This past week I found in my mailbox a small book addressed to “current resident.” The book was written to “reveal” a government conspiracy theory that is going to lead to mass persecution of Christians, and set off an ugly chain of events as predicted in the book of Revelation, with key government leaders working… Continue reading Under Attack
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Stand Your Ground
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV Last week I wrote about the importance of Christian unity, a gift from the Holy Spirit that we need to… Continue reading Stand Your Ground
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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to… Continue reading Untitled
Fear
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 1Timothy 1:6-7 ESV Think for a moment about some of the major decisions that you made… Continue reading Fear
DIY
My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Jeremiah 2:13 NIV In the last few years there has been a DIY craze. There is even a popular DIY Channel dedicated to doing it yourself around the… Continue reading DIY
Trust
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5 Trust is a tricky thing. It is hard to earn, and even harder to regain if it is lost of damaged. These words come from Proverbs,… Continue reading Trust
Why?
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 ESV) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I… Continue reading Why?
First Things First
“But seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 As human beings our bodies are hard-wired to be thinking about one thing, survival. From the first caveman, human beings have an internal switch that tells you to make sure at all times that… Continue reading First Things First
Count the Cost Pt.2
Each of us has had opportunities that we’ve passed up. For some, you may even wonder, what could have been? What would skydiving have been like? Would I have flourished at that job, did I miss out on a great relationship? Since we chose no, we never found out what could have been. There are… Continue reading Count the Cost Pt.2
Watch This
You have heard the conversation between kids before. I bet I can throw this ball over the house. I can bend my foot up and lift it over my head. I can run faster than you, I can jump over that puddle. I can lift 100 lbs; well I can lift 300lbs. The conversation just… Continue reading Watch This