5 Powerful Things That Show Your Life Is Blessed
Why is it that some people have all of that and can’t say they are truly “blessed?”
Obeying God’s Will Is The Easy Way
“You can go easy…or you can go hard” became the life statement of a friend of mine.
How To Prepare For The Eternal Day
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” If there is no eternity, why not? Is there an “eternal day” after we die? If so, how do we prepare for it?
4 Important Reminders Of How To Walk With God
Here are the four “tassels” I use to constantly remind myself of my spiritual identity:
How To Feel Perfectly Relaxed When You Release Control
If you can trust Him with your eternal destiny, you can certainly trust Him with small needs in this life.
These 8 Things Will Get You Out Of The Dumps
With American life systematically shutting down, it’s easy to get “low.” We think negative, we talk negative, we spread negativity.
How To Turn Your Fear Into Conquering Faith
Fear does not change the situation, it only clouds your path forward.
5 Reasons You Will Flourish In The Local Church
“Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall FLOURISH in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be FRESH and FLOURISHING” (Ps. 92: 13,14, NKJV).
Here Are My Top 5 Reasons I Believe A Believer Should Attach Themselves To A Solid Local Church:
The Lord Is With You
“The Lord is with you.” What exactly does that mean? Is it more than a sweet phrase?
How to Get Wise to the Devil's Lies
Buying a used car can be tricky. They may tell you all about how wonderful that old car is but do they tell you about the oil leak? The rust underneath? The bent frame or the flood the vehicle went through?
Satan doesn’t tell you everything, either. When we read the story of Adam and Eve, we get the full picture of Satan’s “sales pitch.”
HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT TOLD WHEN THEY INNOCENTLY REACHED OUT AND PLUCKED THAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT:
Presents...or presence?
The commercialism of Christmas is in high gear. Amazon trucks are rolling. Malls are packed. Trees and tinsel prepare for the Christmas Day “loot.”
There is a “presence,” an atmosphere in Christmas that’s about a lot more than Santa Claus.
HERE, FOR ME, IS THE “PRESENCE” OF CHRISTMAS:
How to 10X Your Prayer Life
I love to pray. It hasn’t always been that way. I have moved from “desire” to “discipline” to “delight.”
LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE HELPED ME:
How to Turn Your Bitterness into a Blessing
Do you feel like you’ve been “dealt a bad hand?” Circumstances have been reversed? On a streak of bad luck?
Try these secrets for turning “bitterness into blessing”!
You Need a Rock When You Feel Insecure
Insecurity, in all of us, is a huge problem. It pressures us to act like someone we are not in order to get approval.
This 8.5 MILLION pound boulder recently smashed into a highway in Colorado. It’s so big they are building a new road around it! Somehow, it reminds me of God Himself who called Himself “THE ROCK.”
Do You Still Have Your First Love for God?
The 7 churches of Revelation have always fascinated me. They have one phrase repeated seven ways: “Watch yourself.”
We in the modern day church must check our “vitals” continually.
Ask yourself these seven questions to be sure your love for God is still lined up:
How To Stay in the Will of God
The will of God: Is it a “path” or an “environment”? It’s BOTH. You have to “find” God’s path. You have to “follow” God’s path by your attitude.
Israel “found” God’s path from Egypt to Palestine (the cloud and fire). They could not “follow” it because of their attitudes.
Here are the 6 ways from 1 Thessalonians 5 that will help you to “follow” the will of God after you “find” it:
In a Trial? 5 Things That Will Build Your Endurance
Trials are inevitable. Bearing them is not.
I’ve been through a lot of trials in my life and, by God’s grace, come through on the other side.
Here are 5 things that help me “bear up” when passing through a trial:
What Do You Do When You Don't Know the Will of God?
It’s tough when you want to know God’s will about a certain situation but there is no clear direction. You pray, you read…but still no direction.
Think about these things when you don’t know God’s will:
How to Watch Over Your Heart Like a Hawk
“The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart.”
Somebody’s heart has gotten hard. Somebody’s heart has become selfish or impure. It may be MINE.