You started the day out right; you read your Bible, spent some quality time in prayer, rejoiced with gratitude for all that God has done for you, and expressed love and patience towards those in your household. You ended this same day in shame, saddened by the thoughts you indulged in, the words you spoke, […]
Titus 2:3-5 “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God
What comes to mind when you think of suffering and what emotions rise up in you? What is your attitude towards its existence in your life and in the lives of those you love? I would venture to say that the majority (if not all) of us experience at least some negative thoughts and emotions
Prayer is a vital aspect of the spiritual life, in the same way communication is in any relationship we may have. Prayer is how we communicate with God and the Bible tells us that we ought to be in constant communication with Him, pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). All of us, at one time or another,
Who decided that a Louis Vuitton purse was worth $5,000 or that a Mercedes Benz was worth $100,000? We did, well not the majority of us, but the consumer, in general. You see, if no one was willing to pay these exorbitant prices, the companies would be unable to charge them. It is the one
Most of you are probably familiar with the phrase “all in”. One application of this term is used in poker when a player puts all of their chips in the pot, resulting in their whole game riding on the current hand; if they lose, they are out of the game and, most likely, a good
I messed up yesterday and I am paying the price for it today. I am emotional, antsy, and my flesh is begging me to get a drink or some chocolate, to watch a worldly movie or read a worldly book; anything to “turn off” my mind and not feel the way I do right now.
Why am I such a judgmental jerk? I recently asked God this question while in prayer and, just as promised in His Word (Luke 11:9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you), He answered me. I am going to
Have you ever said or heard someone else say in prayer, “I bind/rebuke you, Satan”? Hold that thought. Merriam-Webster defines flippant as, “lacking proper respect or seriousness” and flippancy as, “unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters”. As I was reading my Bible the other day, the following verses stood
This edition of the blog is unique in the sense that it’s comprised of a letter my wife, Tammy, wrote to herself about 5 years ago, sort of like a diary entry. She was fishing through old folders on her laptop computer recently and came across this letter. When she shared it with me, I
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