Your Faith Journey: Embrace the Challenge

Your Faith Journey: Embrace the Challenge

James 1:5-8, My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him...
Unlock Freedom With God’s Truth

Unlock Freedom With God’s Truth

John 8:12,  Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” God has promised to light our way with His plan and HIs truth for our lives.  It is a choice...
Hope In God Has No limits

Hope In God Has No limits

Luke 1:5-7,  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judah, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah.  His wife was one of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.  They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments...
Let Your Love Flow

Let Your Love Flow

John 13:34-35,  “A new command I give to you, that you love one another:  just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” First thing we need to ask...
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Psalm 100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!     Serve the Lord with gladness!     Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God!     It is he who made us, and we are his;     We are his people,...
Courage To Believe

Courage To Believe

Genesis 15:6, He believed ADONAI, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Abraham is known for his faith in God.  God promised to give him descendants beyond what could be numbered, and he promised to give his descendants the Promised Land, and Abraham believed...
Are You Hungry?

Are You Hungry?

Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”   Have you ever been dehydrated?  I had a doctor once tell me that the moment you get thirsty it’s a sign that your body feels dehydrated.  Thirst is your...
Saying “No” to Fear

Saying “No” to Fear

2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” These days you almost have to have nerves of steel, a heart of stone, and a cast iron stomach in order to watch the news on a regular basis! I rarely ever pull...
Wait With Great Anticipation

Wait With Great Anticipation

Joshua 21:43 Not one good thing that the Lord had spoken of to the household of Israel failed to happen; it all took place. When I read that, my mind immediately went back to Genesis 15:16, where God told Abraham that it would be the fourth generation that was living...
God Will Fight For You

God Will Fight For You

1 Samuel 17:45-51,  Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin.  But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.  This day the Lord will deliver you into...
You Can Never Be Too Clingy With Him

You Can Never Be Too Clingy With Him

Psalm 42:11, “My soul, why are you so downcast?  Why are you groaning inside me?  Hope in God, since I will praise Him again for being my Savior and God.”   Psalm 42 is an awesome reminder that when you feel absolutely swept away with everything in life that you must...
Don’t Hesitate To Ask

Don’t Hesitate To Ask

2 Corinthians 1:11,  “And you must add your help by praying for us, for the more people there are praying, the more people there will be to give thanks when their prayer for us is answered.” When you find yourself asking why God would answer your prayer, or if...
It’s Always Good To Ask First

It’s Always Good To Ask First

Joshua 9:14-16,  The men sampled some of their food but didn’t seek the advice of the Lord.   So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to spare their lives, and the leading officials of the community swore to them.  But three days later, after they...
With God … It’s Possible!

With God … It’s Possible!

Joshua 6:20,  So the people shouted, with the shofars blowing.  When the people heard the sound of the shofars, the people let out a great shout; and the wall fell down flat; so that the people went up into the city, each one straight ahead of him; and they captured...