Perseverance. I’ve been told that a Kingfisher, an amazing bird, can catch more fish in one day than I can in a month. This bird is one of the best of all at catching fish. The Kingfisher, even though amazingly gifted at catching fish, usually only catches fish on the average of one out of …
Hope. Paul David Tripp says, “If you hook the hope of your heart to the people around you, you will always be disappointed. No one is able to be your personal messiah.” We should be thankful for the people God places in our lives, but we shouldn’t look to them to provide for us what …
Consistency. People learn a lot through their eyes. They listen, sure, but they observe and evaluate with their eyes. That’s why we can’t take a day off in our walk with Christ. We all make mistakes. We all sin. But people are watching us. Our goal should be to follow Christ Sunday through Monday; in …
Five Loaves and Two Fish. Jesus can take the work we do in His name and do far more with it than we could ever do on our own. Several years ago, I sent a simple text message to a coach who was eager to follow Jesus more closely. Today, these messages go out to …
Shine. Many leaders is sports, entertainment, business, the church, and in politics serve with arrogance instead of confidence and humility. We all have been given gifts of various kinds by God. Will we use those gifts to bring recognition to ourselves or to honor the Giver of gifts? “Each of you should use whatever gift …
Spiritual Blindness. We think we know ourselves, but we don’t. We think we can resist temptation on our own, but we can’t. We all suffer from spiritual blindness. Left unchecked, we can get sucked in to the enemy’s trap. In this trap, we are no longer as effective as a child of God, parent, spouse, …
Communicate. One of the very best ways to stay close to God is to communicate with Him…often. The more I talk to Him the closer I feel to Him. Don’t worry about being formal or getting all the words right. God knows what’s on your heart anyway. It’s the posture of your heart that counts. …
Happy New Year! God only knows what 2026 will bring. Many people fear the future and long for the past. God has a better way for us to live our lives…without fear. In some form or fashion, God says “do not fear” in the Bible 365 times. There’s a reason for that. He doesn’t want …
God’s Strength. Several day before Christmas I was encouraged to once again be reminded that Jesus is Emmanuel, meaning “God with us.” He is still with us and will never forsake us. In times of trouble He strengthens us with His powerful hand. “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your …
Faith or Gold? We fail, we suffer, we grieve, but our faith is greater than gold. “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, …