How are you living? Are you living your best life? Is everything going along well? What is your approach to living? What is your daily attitude? Is it positive? How do you feel about dying? Does it scare you? Do you think about it at all? Do you know where you will be when youContinue reading “Living and Dying”
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Live to the Lord
What is your reason for living? Do you live to move up in this world? Do you to provide for your family? Do you live for guilty pleasures? Do you live for selfish reasons? What do you think people will say about your life when you die? Will they remember you fondly? Reasons for livingContinue reading “Live to the Lord”
Show Mercy
What does mercy mean to you? Do you think of mercy as forgiveness? Do you think it means showing compassion? Do you think it is having pity on someone? Do you believe it only applies to friends or family? Will you show mercy to an enemy? How does God show mercy to you? Showing mercyContinue reading “Show Mercy”
Seek Reconciliation
How do you and your siblings get along? Do you get angry with one another? Have you taken revenge against a sibling? Have you considered revenge? What caused you to be angry with a sibling? Was it something significant? Is it worth tearing apart your family? We can become angry with a sibling for anyContinue reading “Seek Reconciliation”
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”
Merciful and Pure
Do you remember as a child the magic word boys would say if they were ready to give up when wrestling? Do you remember that everyone abided by that unwritten rule? Do you know there is an axiom in the Beatitudes that the unwritten rule was based on? When I was in elementary school, whenContinue reading “Merciful and Pure”
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”
Honor God
How seriously do you take an oath? Do you honor a contract you have signed? Are willing to show mercy if your child is disobedient? If your child was in trouble, would you come to their rescue? Have you considered how God has answered these questions? We may take an oath very seriously. The oathContinue reading “Honor God”
Marty Pressey 