Walk With Darrell

Have you ever failed or let God down? I am sure we can all look at a time in our life when we let God down. I know I sure have, and I imagine we all feel the same. You feel bad on the inside for letting our Lord and Savior down. A feeling of being ashamed and questioning our own faith. The bible is full of stories of men of faith that had failed. Remember Jonah, who refused to go to Nineveh, and he tried to get out of going to Nineveh by going to sea toward Tarshish. Then the

Have you ever had to make a decision, and you needed help and were sure where to turn? There is no one better to turn to than God. He has divine wisdom, and He knows everything about us. He understands our deepest wants and needs better than we even know them. Ok, so we need to ask God for guidance….Hmmm. Not real sure how to do that? Isaiah 30:21 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” I

El Roi (EL raw-EE), “The God Who Sees Me”, only occurs once in the bible and this was when Hagar encountered God in the desert and address him as El Roi, “the God who sees me”. God does see us, He knows our circumstances, past, present, and future. He knows everything about us. There is a gospel song,” His eye is on the Sparrow”, which I am sure most of you have heard if not all. The song starts out with the words below. Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows co

Life is short and we often times worry about things that don’t bring us fulfillment, happiness, and peace. People worry about money, status, their looks, their needs, or their possessions. Do we allow these worries the power to bring us down? God did not intend for us to worry about these things. It doesn’t have to be this way. We have a choice. We can lift our concerns up to the “One” who knows our lives the best and who will never let us down. Christ!!! It is amazing that i

We all had hopes and expectations this year however, due to the economy, health issues, COVID still hanging around, and fuel prices many plans were changed. It affected our schools, sports, our health, people’s jobs, our church worship, travel plans, and how we celebrated holidays. Life will always have disappointments that we will face. The bible gives us many stories of men of faith that faced disappointments. King David was anointed king and yet had to hide from King Saul.

One of the things that can be a struggle for many Christians is that we think we can live the Christian Life on our own self-sufficiently. This is something that God did not intend for us. God wants us to depend on Him alone to live the Christian life. The key to godly living is relying on Jesus to live through us. At the moment of conversion, the Spirit of Jesus, also known as the Holy Spirit, came to live within us. Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh

When we look at our battles in life, do we look at the battle with our physical eyes or our spiritual eyes? You might ask, what are you talking about? We all have battles in life we are fighting and if we look at them through our physical eyes they can seem daunting. What we need to do is to fight our battles through our spiritual eyes. In work there were always battles, and if you look at them through your physical eyes you can get very frustrated with work and at times it c

As a Christian our walk with God is a journey of faith, and there will be times when our trust in God will be tested. There will be those days when your life will seem like you are in a storm and water, and winds of adversity are sweeping you away. Doubt threatens to crash down on you. It is at these times it is important to have a good foundation when everything around you is sinking. That foundation can be found in God’s Word during times of storms. God’s Word has all kind

Before He was arrested, tried, and crucified, Jesus used some of His final moments to encourage His followers to reaffirm and strengthen them. Jesus knew His mission on earth was to pay the price of our sins on the cross. As His time was coming to an end, He wanted to give words to encourage His followers. John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I sa

It seems like I have a lot of friends, and family that have been through some tough situations this year. Don’t lose hope. However hard the situation we are facing or how desperate your situation might seem there is always hope. Hope transitions everything, every pain, sorrow, fear, and loss. Hope is what sets us apart as children of God. Hope is what gives light in darkness and comfort in pain. You might ask where do we get our hope? Hope comes from knowing God’s love for us

Have you ever drifted from God? If we are honest with ourselves there has been a time in probably each of our lives that we drifted from God (I have). Sometimes there has been times when we might have felt like we lost our way. Luckily God doesn’t give up on us. He is always there waiting and calling for us to come back home. Sometimes it is a small whisper to our hearts that lead us home. Jesus says He is the way back and He brings us right into the presence of God. Hebrews

It is so easy for us to be critical of people who look at the world differently than we do. That is one of the things I ask God to help me with daily in my prayers “to not have a critical attitude”. God tells us not to judge others. We have to guard ourselves against judging others by what seems right in our eyes. You think about it we all come from different places and we all value different things in life. Paul talks about how fellow believers will see things different than

Ephesians 2:8 (NIV) “ 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” God’s grace is unmerited favor and is not because of anything we have done to earn it. We experience God’s grace in our salvation as we did nothing to earn it. We experience God’s grace in living the Christian life. Today, we live in an environment where cancel culture is making the news every day. Thankfully, we have a Savior that did not can

Jesus of Nazareth was a penniless teacher from Galilee that changed history. There has never been another human like Jesus. He led a life that we still read about today. His goodness, His courage, and His love has had more of an impact than any other human in history. Jesus did not come to impress us, but He came to save the lost. God came down as a human to live among us to die on the cross for our sins, then rose from the tomb. He simply wants us to reach out to Him and tru

Have you ever thought about the trials we will face this upcoming week? It isn’t about if we face trials, it was about when we face...

Terri and I were asked how we handle worry. Worry is a form of fear. First question for us was do we ever worry, and the second question...

There is nothing that can separate us from God’s love. We are all in different stages of life. The Lord loves and watches out for us no...

2 Corinthians 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair As we travel the roads of life,...

This morning, I received a text message from one of the Deacons I used to serve with. It was encouraging as he mentioned he was praying...

In tough times my faith has seen me through. There have been times when fear had crept in, but faith helped me overcome the fear. There...