TYLER’S VIDEO MESSAGE Tyler, the young man I’m mentoring, is definitely growing in the Lord. He has a wisdom that can only be explained as the power of the Holy Spirit. Here are a few quotes from the weekly video that he recorded today. “Stop waiting on someone else or something else to make you […]
LIVING THE GOOD LIFE I know God better in pain than in prosperity. Maybe some of you are like that. My neighbor across the street, Bob, isn’t like that at all. He stays close to God in good times and in bad, in blessings and calamities, in sickness and in health. I had coffee with […]
A QUOTE FROM TYLER I’m using a new book this year when I visit county jails and drug rehab facilities. Right on the front cover is a quote from Tyler (but under the name of Carl Anthony Raines). You can find out more about this book on the following LINK. “When I’m with God, good […]
LOVE IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Where is this love today, my friends, in the political landscape of this country? Serious Christians are drawn to the outermost poles of the political spectrum, from far left […]
A TEST FOR TYLER Last week Tyler called me with the bad news that the motor on the car he had bought a couple months back had seized up and would never run again. A total loss. He calmly said, “You know, Pat, this is the kind of setback that would have driven me to […]
BECOMING LIKE JESUS For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 As He did for us, we are to do for others – the spiritually lost, the captives, the sick, the hurting, the mentally ill, the homeless, the victims of events and circumstances, and those experiencing all the […]
MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE A few years back, I was having breakfast with Myron, the person who led me to Christ back in 1982 and who continues to mentor me in my Christian faith. He explained to me then that his motivation for being involved in the lives of others is to advance the kingdom of […]
SEEKING THE LORD Seek the Lord and live. Amos 5:6 It is not more knowledge I need this year but more seeking the Lord here and there and everywhere. He is in the fireplace in the lower level and in the office upstairs. He is in the kitchen where I eat and in the bedroom […]