If I asked you to think of someone who has integrity, would it take a minute or two … or would a face and name come to mind immediately? Wikipedia defines integrity as… The quality of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. And study.com says… Someone who…
Do you ever feel like screaming … I just want the truth? Please just tell me the truth! I think that’s why I love God’s Word so very much. I believe that the Bible is absolute truth. It is where I have learned God’s unchanging and everlasting promises. David wrote… “God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s…
What are the important things you need most in life? What if I told you the four things the Bible says you and I need most aren’t “things” at all? Solomon wrote… Get the truth and never sell it;also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment. Proverbs 23:23 More than anything we need… Last time, we…
God’s love for His children is really too great to understand but David wrote a Psalm that does it’s best to show us who He is and how very much He loves and cares for all who love and trust Him.
Nothing . . . absolutely nothing is ever accomplished through negativity! And yes, I said that negatively. It’s easy for us to see what’s wrong, isn’t it? It’s easy to make a list of flaws and faults we see in our neighbors, at church, at work, at our kid’s school, in our community and our…
This post was not part of the plan! I wanted to write this warm fuzzy word of encouragement to walk you into your Christmas celebration. But every time I tried to put words to white space, God challenged me with the following question… What’s your religion? Honestly, I didn’t know what it meant or what…
Have you ever started the day in a pretty good mood . . . okay, maybe it took a couple of cups of coffee but then you were good to go. I’d like to think I’m a positive person. But… Then there are those times when a thought or memory, a post on Facebook, or…
When I started my month-long study of worship, I wanted to know the what, why, when, and who of worship. Not why people gather together in churches on weekends or their preferred style of music but why you and I worship, what does worship look like in a believer’s life, and when followers of Jesus worship. So, here’s…
Rev came home from work with a bottle of wine in one hand and flowers in the other. And I burst into tears. It was an I know your disappointed gift. And I was. He’d only been a pastor for a couple of years. Our kiddos were little. I grew up in Michigan and he…
It’s a fact of life that if you believe something long enough it becomes your truth. It may not even be close to actual reality – but it’s your truth. Deep seeded, rooted, growing false truth. We believe all kinds of falsehoods simply because we have mentally affirmed them repeatedly. In her book, So Long Insecurity, Beth Moore said –…
