back porch livin

I try to spend a few minutes everyday hanging out on the back porch. It’s a great place to spend some alone time with God, it’s also a great place to spend some alone time with my holy hottie of a wife, Summer (far right in the picture). Taking in the beauty that God created in my own back yard continues to baffle me. I’m so blessed to get to Worship the God that made my back yard and Who made me. It’s so cool to think the God who made everything around me… loves me. I thank God for reminding of who He is, even from my from my back porch.

My morning with Jesus

My morning conversation with the Lord came was sparked by EXPERIENCING GOD DAY BY DAY… Henry Blackaby

so here it is… i hope your conversation with the God of the existence amazes you like it did me.

May 21

A Noticeable Difference

Now
when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they
were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized
that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13)

There is
no mistaking a life transformed by God! The disciples had been vain and
fearful when Jesus enlisted them. James and John sought to outmaneuver
their fellow disciples in order to gain the places of greatest honor
next to Jesus (Mark 10:37). Over and over the disciples’ actions showed
that they did not truly understand who Jesus was (John 6:7–9; Mark
6:49). Even after three years with Jesus, Peter was afraid to confess
Christ before a young servant girl (Matt. 26:69–75). Anyone who knew
these men would realize they were not the kind of people on which you
build a worldwide kingdom. Yet something happened to them as they were
with Jesus. The Holy Spirit transformed them, giving them new boldness
and wisdom. Now they could perform miracles and preach fearlessly and
persuasively to multitudes. Even their enemies noticed in their changed
lives the same power they had witnessed_in Jesus.

Sometimes we desperately want others to believe that_we have changed,
that we are more godly, more devoted, more Spirit-controlled. It is not
necessary, however,_for those who have been truly transformed by
Christ_to convince others of the difference; the change will_be obvious.

Don’t become too introspective, always focusing on yourself and the
small changes you see happening over time. As you walk with Jesus
daily, let the witness of the changes taking place in you come from
others and not from you. If you have to prove to someone that God has
really changed you, He has not. Those around you will surely notice
when your life has been transformed by your relationship with Jesus.