Posts made in January, 2020

Who Are We Trying To Please? “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” Hebrews 11:5, NKJV We see a lot of activity and decisions today in order to please the world. Political Correctness has taken us to a place today where we are encouraged to always please others regardless of whether our...

Give Me Someone That I Can Count On “For I am the LORD, I do not change…..” Malachi 3:6, NKJV.  Our life is in constant change. We change, our kids change, the weather changes, our health changes, our work changes, our spouse changes, our finances change and on and on it goes with change. Some changes are good and we like the change while some changes are not so good and we reject and resent the change. In a world where we can’t...

The Power Of If “…If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31, NKJV We face many struggles in this life. Some of the struggles that we face might be health related; they might be work related; they might be finance related; they might be relationship related and they could even be human related. Regardless of where the struggle comes from, the struggle can create emotions of fear, doubt, helplessness, depression,...

Watch Your Tongue “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24, NKJV. Words are powerful. Our words can build people up and our words can tear people down. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said we would be held accountable for every idle word that we speak. Words are powerful and have meaning. Words can change lives for the good. Our scripture for today tells us that pleasant...

This Storm Has A Lesson “He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.” Psalm 107:29 This verse reminds us of the story when the Disciples of Christ were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee and a storm arose. The disciples were certain they were about to die. The disciples learned a great lesson that day, one that could only be taught in a storm, not in a classroom. That is a classic truth that we should remind ourselves of in the...