Jordan Ministries

06/15/2026

DRY BONES
I was giving blood at a blood donation center for a friend who sponsors a yearly blood drive. As I sat there with nothing to do except watch my life’s blood flow from my arm into the pouch beside me, I had a curious thought. I asked the woman who was drawing my blood, “So, how exactly does our body replenish blood after we give blood?” She replied, “Well, I’ve never been asked that before, so I don’t know the answer, but I’ll ask the nurse when she comes in.” The nurse stepped in a minute later and the phlebotomist asked my question for me: “This gentleman wants to know how his blood is produced and replenished after he gives his blood.” The nurse replied, “Blood is manufactured by our bone marrow. As soon as you give a pint of blood, the marrow receives messages from the kidneys that red blood cells are needed and the bone marrow produces it.”

So, get this … the Bible says, “Life is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11), and our bones are the producers and generators of that life source within our bodies. That might not be revelation to you, but it is to me. You see, I remember hearing a couple of proverbs many years ago about our bones, and I always wondered what they meant. Proverbs 14:30 says, “A sound heart is life to the body, But envy [jealousy] is rottenness to the BONES,” and Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit DRIES THE BONES.” Now that I know our life’s blood is produced by our bones, I can see the relevance of those two verses.

Envy and jealousy makes our bones rot (according to Proverbs 14:30) and a broken spirit dries the bones (according to Proverbs 17:22). Speaking from a strictly physical standpoint, dry bones and rotten bones cannot produce healthy blood cells. So, envy, jealousy and brokenness are bad for our bones, bad for our blood, and thus, bad for our physical health.

Knowing this also brings further clarity to Ezekiel’s vision of the “Valley of Dry Bones.” Ezekiel 37:2 makes a point of saying that those bones were “VERY DRY.” There was no marrow in them … no ability to produce life’s blood. God asked Ezekiel, “Can these bones live again?” In the physical, Ezekiel knew the answer was “NO.” But he also knew the One who was asking the question was the Maker of the Universe, so he simply said, “Lord, You know.” Then, God told Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones. As Ezekiel prophesied, tendons, ligaments and muscles were attached to the bones, and then they were wrapped in flesh. From those DRY BONES, God created an army.

Are you living in envy and jealousy? Do you have a broken spirit? If so, your bones are being affected, as well as your life’s blood. But, God wants to make your DRY BONES live again. Receive the word of the Lord in your life today. Read His scriptures and let them breathe life into you. Repent of envy, jealousy and bitterness so your bones can be healed and your blood can be purged and replenished. Receive strength today from God’s Word!

Ezekiel 37:9-10 (NKJV)
Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

My Morning Walks
(June 14th devotion from "My Morning Walks with God, Vol. 5" - available on Amazon)

06/09/2026

I wrote this on December 10, 2019. I wasn’t expecting at that time that my whole world was fixing to change!🤦‍♀️That Jordan Ministries would be passed on to me or that the dreams and goals that Justo and I talked about, would abruptly change.
Never forget that “THERE IS PURPOSE “ in your life events and YOU are getting better and stronger!


Hello all!
I’ve had one of those put it all out their moments. If you know me you are aware that the last 5 years have been a roller coaster.

2014 Brother Jordan and I were in a head on car wreck. I spent 2 months in rehab (Physical not drugs). One night I was watching a preacher who looked into the camera and said:
“Satan has tried many times to kill you but failed. GOD is saying how much he loves you and how proud he is of you. With everything you have been thru you never asked “why me?” You never got angry over the situations but said what next God I am your example? You know you are my child and I have plans for your life”!

2015 My life was turned upside down, I was crushed but not broken and then the new road started. The Holy Spirit told me I had cancer (5 months after a mammogram) but that I would be healed and give him praise. In September I was diagnosed with Stage 2 HER2 Breast Cancer which was later changed to Stage 3.
My children decided among themselves that Justo would not take care of me and gave me a choice of 2 excellent oncology centers and where to live while going thru chemo.
I opted for Baylor Oncology in Waco so I could stay in Texas. Other option was John Hopkins in Maryland. Started chemo in November (after doing a bout with MRSA from a lumpectomy) and Justo (at nearly same time) had a triple bypass in Albuquerque NM. No one ever said our lives were normal.

Fast forward to 2017 We are both dealing with health issues and then came Hurricane Harvey and that’s all I need to say about that.

2018 I’m working bit by bit to move back to Rockport. In that 4 year period of time I had dealt with loneliness, abandonment, personal realizations, deliverance from betrayal issues and to stand on the firm foundation that God has set for me.

Purpose In Your Pain
This has been an eye opening title. I didn’t totally understand it when I saw it at first but then:

Joseph would never have gone to the palace and fed the multitudes if he hadn’t been a dreamer, dream discerner,hated by brothers, sold into slavery, and falsely imprisoned.

David was a friend of God, sheepherder, praiser, militia leader and still fought for his life from Saul. That road led him to be King.

Ruth went from wife, childless, widow, homeless and picking up scraps of wheat. Later owning the field and being in Jesus’s lineage.

Is this post long? Yes! BUT all of this is to state the “heartbreaking” experiences we are going thru is to get us to a better path ahead!

God bless you.

06/07/2026

One of the most abused verses in Christianity is:

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

— Philippians 4:13

People use it for football games.

Business deals.

Weightlifting.

Promotions.

Personal goals.

And while God certainly gives strength in those areas, that’s not what Paul was talking about.

If you want to understand Philippians 4:13, you have to read what comes before it.

Paul writes:

“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret…”

Then he says:

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Notice the context.

Paul is not talking about becoming successful.

He’s talking about remaining faithful.

Paul is sitting in prison when he writes Philippians.

Not on a beach.

Not in a palace.

Not living his best life.

He’s chained.

Restricted.

Persecuted.

Yet filled with joy.

Think about how radical that is.

Most people today lose their peace when Wi-Fi goes out.

Paul had lost his freedom.

And still praised God.

Why?

Because Philippians 4:13 is not a verse about achievement.

It’s a verse about endurance.

The Greek phrase behind “I can do all things” carries the idea of having strength, endurance, and sufficiency for every circumstance.

Paul’s point was:

“I can endure poverty through Christ.”

“I can endure abundance through Christ.”

“I can endure suffering through Christ.”

“I can endure imprisonment through Christ.”

“I can endure rejection through Christ.”

“I can remain faithful regardless of my circumstances because Christ strengthens me.”

That’s a completely different message than what many people preach today.

The modern version says:

“Christ strengthens me to get everything I want.”

Paul’s version says:

“Christ strengthens me whether I get what I want or not.”

One focuses on outcomes.

The other focuses on faithfulness.

And honestly?

That’s why this verse is so important.

Because many Christians believe God’s presence is proven by prosperity.

Paul teaches that God’s presence is proven by endurance.

Paul had learned something most believers never learn:

Contentment.

And contentment is one of the rarest spiritual disciplines in the modern world.

The world says:

“You’ll be happy when you get more.”

Paul says:

“I learned to be content.”

The world says:

“You need a better situation.”

Paul says:

“Christ is enough.”

The world says:

“You need more comfort.”

Paul says:

“I need more Christ.”

And here’s the beauty of the verse.

Paul wasn’t claiming personal strength.

He wasn’t saying:

“I can do all things because I’m tough.”

Or:

“I can do all things because I’m gifted.”

Or:

“I can do all things because I’m determined.”

He was saying:

“My strength comes from Christ.”

That’s humility.

That’s dependence.

That’s sound doctrine.

The reason this verse matters today is because life will eventually bring seasons you cannot handle on your own.

There will be losses.

There will be disappointments.

There will be betrayals.

There will be suffering.

There will be moments where your own strength runs out.

And that’s where Philippians 4:13 becomes real.

Not because Christ helps you win every battle.

But because Christ sustains you through every battle.

The verse isn’t primarily about success.

It’s about sufficiency.

It’s about a Savior who gives strength when your own strength is gone.

So the next time you quote:

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,”

Remember what Paul actually meant.

He wasn’t declaring victory over circumstances.

He was declaring that no circumstance could separate him from the strength found in Christ.

And honestly?

That’s far more powerful than the way most people use the verse.

06/06/2026

Memory: June 6, 2023

🌺Purpose In Your Pain🌺

Psalm 118:24 ERV
This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be happy today!

How are you? My roulette wheel brain 🧠 stopped on this word today.

Distraction, Noun
A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.

Such a unique word and is also mentioned 15 times in the Bible.

We’re all guilty of starting a project (cleaning, washing, mowing etc) then seeing something that looks to be more important or procrastinating (I’ll finish it in a minute).

I’m guilty of “Squirreling“. During conversation I remember something I want to tell, if I don’t say it then - at that moment I’ll forget.🤦‍♀️ Definitely off the trail of our conversation.

You’re talking on the phone📱, dog starts barking 🐕children or spouse needs something RIGHT NOW and you get the point.
Same thing goes with reading the Bible 📖 or praying🙏.
Justo and I had a dog🐕 who fit in the distraction mode. He always kneeled while praying and she immediately would start biting his toes.
I know you are imagining that image. You’re welcome for that distraction.

How are you in Church services? Bored, thinking about grocery list, what to do at work tomorrow or paying attention to what pastor is teaching ? The Bible declares it’s life to your bones.
Yes we should be excited about going into the house of the Lord!
Psalm 122:1 AMP
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

Are you really?
Before I was saved I went to church to:
- Get away from my parents for a while.
- See friends that I didn’t go to school with.

The truth is the truth!

You’re taught to whisper or not talk in a library. 🤷‍♀️ Not because it’s full of paper items or computers but people are concentrating and reading for a purpose. The librarian will shush you.

Then there’s church. I’ve seen Ministers telling people to take their crying babies to the nursery or misbehaving children to the back of the church - distraction.
Not many Pastors I admit but it does happen.
What I don’t see is ushers or pastor reminding people that prayer and worship - IS NOT SOCIAL TIME and to be respectful to others.

So what are you?
Distractor, Jimmy (give me healing, blessings, etc) — or are you thankful and greatly appreciative for what He’s done for you???

1 Corinthians 7:35 AMP
Now I say this for your own benefit; not to restrict you, but to promote what is appropriate and secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

2 Timothy 2:4 AMP
No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.

Are you truly in the army of the Lord or just a bystander?

James 1:26 AMP
If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religion is worthless (futile, barren).

I know I’m not (or maybe it bothers me more) the only one who notices this. I can close my eyes 👀 but not my 👂.

Be blessed on this awesome day.

05/31/2026

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05/23/2026

Psalm 23

I have memories of Brother Jordan teaching this over the years. I was amazed to find out what it described then.

Hey I was a teen in the 70’s and always pictured a worldly poster that was popular about this Psalm.

Psalm 23 is the most memorized passage in the entire Bible.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS??

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."

Beautiful poetry. Familiar words.

And every single line is describing something specific, physical, and real that most people are unaware of.

David was a shepherd. And he was not writing poetry. He was writing a job description.

Here is what Psalm 23 actually says when you understand what a first-century Middle Eastern shepherd did for his sheep.

"He makes me lie down in green pastures."

Sheep do not lie down voluntarily. They are prey animals wired for constant anxiety. A sheep will not rest unless it is free from fear, free from friction with other sheep, free from parasites, and free from hunger.

A shepherd who makes his sheep lie down has solved every source of anxiety in their lives. They are not resting because they chose to. They are resting because he made it safe enough to stop running.

"He leads me beside still waters."

Sheep are terrified of moving water. Their wool absorbs water and they drown. A shepherd never leads his flock to a rushing stream. He finds a calm pool or physically dams a stream with rocks to create still water.

He reshapes the environment so his sheep can drink without dying.

"He restores my soul."

The Hebrew word for "restores" is yashuv. It means "to turn back" or "to bring back." It is the word used for a shepherd who goes out, finds a sheep that has wandered off a cliff or into a thicket, and carries it back on his shoulders.

It is not a metaphor. It is a rescue operation.

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death."

This is not a metaphor either. There is a real valley near Jerusalem — a narrow, steep-walled ravine between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. Predators hid in the shadows of the cliff walls above.

The only path to green pasture went directly through the place where death waited.

"Your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

Two different tools. The staff has a crook — used to pull sheep out of crevices and guide them back to the path. The rod is a weapon. A short, heavy club used to fight wolves, lions, and bears.

The sheep are not comforted by a walking stick. They are comforted because their shepherd is armed and has already proven he will kill for them.

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies."

This is not a dinner table. The Hebrew word for "table" refers to a flat, elevated grazing area — a plateau. Shepherds scouted these tablelands in advance, clearing poisonous plants, killing snakes, and driving predators from the edges.

The shepherd did not remove the enemies. He fed his sheep in front of them.

"You anoint my head with oil."

Shepherds poured oil on their sheep's heads because flies and gnats would burrow into the sheep's nasal passages and lay eggs, causing infection and sometimes death. The oil created a barrier the insects could not pe*****te.

Anointing was not a ceremony. It was protection from the things that would destroy them from the inside.

"My cup overflows."

At the end of the day, the shepherd counted his sheep through a narrow gate one at a time, inspecting each one for wounds, thorns, and parasites. If a sheep was injured, he poured oil and water from his cup into the wound.

An overflowing cup meant the shepherd had more than enough to treat every injury. No wound would be ignored.

Every single line. Every image. Every phrase. David was describing what a real shepherd physically did for real sheep in the real hills outside Jerusalem.

And a thousand years later, Jesus stood up and said, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."

He was not borrowing a metaphor. He was claiming the job description David had written.

The shepherd who solves every anxiety. Who reshapes the river. Who carries them home. Who walks them through the valley. Who fights with a weapon. Who feeds them in front of their enemies. Who protects them from the inside. Who treats every wound.

That is Psalm 23.

God is not offering us a poem. He was offering him a shepherd who had already killed the predator, already walked through the valley, already poured oil into every wound.

Psalm 23 is just one passage. There are thousands more moments like it waiting in the pages you have already read.

Did you know that the Ark of the Covenant contained three objects — the broken tablets, the rejected manna, and the questioned rod — and that the Mercy Seat where blood was sprinkled sat directly on top of all three? That the gospel was physically sealed inside a gold box in the desert?

Did you know that when Jesus said "It is finished," the Greek word tetelestai was the same word stamped on receipts in the Roman Empire to mean "paid in full"? That His final declaration was not a statement of ending but of completion. A cosmic debt marked as settled.

Just the roots that make everything you have already read suddenly land with the full weight God intended.

The Bible is not confusing because it is unclear. It is confusing because we are reading it without the foundation that made it clear to the people it was first written for.

David knew what every line meant because he had lived it. He had dammed the streams. He had killed the lion. He had carried the wanderer home.

05/22/2026

Jesus made seven statements in the Gospel of John that the religious leaders tried to kill Him for.
Most Christians have heard every one of them.
Almost none know why those words were dangerous enough to die for.

"I am the bread of life."
"I am the light of the world."
"I am the door."
"I am the good shepherd."
"I am the resurrection and the life."
"I am the way, the truth, and the life."
"I am the true vine."

Seven statements. All recorded in the Gospel of John. All beginning with the same two words.

I AM.

Most Christians read these as beautiful metaphors. Jesus comparing Himself to familiar objects.

They are not metaphors. Each statement is a direct answer to a specific Old Testament revelation. And the phrase "I AM" itself was a claim the Pharisees understood instantly — and tried to execute Him for.

Here is what each "I AM" actually meant.

"I am the bread of life."

Jesus said this in John 6 — directly after feeding five thousand people. The crowd followed Him across the lake the next morning hoping for another free meal.

He told them they were chasing the wrong miracle. The bread He multiplied was just an echo. The real bread had already come.

For forty years in the wilderness, Israel ate manna. Bread that fell from the sky every morning. They could not store it. They could not earn it.

Jesus said the manna was not the gift. It was the preview. He had come down from heaven the way the manna came down — daily, undeserved, sustaining life itself.

"I am the light of the world."

Jesus said this during the Feast of Tabernacles. During that festival, four enormous golden lampstands were lit in the Temple courtyard. The light commemorated the pillar of fire that led Israel through the wilderness.

Jesus stood in front of those lampstands and said, "I am the light of the world."

He was claiming to be the pillar of fire. The same presence that led Israel through the dark for forty years.

"I am the door."

The Tabernacle had only one entrance. One door. No side gates. Anyone who wanted to approach God's presence had to enter through that single opening.

Jesus said He was that door. Not a door. The door. The same uncompromising structure God had built into the Tabernacle fifteen hundred years earlier.

"I am the good shepherd."

David wrote Psalm 23 a thousand years before Jesus. The shepherd who solves every anxiety, who carries the wanderer home, who has already killed the predator.

Jesus did not borrow the metaphor. He claimed the job description. David was a shepherd boy who became a king. Jesus was the King who became a shepherd.

"I am the resurrection and the life."

Jesus said this standing outside the tomb of His friend Lazarus. Four days dead. The body already decaying.

The Old Testament had described one moment that looked like this. Ezekiel standing in a valley of dry bones, asked by God, "Can these bones live?" And God breathed life into the skeletons until they stood up as a great army.

Jesus did not say "I will perform a resurrection." He said "I AM the resurrection." Then He called Lazarus out of the tomb.

"I am the way, the truth, and the life."

The High Priest entered the Holy of Holies through one specific path. Through the outer court. Past the altar. Through the veil. Into God's presence.

One way. No shortcuts.

Jesus said He was that path. Not a teacher of the path. The path itself.

"I am the true vine."

Isaiah 5 records God's most heartbreaking complaint. Israel was His vineyard. He had cleared the ground, planted the choicest vines, expected good fruit.

It produced wild grapes.

Jesus stood in front of His disciples the night before He died and said, "I am the true vine." He was the one who would finally produce the fruit God had been waiting for.

Seven statements. Seven Old Testament revelations. Each one a claim that He was the fulfillment of something Israel had been reading about for a thousand years.

But here is the part most Christians miss."I AM" is not a normal phrase in Greek. It is a translation of the Hebrew name God revealed to Moses at the burning bush. When Moses asked God who he should say had sent him, God answered: "I AM has sent you."

Every time Jesus said "I AM," He was using God's own name.

The Pharisees understood this. In John 8, after Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM," they picked up stones to kill Him. Not because they thought He was speaking poorly. Because they understood exactly what He had just claimed.

He was claiming to be God.

That is what I realized the night my daughter came home from her first semester of college.

I have been teaching Scripture my whole adult life. More than 18 years. And last fall my daughter came home for Thanksgiving as a college freshman. She had taken a religion class. Her professor told the class that Jesus never claimed to be God — that the divinity was added later by the church.

She sat at the kitchen table and asked me a question I will never forget.

"Dad, if Jesus actually claimed to be God, why didn't anyone try to kill Him for it?"

I started to answer her with John 8. Where Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM" and the crowd picked up stones to kill Him.

She looked at me and said, "But why did they pick up stones for that? It just sounds like bad grammar."

I opened my mouth. And I stopped.

Because I had read that passage hundreds of times and never once asked why "I AM" was a stoning offense.

That night I went to my study and traced every "I AM" statement Jesus made and connected it back to the burning bush in Exodus 3. I sat at my desk until three in the morning.

In 18 years of teaching, I had never connected the seven "I AM" statements to God's name at the burning bush. I had taught each statement individually. I had explained the metaphors. I had never told my congregation that Jesus was using God's own name every time He said those two words.

My daughter had asked the question my entire ministry had failed to answer.And it was not her fault. It was not her professor's fault. It was not my fault.

Nobody had ever given any of us the roots.

The next morning I started writing. Genesis. Everything someone needs to know before reading Genesis. Who wrote it. When. Why. What was happening. The main themes. How it connects to the larger story.

Not a sermon. Not a devotional. Just the roots.

Then Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers.

Every single book of the Bible.

Sixty-six pages. One page per book.

It took me three months. Three months of putting 18 years of studying into a format any believer could use completely on their own.

No pastor required.

When I finished, I printed a copy and gave it to my daughter.

She came back two weeks later and told me her professor was wrong. And that this time she had the roots to prove it.

I started giving copies to people in my church quietly. One at a time. Every single person said the same thing."This is the first time I have ever understood what I was reading."

Not because I am some brilliant teacher. But because I finally gave them what they actually needed.

The roots.

And once you have those roots, the Bible you thought you knew becomes something you have never actually encountered before.

The seven "I AM" statements are just one thread. There are thousands more waiting in the pages you have already read.

Did you know that the Ark of the Covenant contained three objects — the broken tablets, the rejected manna, and the questioned rod — and that the Mercy Seat where blood was sprinkled sat directly on top of all three? That the gospel was physically sealed inside a gold box in the desert?

Did you know that when Jesus said "It is finished," the Greek word tetelestai was the same word stamped on receipts in the Roman Empire to mean "paid in full"? That His final declaration was not a statement of ending but of completion. A cosmic debt marked as settled.

Context changes everything. Every single time.

I call it FaithSprout. The 66 Roots Journey.

66 pages. One for every book of the Bible. Each page gives you what you need before you read. Who wrote it. When. Why. What was happening. The key themes. The symbolism. And how it connects to your actual life today.

Written in plain language. No seminary terms. No complicated theology.

Just the roots that make everything you have already read suddenly land with the full weight God intended.

The Bible is not confusing because it is unclear. It is confusing because we are reading it without the foundation that made it clear to the people it was first written for.

The Pharisees heard "I AM" and reached for stones because they understood the burning bush. They had read Exodus 3 their whole lives. They knew exactly what Jesus had just claimed.

We read it as poetic language and miss the moment heaven walked into history wearing skin.

This guide gives you that foundation back.If you have ever read the seven "I AM" statements without seeing the burning bush behind every one.

If you have ever read a passage of Scripture and sensed there was something deeper underneath the words that you could not quite reach.

If you have ever wondered what you would find in God's Word if someone just gave you the roots first.

This is what you have been looking for.

Jesus did not choose those words by accident. He never does anything by accident.

Do not let a lack of context be the thing that keeps you from hearing the name He spoke seven times.

Get closer to God by actually understanding His Word.

Not just the familiar parts. All of it. The whole story.

That is what The 66 Roots Journey was created for.

And you can start yours by clicking below.