“The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps” (Prov. 16:9). Think about it this way: if the mind of man doesn’t plan, what does the Lord have to direct? He includes us in His plan for our futures. I want to challenge you to take a more active role in your future. Don’t leave it …
How to Honor Those Who Have Gone Before
God put people in your past to inspire you, instruct you and give you wisdom. There are also things in your past that will betray you; memories that will give you hurt and pain. Remembering is important, but more important is remembering correctly. Memory is a gift you must steward. You can remember wrong things or you can remember right …
Choosing Your Homeland
Jesus Establishes Two Kingdoms “… He was saying to them, ‘You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world’” (John 8:23). Jesus established that there are two intersecting worlds on this globe called earth; two worlds that share the same earth. Each one has its own distinct characteristics — distinct …
Mary: Gaining Confidence Through Serving
Chapter seven of Luke always gripped my heart because I identify so much with that woman. Mary’s sense of deep unworthiness was evident, but it was never to the point where her unworthiness would ever disqualify her from expressing her love to the One that was worthy. There are going to be times when you feel unworthy, there are going …
A Different Drum
A Citizen of Heaven The Lord has taken us and transferred us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His Son. Our hearts have been transferred, but we still have some residue of some old ways that we are going to have to work through. What are we supposed to look like when we have been transferred and …
Starting Points of the Miraculous
David is best known for being a giant-slayer. It was quite a miracle that was a starting point that changed the future of Israel forever. “Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on …
A Lesson From Judas Iscariot
We are going to hear from someone who seems to be the least likely of anyone in the entire Bible to have anything to say. He is the one who betrayed Jesus … Judas Iscariot. Yet, God took the life of Judas and put it in the Bible so that we could learn. How to Deal with Others’ Faults …
Risk & Faith
Risk of Compassion Everyday we take risks. Everything about life has to do with taking a risk. Now some risks are bigger than others. Some we don’t want to take. Some we would be foolish to take. When God looks at the risks we take, He sees men and women of great faith. All of us can convert risk into great …
The God That Glitters
Money Talks The way money is used tells a lot about a person. God speaks a lot about money because it is such a temptation to mankind to take our gold and turn it into a god and into a molten calf. We have taken what God gave us to use as a means to an end and made it …
Characteristics of a Great Faith
Today, we are going to talk about two people whom God finds to have the greatest faith. One is a Canaanite woman, of whom He says, “Woman, your faith is great!” And the second person was actually a Roman officer. The Lord says, “It will be done to you according to your faith” (Matt. 9:29). You see, if my faith …