What is your perspective of yourself? Do you think highly of yourself? Do you think you are better than others? Do you always put yourself first? Do you think lowly of yourself? Do you think of others as being better than yourself? Are you always bowing down to others? How we view ourselves is important.Continue reading “Sober Thinking”
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Loyalty and Faithfulness
There are times our English translations do not do justice to the true meaning of Scripture. That is the case in Proverbs 3:3. The word interpreted as “loyalty” has a much broader meaning. It includes kindness, mercy, love, piety, and loving kindness. The word interpreted as “faithfulness” also has a broader meaning. It includes faithfulness,Continue reading “Loyalty and Faithfulness”
Ask and Follow
How do you address injustice? How do you handle someone making unjust accusations against you or people you know? Do you trust in the laws of the land? Do you ask others to join you in your rally cry for justice? Do you sit and sulk? Have you spent time asking God to act onContinue reading “Ask and Follow”
Decision-Making Process
How do you make decisions. What is the logic you run through before you make a choice? Is there logic you use to make a choice? Are your choices made by emotional reactions or personal desires? Have you experienced negative consequences for your choices? Choices. Decisions. They can be challenging. They can be joyous. TheyContinue reading “Decision-Making Process”
Whatever Asked
Are you willing to do whatever God tells you to do? We like to believe we will, don’t we? But will we follow through with it? What will we do if God asks us to do something we do not want to do? What if it sounds absurd to us? Are we willing to trustContinue reading “Whatever Asked”
Diligently Guard
How often do you spread rumors? Do you spread them without realizing it? Do you divulge personal information about others without their permission? Do you say things that offend others…on purpose? Do you misrepresent the truth by taking a statement out of context? The rumor mill is alive and well. Half-truths and lies are spokenContinue reading “Diligently Guard”
God Will Rescue
Have you worked for a bad boss? Have you known a company that seemed to have a revolving door of employees? Have you noticed there are some cities, states, and countries that people are leaving in droves? Have you taken time to consider why this is happening? There are a variety of reasons for peopleContinue reading “God Will Rescue”
Behold Wondrous Things
Are you a law-abiding citizen? Most of our citizens are despite what we see on the news. Do you seek to understand the rules? Most of us do. We know it is by observing the rules that we stay out of trouble. We also know that following the rules also leads us to success. SoContinue reading “Behold Wondrous Things”
Hunger and Thirst
What is your heart’s desire? What is it that you long for more than anything else? What are you striving for every day? What consumes your attention? What are you working toward? What are you focusing on today? Are you progressing toward your goal? If you are like me, there have been many things youContinue reading “Hunger and Thirst”
Pulled From the Pit
Have you experienced the feeling of helplessness? Have you felt like there was nowhere you could turn for help? Have you been desperate? Have you been deeply depressed? Who did you turn to? Did you receive the help you needed? Are you securely on solid ground now? We all go through difficult times. Some areContinue reading “Pulled From the Pit”
Marty Pressey 