Ask Out of Love

What do you do with love? How do you show your love? Do you show your love by caring for other people? Is your love deep enough to ask for help? Do you love God enough to ask him to guide you down the path he would have you go? As we love, we showContinue reading “Ask Out of Love”

False Rationalization

Do you struggle to give credit for a major accomplishment to someone you knew as a child? Do you remember when they were running around on the playground and find it hard to believe they have risen to the top? Are you willing to listen to them? Will you follow their lead? Seeing someone growContinue reading “False Rationalization”

Active Member

Are you a member of various organizations? Do you attend meetings regularly? Do you feel like you are part of something much larger than yourself? Are you committed to being an active participant in one or more of those organizations? Is one of them a church? There are numerous organizations we can be a memberContinue reading “Active Member”

Common Belief

Have you ever thought about all the laws, rules, and directives we are supposed to follow? How many do you need to follow in your job? How many are you to obey when driving? Do you know them and follow them all? Do you feel overwhelmed or oppressed at times? There are traffic laws, criminalContinue reading “Common Belief”

Jesus Can Do Anything

How many times have you needed reassurance? Can you count them? Do you want reassurance nearly every day? Do you need it in your job? Do you need it in your relationships? Do you need it to overcome fear? Have you turned to the One who can give it? Reassurance is great to have. Often,Continue reading “Jesus Can Do Anything”

God’s Family

Who is part of your family? Are there people you consider members who are not physically related to you? Do you have members who have been adopted? Are you part of a mixed family who considers all to be part of the family? Do you consider church members to be part of your family? FamiliesContinue reading “God’s Family”

In Sync with Jesus

Love is a word with a wide breadth of definitions, or at least a wide range of uses. If you look up the word love on dictionary.com, you will find there are 14 noun definitions and 10 verb definitions. They range for liking something strongly to passionate desire to warm affection. What do we meanContinue reading “In Sync with Jesus”

Believe the Witnesses

Are you willing to believe an eyewitness account? Do you prefer to have someone who saw the event relay to you their firsthand account of it? What if the event seems to be unbelievable? What if the person is trustworthy? Will you believe them? Do you believe the story of Jesus? We like to hearContinue reading “Believe the Witnesses”

Defeat Conquered

Have you ever suffered defeat? Do you feel as though you are defeated today? Have you lifted your hands in victory? Do you feel victorious today? Who are you drawn to? Why are you drawn to them? At some point in our lives, we have felt defeated. Perhaps we feel defeated today by events orContinue reading “Defeat Conquered”

Zero-Sum Game

How do your beliefs influence your behavior? Perhaps the better question is, how does your behavior reveal your beliefs? Have you spent time pondering what you believe is true? Have you thought about what your foundational beliefs are? Our core beliefs drive our behavior. If we want to know what our core beliefs are, weContinue reading “Zero-Sum Game”