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As You Seek To Please an Audience of 1, You have to Choose!
It's quiet. It's early. For the next 12 hours, I'll be exposed to the day's demands. It's now that I must make a choice. And so I choose...I choose love. I will love God and what God loves. I choose
Are You Living For an audience of one or Every 1 Else?
This new year has not started in the usual way for me – or in a way I would have chosen. I usually love the first week the kids are back at school; after the busyness, the time out of
Don’t worry,Tomorrow will Be a New Day!
Have you noticed that almost everyone you meet spend much of their lives worrying about yesterday and tomorrow? Yet one’s buried and the other’s unborn. There is not a thing that can be done about either – except let them
God cares for you, Let’s examine Psalm 23!
Sometimes we need a reminder, that God's goodness is real. In a world of dark, He gets blamed for a lot of stuff that swirls around us, "Why would God let that happen? Why did God cause that to happen?
God has given you the power to change!
The greatest secret to acting on God's timing is understanding that He has given you incredible power to be able to change! Want to lose weight? Get a better job? Go back to college? Find a spouse? Get closer to
Let God clear your way!
In football when a player begins to score, what does the opposing team do? They assign their best players to block him, tackle him, distract him, hinder him and keep that player from being able to cross the line to
Ever Wonder How God Feels About Paris?
When the horrible news of the Paris bombings ripped through a rather ordinary news day, my heart immediately went out to the families of those trapped in the concert hall, those attending the France-Germany soccer match, and those out for
Tired of going through?It could be a test!
"Good morning class. Clear your desk. We have a surprise test today". Do you remember the agony and the butterflies that filled your stomach when the teacher would announce a surprise test? They never came at a good time.
Ever Wonder Why God allows Suffering?
Of all the letters Paul wrote, Second Corinthians is the most autobiographical. In this letter Paul records the specifics of his anguish, tears, affliction, and satanic opposition. He spells out the details of his persecution, loneliness, imprisonments, beatings, feelings of
God is using Your pain to teach you!
Pain, suffering, and happiness are three rather different words to be linked together. Everyone desires happiness, but this has different meanings for each of us. Furthermore, stress and pain are two major barriers between us and our goal of happiness.
Expect God to change what’s troubling you!
Does it surprise you that trouble is a part of your life? Probably not. You’ve probably figured out that it seems to always be something and oftentimes it seems like you haven’t finish going through one thing before
Are you seeking God for answers?
When problems occur in your life, do you ever question God and ask “why?” Do you ever wonder why such a good God would allow so much pain and so much suffering? For example, have you ever thought to yourself
Don’t let Your Problems make you lose your Faith!
1 Timothy at the end says "Guard what has been entrusted in your care." (v20). Consider his choice of words. You only "guard" something that is valuable but can easily be taken. If you have something that someone might want
Tired?Seek God for the strength to make it!
Life can be rough, tough and down- right terrible sometimes. Some of the things that we all have to go through as Christians are just plain awful. While it is true some of the things that happen to most
