What is the Love of God

A short contemporary Christmas story  I often wonder if I would recognize Jesus if I lived in His time, or if He lived in my time. Worst yet, would I even be nice to Him?  Many religious people failed this test miserably when He walked among men. This story is about Him living in our […]

Hallowed (Lord’s Prayer /PT2/ Long but worth it!) ( ESPAÑOL ABAJO) (SPANISH BELOW) Matthew 6:9 ,,, Hallowed be thy name. FYI it’s ok to talk to God in your regular voice using normal words.  He knows what you sound like and your vocabulary.  Your falsetto  ‘holy voice’ and fancy words don’t impress. Jesus said to […]

Father (part 1 of the Lord’s Prayer) LONG BUT WORTH IT (Spanish below, Español abajo) Luke 2:2 When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven.. Jesus said OUR because Father God is His Father as well as OURS (If we are born again,  John 3:3) We share the heavenly God the Father with Jesus […]

THE (traducción abajo) John 10:11 I am THE good shepherd: THE good shepherd giveth his life for THE sheep. THE- (a grammatical article in English, denoting person(s) or thing(s) already mentioned, under discussion, implied, or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners or readers)…. definition by Noah Webster THE- (singular or specific, as in THE one and […]

Expectations (Spanish Below) Acts 3:.4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon (a crippled beggar) said, Look on us. 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ […]

Function (ESPAÑOL Below) I was asked once ‘what is your function?’  It embarrassed me because I didn’t know the answer.  I think the Lord was speaking to me through this question.  It haunted me for years. Now I know the answer.  My FUNCTION is to know God, and to make Him known. We function better […]

Word-(Español abajo)   Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: The Word of His power!  Pastor Ken […]

MADRUGADA -EARLY MORNING- (Spanish below) Mark 1:35 ‘Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.’ The Spanish word ‘madrugada’ means ‘early in the morning’.  Jesus prayed in the madrugada.  If He needed to do it, so do […]

DO (spanish below) My beautiful wife Winnie is an example in my life. She encourages me and motivates me by asking the right questions at the right time. Never condemning, but always though provoking.  She asked me the other day, ‘if your faith doesn’t do anything, what is it good for?’  The answer I came up […]

(spanish below) click here to see Video of Million Friends kids learning to pray PRAYER DOES NOT WORK! Millions pray all over the world, and it simply does not work. Prayer in itself, like sending good positive thoughts etc. does not work. It is empty and worthless unless it is in the presence of the one […]

Offence (scroll down for Spanish) 2 Corinthians 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: There is a saying, ‘the dest defense is a good offense’. True in sports and the military maybe, but not true in the Christian walk. The world is darkness, Christianity is light. We have a […]

Fake News (scroll down for SPANISH) Exodus 23:1 – Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Like everyone, I have heard a piece of FakeNews and have passed it on.  The shame I felt when someone showed me it was a lie.  I […]

INTERVENTION (español debajo) Colossians 1:20 Amplified Bible …and through [the intervention of] the Son to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace… The concept of interventions is scary. This is where loving friends & family members of compulsive gamblers, drunks, drug addicts and mental patients ambush their fallen ‘loved one’ all at once and confront […]

LiveLive (scroll down for spanish) Genesis 5:21 When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because […]

Beginnings (Our start in Nicaragua) (desplazarse hacia abajo para español) Zechariah 4:10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. In the early 90’s I drove my old VW down from the states to Nicaragua. I made it with 60 dollars remaining in my pocket. My plan was to start a surfing ministry on the beach. I had […]

MEEKNESS (desplazarse hacia abajo=español) 1 Timothy 6:11….follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. The essence of meekness is to treat every person you meet as individuals of great value ( which they are) and superior to you ( which they all are, in one way or other). Lack of meekness is my single greatest fault. In the army, I […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo=español) Contentment=Godliness and visaversa, Godliness with contentment 1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. To be content you need to; 1. attempt everything with God 2. take every as from God 3. do everything for God Regardless what happens in your life; regardless what is said about you; regardless of what appears to be a lack of […]

cts 11:29 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. Judea was famine struck.  To make matters worse, the early believers (and some believers to this day) were already living on hand to mouth because they gave their excess to those who were worse off than they were.  Then a […]

desplazarse abajo para español.. Worship (Giving Worth)  scroll down for update on Nicaragua John 4:24 – God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. I used to think this was a very spiritual verse. It isn’t though. Worship God in spirit and truth simply means no mindless […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo para español) Anger Proverbs 15 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. After working with children, being a dad, and being a kid myself, I have learned that anger comes to us naturally.   In fact we are born with it. NOT being angry is something many of us have to work […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo para español) Holiness Luke 11:46 And he (Jesus) said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. In trying to be ‘holy’ I used to read thru the Bible twice a year. That didn’t make me […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo para español) Change 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord Although change is painful, it is an unavoidable reality of life. The […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo para español) “the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Corinthians 4:4 KJV) A definition of brainwashing could be “an indoctrination that blinds the mind to […]

(desplazarse hacia abajo para español) ◄ John 18:36 ► Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” We just hosted a great team from Indiana. Our first since the violence started in […]

Acts 2:44 “All the believers were united and shared everything with one another.”   Socialize (desplácese hacia abajo para español) Acts 2:44 All the believers were united and shared everything with one another. That to me is the true definition of Socializing. A two-way street of truth, love and sacrifice. Everyone HONESTLY chipping in to help […]

Numbers 14-33  and  your children shall wander in the wilderness 40 years   (desplazarse hacia abajo para español)   Numbers 14: 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,   I was just thinking that the revolution here happened exactly 40 years ago.  Now we are having another one.  Just when everything […]

Psalm 100:2  Serve the LORD with gladness; (Español abajo) It’s nice to read different translations of the Bible.  The NIV version says to ‘worship the Lord with gladness’.  Sounds completely different, doesn’t it? It’s not. God is saying here through His Word that if you aren’t happy to serve Him, DON’T!  Kids have nothing to […]

Psalm 25:15 My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.   (Español abajo) That verse describes my prayer life since we came to the mission field.  I know that this type of prayer has made it possible to continue staying here no matter what. I try to […]

God said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” (Numbers 21:8) (Español abajo) In the wilderness, snakes are scary.  In Nicaragua, they kill lots of people.  You need to fear snakes down here.  It’s smart, not fearful, to have a healthy […]

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (Español abajo) “Faith is acting like it is so, even when it is not so, so that it might be so, simply because God said so.”  A quote from my friend Ulrik. So… my son […]