• Retreat Center

    Come to the Water

    What is Spiritual Dryness? We’re going to talk today about spiritual dryness that you just can’t shake. We all have times when we feel spiritually dry because we haven’t spent any time with God. If we ignore prayer and Bible reading then of course we’re going to feel spiritually dry. Once we start back again with prayer and Bible reading then the problem will be over. But then there are the times that you are doing everything that you know how to do – and you still feel as spiritually dry as a bone. You don’t feel God’s presence, you don’t have joy, your prayers hit the ceiling and bounce…

  • Prayer

    Transitions and Leaving

    God often tells His people to leave the place they are living. Now, I hope to live in Wrightwood the rest of my life. But the command is not only to leave physical places – it is to leave old ways. Remember two things: 1) that we are pilgrims in this land, and 2) God never leaves us. Command to Physically Leave (Gen 12:1)  The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. (Gen. 31:13)  [God said to Jacob] “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow…

  • Retreat Center

    Moving Day

    We will be moving into a new house a scant 1/4 mile away from this one. The original move was not my choice but I trusted God, and once I found the new place I clearly saw His hand over the whole thing. I’ll be awfully glad to have the move over with though — it’s a pain living out of boxes! Whenever I move I remember Abraham and his God-called journey, first out of Ur with his father and later out of Haran. Do you face change or an uncertain destination? Read “God’s Compass.”