Transition Series – Worship Him This is another simple thing to do in transition—worship Him. Put a CD on or sing your own words; just worship. Sometimes when I need direction, I will just get in my truck and drive with worship on. I’m not really going anywhere. I just need the solitude and the […]

Transition Series – Lean Heavily on His Word When you are going through a time of change, you need to do more of the basics. Read your Bible. It’s not the time to do a study of eschatology or deep doctrinal study. Just go back to the basics. It’s very important to send time in […]

Honoring Our Mothers Being a mother is a grace gift of God. Seeing your mom for who she is can be a grace gift, as well. Mothers carry you in the womb and they carry you in their hearts. Regardless of your activities or theirs, you are never far from their thoughts. Mothers who love […]

Transition Series – Who Am I? Over my 25 years of ministry, I have at times thought I was each of the five-fold giftings. I thought I was a youth pastor. In fact, I was convinced of it! At another time, I thought I was a worship minister, then an evangelist, then on to a […]

Transition Series – Desiring His Favor Over Conventional Wisdom Don’t allow preconceived ideas or your own understanding or common sense mess up His process. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6; NASB). It […]

Transition Series – Finding His Perfect Will Jesus says in John 7:17, “Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.” The principle here is, “If I’m willing to do His will, He will show me His will.” There have been times […]

Transition Series – Adapting to Winds of Change I’ve been studying some tropical trees that weather storms well. They can sway and bend almost to the ground in severe tropical winds. Their root structure is the key. Their root system must be very strong, very firm; immovable. However, up where the wind is blowing, they […]

Transition Series – God Goes Ahead of You In the mid-1970s, I was going on many missionary journeys. I was about to transition out of full-time ministry in the secular world to full-time ministry in my local church. I received a call from one of the missions team leaders, who told me there had been […]

Transition Series – Being Flexible In Acts 16, there is a story about the Apostle Paul. He was determined to go a certain way, but Jesus kept encouraging him to go His way. Ultimately, God was able to get Paul on the right course. To do so, God gave Paul a night vision. In it, […]

Beginning a Series on Transition Some of us like change. Others don’t. If I told you I’m still driving my 2008 Tundra—and happy about it—you might guess which side of the spectrum I’m on. I’ve often thought—as I drive a different rental car almost weekly—a law should be passed stating that all vehicle control panels […]