My responsibilities as a pastor give me the opportunity to talk to every type of person you could imagine on a weekly basis. As I do my best to try and help people navigate through life with a great sense of purpose and hope in knowing Jesus, I have found one issue that distracts people more than almost any other.  Farmville. I kid, I kid. The issue that truly confuses people is the issue of identity.

People want to fit in. As a matter of fact, according to psychologists, our desire for acceptance is greater than our need for food, water, or shelter. It is a need that drives us to do nearly anything. We will search for it anywhere imaginable, we will starve ourselves for it, punish our bodies for it, we will work for it, we will finance things we cannot afford to have it, and many times we will compromise our own values to get it.

I am so moved when I look at Jesus’ life because He had such a huge sense of who He was. Remember, He was …

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I thought I’d share this new song I wrote a few weeks ago on healing.

I’m Healed

When the pain is more than I can bear

When the voices lead me to despair

I remember who can make me whole again

I remember who can make me whole again

I’m Healed

I’m Healed

Jesus Your wounds have made me whole

You were wounded so body could be set free

Every stripe that you took gave me victory

When the years are shortening my days

When my fears are crippling my faith

I remember who can make me whole again

I remember who can make me whole again

Death has no hold on me

Sickness no control of me

You healed all my disease

Nothing  can ever take that away from me

Death has no hold on me

Sickness no control of me

For me and my family

Nothing  can ever take that away from me

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