Category: Devotionals

A Prayer For Our Next Record

May 09, 2013

Well, the second record is all but upon us and it has been a true joy to watch our team unite in its various capacities to make this thing happen. So much work has gone into putting together the best project possible. Writing, praying, reading, editing, reediting, not to mention a boat load of planning [...]


Wrong Ideas of Worship and of God

April 18, 2013

“There are people who preach what they call “positive thinking,” and the idea is that you refuse negative thoughts, you cut them out. You must always be positive and always try to think beautifully as well as positively, and then you will feel better. And that is regarded as the worship of God – moral [...]


Good Friday

March 29, 2013

On Good Friday the entire world stood unaware that it was but a few short moments from redemption. The hour was dark, the night cold, and the Son of Man took His final and most difficult steps towards the Cross. It was no surprise to Him, He had lived His entire earthly life under the [...]


Seeking Happiness

March 07, 2013

Psalm 1: 1-3 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted [...]


Abiding in Christ

February 14, 2013

Much of our Lord’s teaching was spoken in parables, or illustrations, but every so often He would speak in such a way that couldn’t possibly be mistaken or misunderstood. “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from [...]


How Suffering Exposes Us

January 24, 2013

I recently listened to a Sermon on Job 1 by Tim Keller called “Questions of Suffering”. It is more than worth the listen. Keller points out that how we endure suffering ultimately exposes the motives behind our worship and obedience. As Keller puts it, “Satan puts his finger on the pulse of the human problem…” [...]


Shaun Groves talks about Worship

August 19, 2012

This is a post I came across by Worship Leader Shaun Groves entitled “Why We Chose a Church with Bad Music”. I thought it worth sharing. Hope it is of encouragement. Upward, Tyler “I’m often asked to speak to worship leaders and their volunteers. I’ll sing or speak in a church’s services and then spend [...]


Lord, Help me believe! (Part 2)

August 02, 2012

(Continued from last week…) Success is a funny word to me. It is so subjective. I often get asked where I want to be in five years? Ten years? I don’t know. But I know where I am going to be in 75. In the ground decomposing. So what does success look like to me [...]


LORD, HELP ME BELIEVE!

July 24, 2012

The following is something I wrote after a week of speaking at a camp last year on a flight back home. I read it this morning and was challenged and encouraged by it. I hope it has a similar effect on you if you are willing to read. It is a bit lengthy so it [...]


Lord, Help me believe!

June 29, 2012

The following is something I wrote after a week of speaking at a camp last year on a flight back home. I read it this morning and was challenged and encouraged by it. I hope it has a similar effect on you if you are willing to read. It is a bit lengthy so it [...]


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