How smart are you? How smart do you think you are? Do you consider being smart the same as being wise? What do you consider as wisdom? Do you consider yourself as wise? Do you want to be wise? There is a significant difference between being smart and being wise. It is one thing toContinue reading “Choose God’s Wisdom”
Author Archives: martypressey
Countercultural
Are you free? How do you use your freedom? Do you humble yourself before others? Are you willing to serve others in your freedom? Or, is your pride overriding your freedom and keeping you prisoner? Do you know pride can make you a captive? In our culture, we see a lot of pride. Pride inContinue reading “Countercultural”
Quiet Time
Do you spend time alone? Do you take time to think through your situation? Are you one who doesn’t like to be alone, preferring to always be with someone else, always socializing? Will you take time to be alone with God? Our hustle and bustle society has us all on the move. Even during aContinue reading “Quiet Time”
Love Like God
What do you know about love? Do you know there are different types of love? What kind of love do you think God expects of you? Are you willing to set aside your selfishness to love as God wants you to? Will you love others as God loves you? The love God expects of usContinue reading “Love Like God”
Living in Thanks
What are you thankful for? Do you appreciate your job? Do you let your family know that you are glad you have them? Are you appreciative for having good friends? Do you give thanks for healing? Do you let God know you are thankful for His blessings? We are often thankful for many things, yetContinue reading “Living in Thanks”
Praying People
How do you look at authority? What thoughts come to your mind when you hear that word? Do you think of government leaders? Do you respect government leaders? Do you respect those put in authority over you? Do you pray for them? Our political environment is one explosion after another. One side throws a punchContinue reading “Praying People”
Sincere Love
How well do you love? Do you love sincerely? Are you devoted to loving others? Do you honor others with love? Do you share the same love that God has for you? We see a lot of hate in our world. It may be two countries who have been warring with one another for decadesContinue reading “Sincere Love”
Be Merciful
Are you merciful? Do you show mercy to others? Do you know what mercy means? Have you looked to see what God means by mercy? Mercy seems to be a rare commodity today. We just don’t see much of it going on. We especially don’t see it in our daily news. We see anything butContinue reading “Be Merciful”
Counting theCost
Have you ever gotten just what you wanted, then realize it didn’t satisfy you like you thought it would? Have you thought you were doing what you were meant to do only to realize it really didn’t suit you? What do you do when this happens? We often think we know what we want. WeContinue reading “Counting theCost”
Fear of Authorities
Do you experience fear regularly? What causes you to be fearful? Are you afraid you will get caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing? Are you afraid of the punishment you will receive for doing wrong? We are used to being punished for doing wrong. As children, our parents punished us for doing something weContinue reading “Fear of Authorities”
Marty Pressey 