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Life
Have you ever participated in a race? If so how was that experience for you? Your hope is to run the race well and the question we want to address is, “How can I run the race well?” The writer of… Continue Reading →
What are your thoughts when you face adversity? Are you surprised or is it a “why me” response? Admittedly, none of us like to face difficulties but they are a fact of life. How does Jesus advise us to… Continue Reading →
If the Apostle Paul were to pray for you, what do you think he would pray? He reveals the answer in the book of Ephesians. He prays that you will see with spiritual eyes, I pray that the eyes… Continue Reading →
What is a life-changing encounter that you’ve experienced? How did it change your life? What emotions did you experience? Think of the range of emotions the disciples experienced during the last week of Jesus’ life. His triumphal entry into Jerusalem… Continue Reading →
Have you ever been disappointed by your expectations? The hardest situation is when you have high expectations but a poor experience and we often emerge disappointed or deeply discouraged. The disciples experienced this emotion during passion week. Jesus entered Jerusalem… Continue Reading →
It’s nice to be chosen! Remember when you were young and the kids were choosing up sides for kickball – what was your greatest fear? You did not want to be the last person chosen, or worse yet, not chosen… Continue Reading →
Jesus has a special gift for you. He made the offer to His disciples as they were about to face one of their greatest challenges and the gift is available to you today. These things I have spoken to… Continue Reading →
We use the word love in a variety of ways. We exclaim that we love ice cream or that we love going on a vacation. Our society has many different notions of the meaning of love and there is often a… Continue Reading →
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James has become a bestseller and because of its popularity a movie will be released for Valentine’s Day. The book’s popularity reveals our interest in sexuality but it falls far short of the true… Continue Reading →
If God is Good by Randy Alcorn presents a biblical approach to maintaining faith and hope in the midst of suffering and adversity. When people face adversity they often wonder, “If God is all good, then he would want to… Continue Reading →
What enables you to face challenges without becoming overwhelmed? Consider Jesus Christ the night before His crucifixion. Knowing the pain and anguish that He would face the next day, He patiently prepared His disciples for His forthcoming departure. Jesus was… Continue Reading →
Character takes time to develop. God took a forty year old somebody, spent forty years revealing that he was a nobody, and forty more years demonstrating what He can do with anybody. How does a microwave society with instant mashed potatoes and frozen TV dinners teach… Continue Reading →
A primary reason why many of us feel that we need to earn God’s favor is because we do not have peace with God. The Apostle Paul declares in the book of Romans that you can have peace with… Continue Reading →
Our recent blog posts have been examining some of the reasons why we may not experience victory in our lives. We’ve looked at the danger of depending on ourselves and the problem of regarding our spiritual growth as a matter… Continue Reading →
My last blog post posed the question, “If the abundant life is God’s standard for me then why does victory seem so elusive? ” A major reason is that we live in the room of good intentions – we try… Continue Reading →
