IN 2024 Those who have left the greatest impact on our world usually had one thing in common: personal discipline! People of impact are willing to do things that most people are unwilling to do.They have become people of great self-discipline! 1.Impact people train their temperaments.They live by th...
Keep ReadingTHE BATTLE RAGES WITHIN AND WITHOUT! The earth has seen hundreds and hundreds of wars since sin entered into the world in the garden via Adam and Eve. There have been local wars, regional wars, civil wars, and world wars. At any given moment of human history there has been wars rooted in government form, land squabbles, power hungry dictators, money and possessions, race ...
Keep ReadingThe events of the last several weeks have reminded us that we live in an increasingly unstable and insecure world. Humanity can become very fearful, very fast. The fact is humans living in fear are apt to produce damaging and dangerous events. I want to encourage all who read this blog particularly Christ followers to practice peace not panic. Our Lord purchased peace for ...
Keep ReadingPsalm 33 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; fo...
Keep ReadingOne thing for sure is that we each live in a very stressful and dangerous world. Even more so for the followers of Christ. As soon as we wake in the morning till we retire for the evening there is continual opposition. In fact as we sleep there can rise up within us opposition to the purposes and plans our Lord has for our lives. Opposition is a reality of life and it can ...
Keep ReadingCurrently we are in a preaching series entitled, "People and Places of the Bible." One message I preached was entitled, "King David on His Palace Roof Near the Temple Mount." One of my favorite people in the Bible is David. What a great man of God. The Bible says he had a heart for God. Just read the Psalms and see how greatly he desired to honor the name of the Lord. See ...
Keep ReadingThe more stressful my life becomes I find a greater desire to be alone with God. As we study the life of our Lord while here on this earth He made it a priority of the day to seek spending time with the Heavenly Father. Time alone, time in solitude. I heard the saying years ago, "We need to come apart so we will not come apart" , so true!Yet in society today it seems like ...
Keep ReadingMANAGING OUR FAMILIES BY MANAGING OUR MONEY Today's culture has brought with it some destructive pressures to the American family. One such pressure point is money pressure, specifically financial debt. Seems like " Till death do us part" is being replaced with "Till debt do us part". The money problems is listed in the top reasons for marriage stress and often breakup.Th...
Keep ReadingTheThanksgiving Seasonis a wonderful time to heighten our sensitivity to the blessings bestowed on us by God. Thanksgiving grabs our attention, shakes the cobwebs loose, reminds us of God's most precious gifts and convicts us of our lack of contentment.Thanksgiving has always had a special place in my heart. It rekindles the kind of God Centered Gratitude that our Lord bot...
Keep ReadingHow Much Do You Own in That Direction?Matthew 6:19-2119Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be a...
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