Are You Living To Do or Living To Serve? “…choose this day whom you will serve…” (Joshua 24:15 ESV). I like to make “to do” lists. I don’t trust myself to remember the various big and little chores I need to do at home or at work so I always
Who Do You Trust? “‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts’” (Isaiah
Five Keys To Balancing Home And Work To Be A Good Parent “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV). Most, if not all, of us have a job in order to supply for the needs of our family. Hopefully
Joyful Obedience “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15 NIV). If you were to list ten words to describe yourself, do you think “obedient” would be one of the words? You probably hope that when others describe you that they see some evidence of the Fruits of the
Who Do You Listen To? “Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say” (Isaiah 28:23 NIV). Listening is essential to learning. I hear many voices, especially on television, but I don’t really listen to them. I hear them but am not listening. I feel that much,
Owners and Stewards “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room
Carve Out Space For Quiet Time To Ask God And Await An Answer “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace”
Open My Eyes “When He was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him, and He disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within
What is Truth? “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NIV). In today’s society there is a constant battle over the truth. I wonder how can something so simple as the truth be so
Healing A Broken Relationship “If you enter your place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudge a friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19 NIV).
