You can look at your position as a spouse or parent and admit that you are doing the absolute minimum for your loved ones — no s...
Time is passing us by so quickly, and there are times in which I wish it can slow down a little. 2020 means 2020 vision to be able to see what really matters this year. At Canyon Hills Wasco, we spent four weeks focusing on four things that should really matter to you this year- one of them is "community." The human soul desires community; it's the way that God created us. From the beginning God said, "Let us [plural] make man in our image and in our likeness" (Gen 1:26). There was community in...
And at the end of 10 days their features appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies. Thus, the steward took away their portion of delicacies and the wine that they were to drink and gave them vegetables. Some time ago, I was driving in the backroad of Wasco heading toward Delano when all of a sudden I drove into an area covered in fog. It was getting late; the fog was so dense that I had to slow down to at least 20 mph. Being in the b...
James, the half-brother of Jesus, shared a bold statement that causes one to question whether he was in His right mind: "Count it all joy, brothers, when we face various trials” (James 1:2-3). Has life thrown more lemons at you when you try to do everything righteously? Perhaps you reconciled your relationship with Christ, and life only became more challenging. James shares some insight in how to go through trials in a divine manner. Ask God for wisdom (James 1:5). Wisdom is like the box to t...
Do you find it difficult to find peace in a chaotic world? At the rhythm that our world is spinning it is difficult to pump the brakes and simply breathe. I know that I have been there various times in my life. Peace is listed as a virtue of the fruit of the Spirit because God knew that we would face chaotic times. As the Holy Spirit does His perfect work in us, we can rest assured that we can find ourselves in tribulation but yet be at peace in our soul. Unless we don't find peace internally,...
A lawyer once asked Jesus, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?” Jesus replied, “Love God with everything in you, and secondly love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:36-40). Who are our neighbors? There are nine virtues that Paul writes about in the book of Galatians that describe what a life of a Christian should look like. To put it plainly, if you want to live like Jesus, be sure that you are bearing the fruit of the Spirit. “Love” is the first one, since it is the foundation...
A lawyer once asked Jesus, "Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?" Jesus replied, "Love God with everything in you, and secondly love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:36-40). Who are our neighbors? There are nine virtues that Paul writes about in the book of Galatians that describe what a life of a Christian should look like. To put it plainly, if you want to live like Jesus, be sure that you are bearing the fruit of the Spirit. "Love" is the first one, since it is the foundation to...
Have you ever found yourself in life where everything is rather quiet? Perhaps you accomplished the goals and endeavors you once set forth, or perhaps you have let off the gas and are cruising by. You find yourself in a season in which preparation isn’t necessary. There are moments in life in which it is evident that God is tugging at our hearts for a mission and a task. Naturally, we begin to become ready to take on that task. In my short years of pastoring it seems that when God calls on p...
