Our Bible Study this morning was about loving God and loving people. To be very transparent, this is not always easy for me. But, if we know we are going to be around a person that’s hard to love, shouldn’t we ask Jesus, in prayer, to help us love the person as He would? That’s …
Have you ever had a good idea but you never took the first step to follow through. I have. We need to remember that sometimes God inspires us with ideas. We should always ask God if these ideas are a part of His plan for us. There is no need to ask God to guide …
It’s been many years since a coach or manager visited me on the mound to take the ball from my hand and then give it to another pitcher…to clean up my mess, of course. Most of the time, the manager wouldn’t make eye contact with me, mumble a few words and I would leave the …
The more we read God’s Word, the more consistent we are in our lives and in our walk with Christ. We are better prepared to face challenges and the occasional curveball that comes our way. “Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God …
Some days are blessings and other days are lessons. So, let’s be thankful today. “God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent …
Someone once said, building relationships is about being interested instead of being interesting. “The greatest compliment ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer.” (Henry David Thoreau) “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your …
When God’s children suffer, feel rejected or think their prayers aren’t being answered, know that joy is always on the other side of pain. Without Christ, the human heart is homeless. Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn …
In the challenging story of the Good Samaritan, the Samaritan took time out of his schedule, money out of his pocket and compassion from his heart to help the Jewish man on the side of the road (Luke 10:30-37). That is the type of neighbor Jesus wants us to be. “I shall pass through this …
A recent study found that if you watch or listen to only three minutes of bad news in the morning, you will be 28% more likely to report six to eight hours later that your having a bad day. How do you start your day, with bad news or the Good News? C.S. Lewis once …
As we go through our day, let’s be aware of God’s presence. He will give us wisdom if we ask, strength when we need it, peace when no one else can and grace when we fail. “Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.”(Robert Baer) “May the …