Do you know someone who radiates gratitude? It may be because they know the… 4 Important Truths about Gratitude 1. Gratitude is a choice. Grateful people don’t wait until they get what they want to be thankful. They choose to celebrate what they have. Even when life is hard . . . there are always…
How well do you focus on the Lord when you pray? I have the best of intentions… I want to enter my War Room in warrior mode and make an impact on the battles taking place in the spiritual realm. But I struggle with ADD . . . my mind darts from thought to thought….
Years ago, a reader asked the following: “If God loves us so much, then why are we slowly being dehumanized?Why would God let something like that happen to us? I believe we need to take a closer look and break those questions into 3… 1. Does God love us?2 Are people becoming dehumanized?3. Why does…
Jesus said, “The Father and I are one” (John 10:30) and “The Father is in me and I am in the Father.” (John 10:38) John wrote, “In the beginning, [Jesus] the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Jesus always been and will always be true God,…
“Be yourself. That is something you can do better than anyone else. Listen to that inner voice and bravely follow it.” – Anonymous Hmmm. That’s the message of today, isn’t it? Be true to yourself. Just follow your “heart” or your “gut” or whatever. So, I searched—How to be Yourself and found… How to Be…
True patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, difficulty, or annoyance without getting angry or upset. True patience treats yourself and others with kindness and compassion. Would you say you have true patience? What would your friends say? It’s easy for me to be patient when nothing is annoying me but harder when someone…
There’s a new house being built in our neighborhood. They started by digging down through the pliable earth, set forms, and poured a concrete foundation. Every building needs a strong foundation if we want it to stand through the storms of life. So, let me ask you… What is your foundation for life? Your family…
Can you imagine? A time is coming when everyone who has ever known, trusted, and followed Jesus will join together to forever thank God for who He is! Think about it. What an awesome moment it will be. All God’s children joining together to worship and praise God… “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God,…
The Lord made the earth by His power, and He preserves it by His wisdom.With His own understanding He stretched out the heavens.When He speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain.He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from His storehouses. Jeremiah 10:12–13 Have you ever stood outside…
Oh, my friends, it’s ugly out there and I’ll admit, I have times when it really upsets me! Groups are fighting, families arguing, neighbors feuding and relationships ending. So, I have a question for us to consider… As followers of Jesus, how can you and I disagree with a friend without hateful words and broken…
How often do you pause to simply celebrate God and His love? We know what it feels like to celebrate but what does it actually mean to celebrate God? The Dictionary gives the word “celebrate” four simple meanings: to rejoice to observe to perform/participate (a solemn or religious ceremony) to praise publicly; proclaim So, let me ask again… How often do you celebrate God and His…
I’ve prayed and waited and prayed and waited and… I imagine you know what it’s like to pray while waiting on God, too. Maybe you’ve prayed for a: Job. Child. Restored relationship. Spouse. Home. Healing. And you wait. At some point, the “what if I never” thoughts begin. What if I never get hired?What if…
