Is There Anything You Can Actually Control?

Is There Anything You Can Actually Control?

Galatians 5:22-23,  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such there is no law. There’s so much in life that happens in life that we have no control over. I actually made a...
This Is What He Really Wants…

This Is What He Really Wants…

Isaiah 58:6-8,  “Here is the sort of fast I want ~ releasing those unjustly bound, untying the cords of the yoke, letting the oppressed go free, breaking every yoke, sharing your food with the hungry, taking the homeless poor into your house, clothing the naked when...
Are You Ready & Excited For Harvest Time?

Are You Ready & Excited For Harvest Time?

Luke 10:2, Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” It is Autumn here in the United States and that is typically considered harvest time for...
Don’t Underestimate God’s Plans For Your Life

Don’t Underestimate God’s Plans For Your Life

1 Samuel 16:11-13,  So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?”  “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered.  “He is tending the sheep.”  Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”  So he sent for him ad had him brought in.  He...
Changing Seasons…

Changing Seasons…

Ecclesiastes 3:1,  There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: I grew up in Northern Michigan where the change in seasons was very distinct. I have always loved the different seasons for the different things they bring and yet...
Are You Thirsty?

Are You Thirsty?

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 built-in...
You Can Do It!  Start Today!

You Can Do It! Start Today!

1 Corinthians 9: 25-27 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.  They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.  So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.  But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest...
If You Don’t Have Faith ~ What Do You Have?

If You Don’t Have Faith ~ What Do You Have?

Romans 1:16-17, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall...
We Must “Do” If We Want To Make A Difference

We Must “Do” If We Want To Make A Difference

James 1: 22-27. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, his is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror:  For he looks at himself and goes away and at once...
Who Has Your Ear?

Who Has Your Ear?

Isaiah 37: 5-7,  When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says:  Do not be afraid of what you have heard ~ those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.  Listen! ...
This Is What He Really Wants…

They Are Cheering You On!

Hebrews 12:1-3, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our...
He Is Ready To Lead ~ Are You Ready?

He Is Ready To Lead ~ Are You Ready?

Psalm 40:2,  He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. When you want God to lead you you must learn to allow Him to do just that. His desire is to establish your steps. We get in...
His Promises Are True ~ Trust Him

His Promises Are True ~ Trust Him

Mark 11:22-24, So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea’, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have...
Is There Anything You Can Actually Control?

“The Help”…

Psalm 121:1-2,  I will lift up my eyes to the hills ~ From whence comes my help?  My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. What do you need help with today?  Whether it’s something big or small take the details to Him.  Don’t leave Him out of...
Believe!  Take Him at His Word!

Believe! Take Him at His Word!

Mark 11: 22 – 24 And Jesus answered them, ”Have faith in God.  Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ’Be taken up and throw into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. ...