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Choices Everyday
”Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become...
The Shaping of Your Character
”Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.“ Romans 5:3-4 (ESV) It was John Wooden who said, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,...
The Entrapment of Wrong Thinking
"God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) "For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he." Proverbs 23:7 (Darby) The soul consists of the mind, will, and emotions. I believe there is a soul sickness that...
God Can Do Anything
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 (NASB1995) God can do...
21 Days To Transformation
We're going to do something a little different and I’m hoping to get you excited. Together we are going to declare the Word of God. Romans 10:17 (NKJV) says, “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Are you aware that the more you speak the Word of God...
Cut Out the Excuses – Trust Him
“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?” John 6:9 (AMP) 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...
How Are You Handling Stress?
“Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalm 55:22 (NASB) The Message Bible reads, “Pile your troubles on God’s shoulders - He’ll carry your load, He’ll help you out. He’ll never let good people...
Pursue Excellence
“Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.” Proverbs 22:29 (NKJV) It was Colin Powell, who said, "If you're going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence...
Setting Goals for 2024
“So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NLT) How many times in the past have you set goals for the new year, and, for whatever reason, you never succeed in reaching those goals? Let me suggest three...
When It Seems Like a Dead End
“But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT) How...