• Expand my territory!

    Many years ago, my church did a series on a book called The Prayer of Jabez.  I don’t remember much about the book, but I remember the verse that it was based on. [Jabez] was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me…

  • Consecrate yourselves

    Sometimes when I’m reading a passage of scripture there’s one specific word that resonates with me. It’s as if God took a holy highlighter to it. Today it was the word “consecrate”.  To consecrate something means to set it apart. To dedicate it to God’s service. Throughout the Old Testament…