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- Gratitude
The Grateful Leper: When Only One Says Thank You
Listen, you ever held the door for someone these days and they don’t say thank you or even acknowledge the act of kindness? I have and I see it happening more and more in all areas of our lives. Sadly, when people are treated with courtesy, sometimes there is no acknowledgement or appreciation. W...
- Thanksgiving
The Health Benefits of Biblical Thanksgiving
With this being the start of Thanksgiving week, I thought I would try something different and talk about the act of giving thanks to the Lord this week. Simply focusing on being thankful for all we have and for all the Lord has done for us. Tomorrow is “treatment Tuesday” and this time it will be...
- Perseverance
You've Survived 100%: God Uses All Things for Good
This has been a tough week and it’s only Thursday, but you know what, life keeps going doesn’t it? I love the saying, “you’ve survived 100% of everything you’ve gone through so far, so there’s a good chance you’re going to make it through this...”The things you go through make you unique. Everyon...
- Forgiveness
Forgiving Without Limits: God's Mercy in Action
Talking forgiveness a little more, I just want to say, forgiveness is not easy. But no matter how many times a person hurts you, you got to forgive them without limit. I know, I get it, but we have to. To forgive doesn’t mean to forget. You don’t have to reconcile with the person that wronged you...
- Forgiveness
The Freedom Found in Forgiveness
One of my most favorite topics to discuss is forgiveness. If you’ve been in this devotional journey with me for the last four and a half years, you know I like to talk about it. But why you may ask? Well, it’s forgiveness that has given us the hope for an eternal life with our maker and it’s forg...
- Peace
Peace in the Storm: Jesus Has Overcome the World
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 Do you ever feel like life is one problem after another?You make it through one issue, but before you can recover another one shoots up....
- Spiritual Warfare
Be Ready: Your Enemy Prowls Like a Lion
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while...
- Evangelism
What Are You Really Talking About?
Welp, I guess we gotta keep talking about election stuff for a while longer…it’s a bit exhausting really. It’s all I’ve been hearing people talk about. But let’s take a minute and think about what we are always “talking about”. If you’re like most people, and I assume you are, you’re talking abou...
- Mind Renewal
The Power of Your Mind: As You Think, So You Are
“As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7Lets talk about the strongest part of our body. The most powerful. Our minds. While admittedly, some of us may not exercise that part as much as we should or as others, it’s still not arguable that it’s the most powerful. Our minds control our...
- Hate
Hate is Pride Leaving the Body
This has been an emotional roller coaster week for me and I’ve had plenty to think about…the reality of life for one, so it got me thinking. How often do you find yourself hating things? Oh, I do all the time. I hate this traffic, I hate all this rain, I hate bad scans or bad text results, I hate...
- Prayer
When Others Get What You're Praying For
You ever been praying for something in your life only to see the very thing you’ve been praying for land on someone else? I know I have, and I suspect you have too. But here is the good new when that happens. God is still answering prayers! He just hasn’t answered yours yet. It also doesn’t mean...
- Gods Faithfulness
God's Unchanging Purpose in Our Changing World
Life changes but God remains the same! Yep, it’s true. Look it up. You see, God is going to continue to do what he’s always done and that is he heals and forgives us. He’s going to continue to watch over us and set our path. His path for us remains the same and His purpose hasn’t changed. What is...
- Faith
Surrendering My Plans to God's Perfect Will
I choose to be a believer so that God can make miracles happen in my life.You see, every time I have tried and figure things out myself, I’ve failed. Oh, don’t get me wrong, my intentions were always good but my plan was mine. And in my unconscious attempt at rebellion of Gods will for me, I scre...
- Repentance
Getting Back on Track: The Power of Repentance
I got to thinking about how life seems to ebb and flow with good times and bad. More specifically, I got to thinking about how we can get stuck in the bad. I’m talking about that “stop the world I just want to get off this ride” feeling. We’ve all had it, but what do we do to get off “that ride”?...
- Gossip
Restraining Your Lips: When Words Are Better Unspoken
So, I’m in meetings all day yesterday around a lot of people I’ve worked around for 23 years. It was generally filled with catching up with old colleagues, friends and hearing new company rumors. It’s the last part that causes me frustration. You see the Bible mentions that in the multitude of wo...
- Patience
Finding Patience: God's Control in Life's Pressures
Are the horrible election campaign ads ever going to stop? Good grief…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “...
- Peace
Jesus Is Your Peace: Finding Rest Beyond Circumstances
Peace and serenity. We all seek it, we all crave it and we all need it. But where is it exactly? You may be like me and think it’s just in the absence of noise or conflict. But it’s not in the absence those things. It’s the tranquil feeling that’s not dependent on you circumstances. The peace we...
- Forgiveness
To Be Forgiven, You Must Forgive
So hear’s a thought? So I’ve been talking all week about forgiving and how we can and should. But do you want others to forgive you? Even more importantly, do you want God to forgive you? My cousin and I talked about this just last night. You see, in order to be forgiven, you also have to be able...
- Forgiveness
Learning to Forgive: Practice Makes Perfect
In keeping with forgiveness, nobody ever suggested forgiving would be easy. I certainly didn’t and I’m not saying it is, because it’s not. But God challenges us by giving us the ability to forgive. But at the same time, it is one of the hardest things He asks us to do. But you can learn to forgiv...
- Forgiveness
Forgiving Doesn't Mean Forgetting
You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...
- Forgiveness
Forgiveness: The Key to Freedom from Bitterness
As we ease into the weekend, I want to talk about something that caused me some restlessness last night. Forgiveness. You see, I had something come up yesterday where somebody has decided to not take responsibility for something they did to me. A random person, whom I don’t know, has decided not...
- Worry
Live One Day at a Time: Tomorrow Has Its Own Troubles
I seem to find myself on this topic a lot…maybe I’m telling myself this? Maybe it’s just important enough it bears more attention?You still worried about what happened yesterday and sweat what going to happen tomorrow? Yeah, well let it go. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorro...
- Hope
What This World Needs Is Some Jesus
Last week I spend my vacation deep into the Ozark Mountains competing in a National Backcountry Flying event. I had zero, nada, zip, not even a little bit of cell service until I re-entered society yesterday. Let me tell you, it was amazing! There was probably over a thousand people there between...
- Hope
Joy Beyond Circumstances: Jesus Has Overcome the World
Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble…”That’s almost like a disclaimer for life on earth , you are going to have trouble, whether you are in Christ or not. But the hope that we have is what separates us from the world, and that is why Jesus goes on to say, “But take hear...