Rod Stallings

19 If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more,[a] then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world. (1 Corinthians 15:19 GNT) It is very easy to lose our eternal focus. We get caught up in lamenting the baggage from our past, the problems of the day or … Read more

4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. Blameless – not a word I would use in relation to myself. In fact quite the opposite. Yet, through my belief and faith this is the word God uses in in relation to me. … Read more

9 He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (1 Samuel 3:9 CSB) I often wonder as I write these who’s listening? Not to my words necessarily, but to the message God is imparting. I know in … Read more

8 More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ (Philippians 3:8 CSB) We all put so much value in to the … Read more

32 Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. (Acts 19:32 CSB) Our enemy seeks to keep us in a state of confusion. By keeping us in conflict he maintains a state that does not allow for measured and … Read more