Posts made in October, 2019

Is This The Devil’s Day? “…your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour…” 1 Peter 5:8, NKJV. Historically, we celebrate Halloween each year on October 31. Halloween is typically filled with gruesome costumes and “Trick Or Treat” visits to homes in the community. Someone has wondered; if this is the devil’s day? Halloween actually is a celebration observed in a number of...

How To Avoid Discouragement “For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.” Hebrews 12:3, NKJV. Because of our humanity, we are going to become discouraged and weary from time to time. It would be almost impossible to avoid such experiences in this life. If that is a fact, is there something we could do that would help us during those times? The bible has...

Are You Connected To The Right Source? “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.” John 15:4, NKJV. The word connected has become very important in these days of social media. We want to be connected to the internet, to facebook, to twitter, and our cell phone almost non-stop. We panic when we lose our connection. It can also be...

Don’t Let Fear Control Your Life “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Psalm 118:6, NKJV Fear can be a paralyzing emotion. Fear can stop us cold in our tracks of life. Fear can literally control our life. Often times, people suffer from panic attacks which are a form of fear of something in their immediate future. Even without panic attacks, we can still experience fear about things in our life. We...

Aim High “Where there is no vision, the people perish…..” Proverbs 29:18, NKJV Our success or our failures in the things we try are tied directly to our personal vision that we have for ourselves. Aim low and you will land low. Aim high and you will land high. One is reminded of the classic story of the two shoe salesmen who were sent to a primitive island to determine business potential. The first salesman wired back, “Coming home...