“There is a little boy here, who has with him five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many people?” John 6:9 Amplified We so often get hung up with the “buts” in our life. In this case, the crowd is so large and the lunch is so small. How in the world is this going to help? You see, we get so obsessed with the idea that bigness and the spectacular are the only things that can make an impact. We need to cut out the...
In My Father’s Lap
“A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.” Psalm 91:7 NASB When my children were small, I would come home from work and they were always there to meet me at the door, saying, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.” I can remember the many times they would climb into my lap and seem perfectly content because they were in their daddy‘s lap. That is what we need to be: perfectly content sitting in our...
A Realignment For Your Soul
“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5 NIV in the course of a day’s time it is so easy to get out of spiritual alignment and become consumed in our minds and emotions with the challenges we face. Here David is speaking directly to his soul – that is his mind, his will, and his emotions. In the midst of his discouragement, David is...
Tuned In
“O My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5-6 NASB Here David is speaking to his soul: that is his mind, his will, and his emotions. And he Is saying, “Soul wait, slow down, be quiet.” But where do you find silence? Everything around us seems to be moving so fast and it seems so noisy. One option to find silence may be to get up really...
When Adversity Comes Knocking
When adversity enters into your business or home, the key is how you respond to it. Often you may find yourself reacting in fear or anger and worry begins to take over in your mind, followed by doubt. All of this can really play havoc with your mind. I would encourage you to strive for a “can do” faith attitude that says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,”Philippians 4:13 NKJV. And “Greater is He who is in you than he who...