What do you think about? What occupies a significant part of your time? Is it the tasks at your job? Is it the wellbeing of your children? Is it wondering how you will pay the bills this month? Do you allow thoughts of this world to overcome your ability to think about God? We haveContinue reading “A Better Life”
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Keep the Sabbath
Do you work hard? Do you ever take a day off? What does your day off look like? When you take a day off, are you still working, even if only at home? Is your day filled with activity? Have you ever spent a day off simply resting, both body and mind, so that youContinue reading “Keep the Sabbath”
Be Transformed
Have you ever felt like you did not know which way to turn? Have you been caught in the middle. Have you experienced indecision, unable to determine what the best decision is? Have you been torn between two good options? How did you make your final decision? Some decisions are easy. Other decisions are moreContinue reading “Be Transformed”
Life and Peace
What is your mind set on? What topic occupies your mind more than anything else? Is it your financial situation? Is it your job? Is it the worldly events you see on the evening news? Is your mind filled with drama? Or do you focus on your relationship to God and his will for you?Continue reading “Life and Peace”
Fast to Seek
How long do you think you could go without food? How many days could you fast? How committed are you to a cause? Are you committed enough to go without food as a form of protesting? How committed to God are you? Are you willing to fast to grow closer to him? Most of usContinue reading “Fast to Seek”
There Is One God
How many gods are there? Have you added them all up? Have you considered the number of gods people have in their lives? Have you added up the number of things people worship? Do you have many gods? Do worship things or people? Or do you only worship the one God? People worship many thingsContinue reading “There Is One God”
This Ain’t Nothing
How important is money to you? How important is property to you? How much of your parents’ stuff do you want to grab hold of when they pass from this life? Have you made money and possessions your idol? Have they overtaken your desire to serve God? It seems like everyone is seeking to makeContinue reading “This Ain’t Nothing”
Special Places with God
Do you have special places with special names for special reasons? Do those places bring back memories? Do they cause you to remember a special memory with someone special to you? Do you remember those places by a special nickname? Do you have places like that with God? We all have special places with specialContinue reading “Special Places with God”
Idle Hands, Idle Minds
Do you have a lot of “down time?” Do you find yourself sitting idle a significant amount of time? Does it create problems for you? Have you made leisure time a higher priority than taking care of what needs to be done? Has leisure time become an idol for you? Having some leisure time isContinue reading “Idle Hands, Idle Minds”
Goodness of Prayer
How often do you pray? What is the environment or setting in which you pray? Are most of your prayers in the midst of strife or in a rush? Are you more likely to be asking God for something you desire? Have you ever spent time in prayer in a secluded and quiet place? OtherContinue reading “Goodness of Prayer”
