You’ve probably heard the saying, “people won’t go along with you unless they can get along with you.” If you want to influence others in a positive way, ask God to help you exude the positivity and joy that He has given to you. After all, if we follow Jesus close enough, some of His …
We all make decisions everyday. Some of them seem insignificant, while some seem very hard. One question we can ask ourselves as we make the thoughtful, prayerful and hard decisions is, “how will the decision I make affect my relationship with Christ?” “God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.” …
Sometimes, a difficult moment exposes our weaknesses…a bad call from an umpire, someone cutting in front of you in traffic, poor service at a restaurant. You get the point. There are times when we don’t act very “Christian.” But listen to this, we serve a God who forgives, extends grace when we don’t deserve it, …
Baseball is a challenging game. It will humble even the great players. As you know, many times a hitter can hit a ball perfectly, but there is a glove at the end of the line drive. A pitcher can make a perfect pitch only to see the hitter check swing, make contact and hit a …
Attitude is a choice. People choose a positive attitude or a negative attitude. Whichever we choose, soon becomes a habit…a habit that causes us to see a dark cloud on the horizon on a great day. Gratitude and thanksgiving can help form good habits, making the people around us, and ourselves, experience more joy. “Many …
“Everyone knows it’s dumb to represent yourself in a court case. In the same way, it’s a bad idea to represent yourself before a Holy God. It’s much better to entrust yourself to Jesus. He’s a better mediator, and He’s already served your sentence.”(Luke Simmons) “God made him who had no sin to be sin …
When we find ourselves with little or no joy, we should bring gratitude off the bench. Paul David Tripp says, “The DNA of joy is thankfulness.” “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all …
C.S. Lewis once said, “If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.” “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what …
My mother is 96 years old. She is still teaching lessons to me after all these years. Almost all of her friends and all of her siblings have passed. The lesson I learned this weekend is that what we all need is for someone to listen to us. Aren’t you thankful that you have someone …
The spiritual definition of repentance is to ask God to forgive you and then turn toward Him. I don’t know about you, but when I ask for forgiveness, but I forget about turning toward Jesus, I make the same mistakes over and over again. I need to always turn toward Jesus and through His Word …