Doing vs. Hoping Talk is cheap. There seems to be an inverse relationship between the amount of words spoken and their importance. Aren’t you tired of political rants that run on and are filled with bluster and self-promotion? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear “It’s done” instead of “I hope to accomplish…”? It seems the news media have timeslots to […]
Hope: A 4-Letter Word Tomorrow is the 24th anniversary of 9/11. In the two-plus decades since that horrific cowardly attack on America, society had continued to spiral out of control. Hatred has replaced the “can we all get along” mantra from Rodney King 33 years ago. There are many opinions about why we’re moving in the wrong direction ranging from […]
Four Ls of The Word (A follow up to the last 3 posts…) Listen To It “How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? (Rom. 10:14) Most people come to Christ after a convicting time of hearing the Word. Many of them will hear it from a friend whose […]
God goes Ahead of Me The two previous posts give us a look inside God’s heart and allow us to see His passion for us, His children. But they are both passive character traits that encourage our faith and trust but don’t necessarily move us off center. Today’s post does just that. But I have to warn you, God’s patience […]
God is For Me In our last post, we suggested several verses to add to our battle plan. Here are a few more: Ezek. 36:7,9 “Thus says the Lord God…behold, I am for you.” Ps. 56:9 “This I know that God is for me” Ps. 118:6 “The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to […]
God is With Me The walk of faith can sometimes be lonely, especially when we wander from the narrow path and find ourselves struggling and drifting in and out of fellowship with God and fellow believers. This can happen so slowly that we might not even recognize it for what it is. How can I tell? What are the symptoms? […]