Resisting Temptation

Have you ever grown a garden? Have you planted a flower bed with multiple flowers? Have you spent time tilling the ground to prepare it to be planted? Have you pulled the weeds that grow in the flower bed? How frustrating is it that they seem to keep coming back? Weeds and grass seem toContinue reading “Resisting Temptation”

Biblical Hope

What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new car? Do you hope for a new house? Do you hope for a new relationship? Do you hope for better health? Are you really hoping or just wishing? Do you know what real hope is? Do you know what Biblical hope is? We hopeContinue reading “Biblical Hope”

Perfection is Coming

Are you experiencing suffering? Are you going through a difficult time? Are there health issues you are battling? Do you like suffering? Are you only happy when you are facing a mountain to climb? Would you like for things to be easier? Do you know of the glory that is come? Suffering happens in thisContinue reading “Perfection is Coming”

God Knows

Do you allow others to get to know you? Are you an open book? Are you reserved and hesitant about opening up to others? Are there some parts of your life you never reveal to someone else? Do you know God knows everything there is to know about you? We all know someone who tellsContinue reading “God Knows”

Commemorate

Are there places that remain very special for you long after you were first there? Do you have fond memories of what happened in that place? Is it a place you revisit from time-to-time? Did you put a memorial there to commemorate what happened? We all have a place or two that are very specialContinue reading “Commemorate”

God’s Messages

Have you ever received a special message? Was it an unexpected message? Was the message overwhelming? What did you do with the message? Did you act on it? Did you ignore it? What would you do if you received an overwhelming message from God? Sometimes we receive unexpected messages. Sometimes those messages are very good.Continue reading “God’s Messages”

Grow to Fruit Bearing

Do you like to eat? Do you like fruit and vegetables? Have you ever thought how miraculous it is that a tiny seed grows into a plant, and it produces fruit? Are you growing and producing fruit? We find seeds of all manner of sizes and shapes. Some are flat and oval shaped. Some areContinue reading “Grow to Fruit Bearing”

Sow God’s Word

Do you know how to grow things? Do you have a garden? Do you have flowers or potted plants that you care for? Are you a farmer or have you worked for a farmer? Do you understand the analogies, the parables Jesus speaks concerning farming? We grow a wide variety of plants. Some of usContinue reading “Sow God’s Word”

Death or Life

Do you know where you live? Do you live in the here and now? Do you live in the past? Do you live in the future? Do you live for fleshly desires and pleasures? Do you live for spiritual satisfaction and completeness? We all live someplace. I’m not talking about a place, but a mentalContinue reading “Death or Life”

Free From Condemnation

How would you like to rid yourself of all that guilt you are carrying around? How would you like to dismiss the accusations made against you by others? Would it be nice to be free of the burdens you carry with you each day? Carrying around the guilt of our past can be a heavyContinue reading “Free From Condemnation”