"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23Day One of my video devotional series for this Christmas.***You'll need to mute the blog music at the bottom of this page.****Come visit me on Facebook on my new ministry page (Shawn Lantz). … [Read more...] about His Amazing Gifts
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Darkest Before Dawn
"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."Hebrews 10:36 (NIV)I grew up on a remote bush mission station in the Democratic Republic of Congo. My favorite time of the day was when the first layer of dusk would settle over our house. I knew that I would soon hear the roar of the diesel generator which would allow the light switch in my … [Read more...] about Darkest Before Dawn
Not Home Yet
"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage each other with these words."1 … [Read more...] about Not Home Yet
When He Doesn’t Fit
"...the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."Romans 4:17 (NIV)I think one of the reasons I wandered into a no man's land in my relationship with Jesus Christ between the end of high school until I was thirty was because I could not reconcile some of the painful experiences that God had allowed me to go through. Because I could not satisfactorily … [Read more...] about When He Doesn’t Fit
Satan’s Meeting
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)Please scroll down to the playlist at the bottom of my blog page and silence the blog music so that you can hear the music that accompanies the video. Very powerful.My pastor shared this very convicting video with us yesterday. … [Read more...] about Satan’s Meeting
Desperate!
"I cry to you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.' Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me."Psalm … [Read more...] about Desperate!
