Complacency. Most of us wouldn’t admit we’ve been stuck before or that we are now, but it’s so easy to get stuck and not even know it. The definition of complacency is marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. Our life isn’t bad, our walk with God is pretty good, but then, slowly, somehow,...
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. Philippians 4:6 AMP This is the verse I’ve been LIVING in this year. How many unexpected things can come up and complicate an already full calendar?!?!! . . . and...
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; since what is seen is temporary,...
Whoa! Life is an amazingly wild adventure. Stress. Laughter. Tears. Joy. In the last few weeks, I've been traversing a more challenging trail than my life usually requires. For the past year and a half, we have been house hunting for the perfect home for our family. Finally, before Christmas, we found it, and I fell in love!! What we found...
Quick! S-l-o-w … S-l-o-w … Quick! S-l-o-w … S-l-o-w … We all need to learn the value of the “Quick! S-l-o-w … S-l-o-w …” approach to life. This philosophy has been around for nearly 2,000 years although, truthfully, not many actually put it into practice. It’s hard to discipline oneself to actually embrace this powerful life system, but once you get the hang of it,...
I've always marveled at God's ability to create. We can look at the trees, the animals, the people He's placed around us, and see He's an amazing Creator. He is the One that pours detail and purpose into everything and everyone He creates. But lately, I've been equally if not more amazed at His ability to recreate what has been damaged....
We are to fulfill our God-given destiny! Ephesians 2:10 says, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." (Not run from them.) God, the Master Craftsman created us to live in Christ as members of His household. We are in God's family! Since HE created us for good works,...
“The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” 1 John 2:17 NIV I think one of the greatest things I've learned in ministry so far is about the grace of God. The way of the world is to work hard and achieve perfection. If you don’t, you're failing. The season that my family is in right now...
He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again. 1 Kings 19:6 Without exception, this remains one of my favorite passages in the Old Testament. Elijah, prophet of God, had just returned from a showdown with King Ahab and the prophets...
Several years ago, I found myself sitting across from a friend of ours that I had not seen in a few years. My friend had recently delivered a baby. Due to the pregnancy, like any normal woman, she was still carrying some baby weight…but because of a gift from God, was carrying it in all the “right” places. You know...