Higher Pursuit Ministries
John 2:16: "Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a market!" Jesus, your passion and zeal for the purity of the house of God is startling. Up to this point, your words have been intense and awe-inspiring but there hasn't been one exclamation point. But you are angry here. Do You [...]
John 2:4: "Woman, why do you involve me? My time has not yet come." Mary was probably not asking Jesus to do a miracle. She was just asking Jesus to help this wedding family out of an embarrassing situation. Sometimes, I don't know what I'm asking. Sometimes, when I pray, God is going to answer [...]
So today is the day after Thanksgiving. I hope you all had a relaxing day with family and friends yesterday. As for me, our Thanksgiving was different this year. It was wonderful - but different. My husband I are in a season of our lives where all of our traditions are being thrown on their [...]
Today, November 23rd, is International Day of Bible. Most of the celebrated days, like International Muffin Day or National Coffee day, don't move me to do anything different. I mean, I love coffee, but I didn't take time our of my schedule to have an extra cup, to marvel over the wonders of the coffee [...]
John 1:47 - "Here is a true Israelite in whom there is nothing false." John 1:48b: "I saw you while you were still underneath the fig tree..." Jesus called Nathanael a TRUE Israelite, one whose religion was honest and came from the integrity of his heart. He wasn't a showman, but like a solid gold [...]
Have you ever felt like you were walking on air? Or like everything you touched worked perfectly? I don't have that experience all the time, but this week was one of those weeks. I was incredibly busy at work with coordinating meetings, processing reports, assisting colleagues with multiple tasks, arranging travel and wrapping up the [...]
John 1:42: "You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas (Peter)." (Translation of Cephas added by me.) John 1:43: "Follow Me." "You are Simon, son of John." = When I read these words, this is the interpretation of what I hear Jesus saying to him: "Simon, your family gave you a name, [...]
John 1:38: :What do you want?" Wow, I think it's so cool that the FIRST words of Jesus recorded in the book of John are, "What do you want?". That's powerful. The Creator and Savior of all creation starts out by saying to me, "What do you want?" That's a loaded question that causes me [...]
The few months ago, the Lord gave me a creative idea for a devotional tool for my morning devotions. He showed me that I could take the "words in red" only and let them speak to me. While I do NOT recommend this as a comprehensive Bible study tool, it has been ministering to my [...]
Today I decided that it's time start blogging again in earnest! I have so much in my heart that has been stored over the years and so many experiences that could encourage and bless others. I should share what's in there, and who knows...it might be the very thing that helps someone else find freedom [...]
Today I prayed for a woman's back to be healed and it was! But that's only half of the really cool story... You see, for the past four days, I've been down with a serious sinus infection. Each morning, when I wake up, the right side of my face hurts so badly that I feel [...]
Have you ever had a day where you felt like you were swimming upstream all day? Well, that was my day today. Teenagers don't want to cooperate...when will they see the immeasurable value of my wisdom? And outside endeavors are not lining up as I planned...why can't everything go my way? Oh, I guess it's [...]
Over the past few months, I have been writing myself some notes on REGRET, so I can break this cancerous cycle of thought and live today to its fullest.
