I know what the Word says. I know what it means. I know what I’m supposed to do and how I’m supposed to act and what I’m supposed to not do. I know where I’m supposed to stand.
even though I was doing something so much more meaningful at the moment, spending time with the baby, I was getting all worked up because I wasn’t doing the pre-scheduled activity I was supposed to be doing.
People do strange things when they’re desperate. Some people will fight; others will steal. Some run away out of desperation, unable to cope with the stresses of life.
Do you have a life verse? Some call it a theme, but whatever you call it, it’s the verse that you God gives you that He needs you to work on – for a defined or undefined period of time.
Our lives are meant to be lived a certain way – the way God intended. No other way will work. My way won’t work, your way won’t work. Only God’s way will work.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29 NIV
My hand is clamped over my mouth as I think about writing these words. We [...]
It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God’s covenants and promises in Israel, hadn’t a clue about what God was doing [...]
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. Psalm 37:8 NIV
When someone does us wrong what is the first thing we think of? If you’re honest, you’ll say it’s how we can get even. We have an innate tendency to want to [...]
When I realized that my fate’s the same as the fool’s, I had to ask myself, “So why bother being wise?” It’s all smoke, nothing but smoke. The smart and the stupid both disappear out of sight. In a day or two they’re both forgotten. Yes, both the smart and the stupid die, and that’s [...]
Do you remember when you first believed? If you were an adult, do you remember the feeling, the “eye opening” moment when you realized it’s really all true? Do you remember how you had to question everything you ever knew and put your entire intelligence back in order based on now knowing the truth?
