King Hezekiah’s work

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. (21) And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered. – 2 Chronicles 31:20–21

I want to be like King Hezekiah. As I read this passage this morning I thought about what verse 21 meant and how it applies to my own life and work. 

Hezekiah did his work with ALL HIS HEART. He sought God first, doing what was right in His eyes. Then he worked hard at it, toiling with all his heart, and he prospered.

I have to ask myself if I am working as hard as I possibly can. If I am doing everything I can to get the job done. If my whole heart is in it. There is no room for half-hearted work. I must be all in.

I read a quote the other day by Lowell Thomas, “Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” I think that Hezekiah would agree with that quote. We must work with all our hearts. What we are doing is too important for anything less. There is no time for procrastination.

The New American Reality

This video should impact the way we do ministry in the United States of America. What are we doing to reach this segment of the population?

An Incredible Opportunity

We need your help!!! We’ve entered a competition that will help our ministry with some extra finances in return for working 4 hours a week.

There is a website called Hopscout that offers one children’s item for sale per day, and they are looking for some editors to review their products and write for them.

They will pay us to review products, give us a new computer, help with our kids’ college fund, and give us money for groceries. That’s a lot of help, which means your participation is crucial.

The first round of the competition was to make a video and ask people to vote for it. So, we made a video. It is posted here: http://bit.ly/e15b50.

We need your vote as soon as possible!. You can only vote once. We need a ton of votes to get to the next round, so please tell everyone you know about it. It would be a huge help for our family and ministry.

On Tires and Protection

On Tires and Protection

Remember those old commercials for Michelin tires that ended with the phrase, “Because so much is riding on your tires“? It’s true, right? The tires on your car are important for your safety.

Wednesday I drove over 300 miles in our van, and I noticed that it was shaking much more than it should be. Today I decided to really check it out. The rear passenger tire had parts of the steel sticking out of it. It was really bad. I can’t believe I had driven 300 miles on it like that just Wednesday. I even crossed the Skyway bridge. I’m thankful for God’s protection.

I very well could have had a blowout and flipped the van. Thank God that He protects us despite our ignorance. Needless to say we got a new tire today. We’ll be traveling about an hour and a half away on Sunday to preach at First Baptist Church Oxford. Please pray for our family as we travel.

(Photo by Mykl Roventine on flickr)