It’s easy to stand firm when everyone around you is standing firm. However, what kind of standing power do you have when your convictions are challenged and tested? How do you stand when everything and everyone around you is bending and compromising? In these times, we may be tempted to change because of the fear … Read more
Have you ever made a decision and immediately began to feel uneasy? Have you ever been driving and something told you to go another way? Have you ever walked in a situation and something on the inside tells you it isn’t right? That is your spiritual discernment kicking in. LISTEN! God wants us to know … Read more
God may ask us to do things that don’t make sense, but they will always make a difference. We must get to a point in our relationship with God, that we don’t try to figure Him out, we merely trust Him at his word. Peter was a professional fisherman. This was how he made his … Read more
When we say “Yes” to Christ, we are in essence saying yes to serve. Serving is the universal call of God and it applies to all believers. There is no title needed when we are servants. We proclaim the gospel with our life as well as our lips. All of us who belong to Jesus … Read more
Have you ever been so focused on doing your own thing, that you accidently tune out the voice of God? Sometimes you can be so busy “doing you” that you forget that God has plans for you. (Jer. 29:11) God has a way of getting our undivided attention. He does this by doing something so … Read more
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) The words that come from your mouth have a direct effect not only on your life, but on the lives of those that are connected to you. The trajectory of lives can be changed by the words you speak. It has been said … Read more
Every choice we make has consequences that directly effect our lives. It important that we think before we make decisions. We must think about the choices of food that we put in our bodies. Those choices will determine the condition of our physical temple. Making the choice to eat unhealthy food can result in long … Read more
No one likes heartache. However, God sometimes uses pain to mold his children. Although times of happiness are wonderful, times of brokenness produces growth. The apostle Paul experienced being blessed but being broken. After being on the Damascus road, he still needed spiritual growth in order to be effective for Christ. Therefore God allowed the … Read more
If we are believers in Christ, the condition of lost humanity should be both sobering and motivating. Ephesians 2:12 says we were “separate from Christ,,,having no hope and without God in the world.’ Jesus came into the world to take the punishment for sin and die the death we deserved. By doing this, He satisfied … Read more
We have to kill the flesh and die to it daily. Sin is real. Sin is crouching at the door like a lion waiting to pounce on us. (Gen. 4:7) The word flesh signifies the natural part of each person that wants to operate in direct opposition to God. Even though Christians have been freed … Read more
