Blessed by God

How do you like it when people say evil things about you? Is your immediate reaction to spout evil things about them? Do you believe you are justified in doing so? Do you believe it is the right thing to do? Have you considered how you should react as a follower of Jesus? It isContinue reading “Blessed by God”

Seeking Understanding

Are you looking for advice? Are you seeking insights for living your life to the full? How are you going about getting the advice you are seeking? Is it from self-help books? Are you reading professional journals? Do you have a mentor or someone you specifically seek for advice? We can all continue to learnContinue reading “Seeking Understanding”

Seek the Lord

If you could have only one thing in life, what would it be? Is there a singular goal you are working toward? Do you have a plan to achieve that goal? Are there other people who are helping you achieve it? Are you focusing on material things this world has to offer? We chase manyContinue reading “Seek the Lord”

God is Still with Us

Have you thought things have gotten out of hand? Have you wondered if our world is going downhill so fast it can never recover? Does it seem as though the “good times” are so far behind us you can’t remember them? Have you begun to lose heart? There is no doubt we are living inContinue reading “God is Still with Us”

High Standard

Do you hold yourself to a high standard? How do you determine if it is high or not? What is your standard based on? How do you go about holding yourself to that standard? Are there people who have invested in you? Who do you lean on to help you hold onto the good entrustedContinue reading “High Standard”

Use God’s Grace

What comes to mind when you hear the word grace? Do you think of a grace period on a loan? Has a teacher given you a grace period for turning in an assignment? Have you thought about the grace of God? What does God’s grace mean to you? We all have experienced grace in oneContinue reading “Use God’s Grace”

Defiled

Was being defiled mean to you? Do you have horrible thoughts running through your mind? Have you contemplated what it means to defile yourself? Have you at least thought about thinking about it? Are you afraid to think about it? When we think of someone being defiled today, horrible things run our minds. Most ofContinue reading “Defiled”

Do Not Be Angry

Do you anger easily? Is your temperament to be angry when the smallest thing doesn’t go your way? Has your anger gone so far as to wish ill of another person? Have you attempted to inflict injury on someone else? Do you want to eliminate these thoughts? Some of us are quicker to anger thanContinue reading “Do Not Be Angry”

Condemning Ourselves

Are you an actor? Do you expect people to act a certain way, but not yourself?  Do you get upset at someone doing something, but do the very same thing yourself? Do you know the proper term for that is hypocrite, someone who acts one way in one setting, but differently in another? We are inundatedContinue reading “Condemning Ourselves”

Beat the Heat

What are we doing to stay out of the hottest place ever recorded for eternity? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Are you allowing God to transform you into the person He created you to be? Or, are you holding on to your selfish, self-center, hateful, grudge holding, angry, antagonizing, finger pointing,Continue reading “Beat the Heat”