“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, i do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining [...]

Some of my favorite television programs are these popular “house cleaning” shows: How Clean Is Your House, Clean House, neat, Clean Sweep, etc. People either nominate themselves, or a friend or family member nominates a household in trouble with dirt and clutter in the home. These are people at their wits’ end – overwhelmed, with [...]

read Luke 5:1-11Luke 5:1-11English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVJesus Chooses His First Disciples 5 1 ; . Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, c Lake Gennesaret: Another name for Lake Galilee. teaching the people as they crowded around him to hear God’s message. 2 Near the shore he saw two boats left there [...]