Philip Dampier's Blog

when my heart is pained… Too deeply for mirth and song?”  Think how heavy a heart would be that it could not sing. Not even a sad song. Not even a song of mourning. Deep pain, the kind that hurts all the way to your inner core. The loss of a…

1. there is no God. Foolish because the evidence of God is universal and can be viewed by everyone in every age. Foolish because God has made it plain for mankind to see. When man rejects God he rejects all the good things God has promised and opens himself to…

Jesus gave us a heads up when he said, “You will always have poor people.”  I saw poverty for the first time in South Korea just after the war ended. The country was devastated physically and economically. I remember a small boy at the train station insisting that he shine…

Pray today for the jail ministry. I feel very close to this ministry because Grace has been a part of a two women team that teaches a Bible class every week at the county jail for ten years or more. I know that it is a labor of love and…

Today the forty days of prayer has us praying for the ministries at Westgate. There are a lot of them. They involve a lot of people who spend time and energy getting them done. Some of them are outreach ministries, like the work that the ladies do on Monday at…

Today is the day to pray for servants of the church if you are involved in the 40 days of prayer. It’s a good day to pray for deacons and their wives and families even if you aren’t. Acts 6 tells us about the need for servants in the Jerusalem…

I speak from first hand experience when I say that being a shepherd of part of God’s flock is both humbling and frustrating. To be given the awesome responsibility of watching over a large number of souls can be nothing but humbling. At the same time, there were a number…

Today is the 15th day of our 40 days of prayer. Today we are to pray for our ministers and their families. Most often the ministers are in the spotlight and the congregation is very aware of them and lifts them up in prayer. They get mentioned in the church…

This is a popular phrase used by dieters and nutritionists to encourage better health. It probably originated from a phrase made famous by a German philosopher in the nineteenth century. He said “Man is what he eats.” He was a Lutheran but became an atheist. He wasn’t talking about physical food but what…

to all people. This is Paul’s admonition in Galatians 6:10. This is based on opportunity. What do you think that means? Opportunity. Chance? Circumstance?  Paul also tells us that God has prepared good works for us. I take that to mean that there will be chances to do good works.…