In a day when so many people are encouraged to pray for God's financial blessings in their lives, God's blessing becomes a taboo subject in many churches. Big name pastors live in multi-million dollar houses, fly in their own planes, and suck the church dry for his own pleasures. So when we pray for [...]
Do you ever just want justice because of some oppression or affliction? Someone wrongs you and you want to take care of it and issue your own justice. No doubt you would return harm for harm and cause things to simply be equal again. I've been there. Someone has said something about me that [...]
Everyone wants to be happy. It is a state of mind that omits discouraging and negative things and thoughts that discourage us. When we are happy, the people around us notice. And when they notice it gives us a chance to tell them about Jesus and the hope He gives us every day. Happy [...]
A Christ-Follower Meditates Day and Night A new year is here, and it is an excellent time to consider who we are and what we do. So many people begin their new year by reflecting on those missed opportunities and mistakes from last year. As Christ-followers, we should look forward to the year God has [...]
Many of us grew up with the impression that tears were a result of some emotional weakness, instability, or immaturity. You've probably heard, "You're nothing but a crybaby!" or "Big boys don't cry" or "You're just so emotional." These statements are not accurate and are generally said by those who are disguising and covering [...]
Don’t you understand that I have anxiety?!? You have to stop making things worse for me! I’m nervous…I’m shaking inside…my skin is crawling…my world as I know it is over…my life is going to end. No one understands me and everyone thinks I’m simply crazy. I’ll never pass this test. I only make mistakes. [...]
It is interesting how times of crisis bring people together who pass by each other in cars and only speak with a raised hand as they pass each other on the way to work. We are so busy with jobs, families, church, soccer, baseball, and other activities that it takes a time of crisis [...]
Crisis happens and people are always balancing times of crisis and times of normalcy. Where do people go when they’re in crisis? Oftentimes to the corner of a room, lie down in a fetal position, and beg God to let them die. Seriously. “God...let me go to sleep and never wake up!” Times of [...]
Regret is when you wake up the day after Thanksgiving and realize that you don’t own a pair of those pants your grandfather used to wear. You know...the ones that tend to stretch when you attempt to fasten them and begin to struggle as the button gets closer to the buttonhole. And you wonder [...]
You’ve seen it so many times. “My husband is a lazy, no good, worthless, womanizing, unfaithful, sorry excuse for a husband and father” is a common theme written and read every day on Facebook. That’s right. Facebook has become this country’s most available platform for passively accusing those you love with some of the [...]