When we drive a car and look off to the side, the car tends to steer in the direction that we look. Our hands follow our eyes because it is what we see that determines where we choose to go. (That’s the problem with wandering eyes – but that’s another…
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Satan becomes active in our life when he see’s that we are about to take ownership of our God-given destiny. He begins to try to abort the plan of God from behind the scenes. At the rate of speed that God is growing our church, the examples of Satan’s attempted…
Situations occur every day to try to steal our joy. In the past few days, has anything happened to steal your joy? Will that situation matter five years from now? How much are our moods affected by what goes on around us? We get so caught up in the moment…
Do you ever review the movie reel of your life? Do you see the trials, troubles, and the resulting victories that came out of those troubles? It’s good for us to look back and see how God has brought us through. We need to remember. I think we have a…
For those who are familiar with U.S. currency, they would recognize a counterfeit $19 bill. The reason why is that there is no real $19 bill. In order to counterfeit something, there must be a real one in existence in the first place. Nefarious people will counterfeit $20 bills instead….
Have you ever found yourself in a rhythm where the enemy, or the inner-me, just knocks the joy out of your life? The bible Says, “The joy of the lord is our strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10) For us to have no joy means having no strength. We drain our own energy…
If anyone understands what it means to be busy, I do. Many of us seem to be too busy to find time for God. When it comes down to it, we make time for what is important to us. Where there is a will, there is a way and technology…
I would have thought myself crazy to be talking about an online campus for our church just five or ten years ago. Today, I can’t imagine a world without one. I am so excited about all of the ways that we can connect. We don’t even have to be in…
Technology is GREAT. Technology as a replacement for people is NOT GREAT. I’ve talked about isolation in past blogs to help show how it can hurt us when we choose isolation as a defense mechanism. The intent of “alone-time” should be as a form of rest and relaxation. Have you…
We live in a world where much of our interaction with others is virtual. The virtual world is so advanced it can FEEL real, but it’s a temporary solution. We can’t benefit from the needed sensory response offered by a real hug, from a real person as we might at…
When I get overwhelmed, I tend to pull away and say, “I just need to THINK!” Yet I’m not thinking clearly, I’m thinking crazy. Things go through my head like, “I hope this gets better. I don’t know if there is any way out of this. Oh, man, this is…
