Validation- Everybody wants to be important
Almost every human is actively pursuing relationship. We like having friends. We are afraid of being left out and isolated. The reality is relationships are hard. They induce conflict, annoyances, offenses, and frustrations. They are sources of stress and they demand so much from us. Many relationships end in failure and heartbreak. Yet we still […]
He Prepares A Table For Me
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.” (Psa 23:5) I love Psalm 23 because when I return to this psalm for refreshment, I repeat each line numerous times, letting it come to life in my imagination, as the Holy Spirit […]
God Never Intended HAPPINESS To Be The Object Of Life
God Never Intended HAPPINESS To Be The Object Of Life! Instead, it is a by-product of the person you become and the kind of life you live. If you study the teaching of Jesus, you never hear Him say “I came to fill your life with fun and good feelings.” In fact, He never seemed […]
Your Worth Has To Do With Your Value
No matter how much applause we received yesterday, we can’t be certain we will receive it again tomorrow. But what might happen if we let the person who determines our worth be God? In Ephesians 2:10 we learn: “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do […]
Don’t Quit On Your Dream
Don’t you quit on your dream. Don’t you quit on the call of God on your life. Don’t you quit on what God put in your heart. You might have gone through some hurtful stuff. But if God called you to it, believe that He can give you the strength, and the healing and He […]
That Broken- Up You Is A Better You
Jesus Was Broken To Give HOPE To The Broken. You may have failed, but God didn’t. There are things about us, flaws, failure, weaknesses, patterns of behavior that many will say disqualify us. Those failures do not nullify God’s grace to and through you. His grace and purpose is bigger than your failure or blunder. […]
We Worship A God With Scars
We Worship A God With Scars It is beyond remarkable. Clearly one of the great benefits of being God is that you don’t need to suffer. You can avoid all agony and discomfort. You are literally above it all. You can choose to remain in the place where pain cannot ever touch you. And yet […]
Hold On To Broken Pieces
Hold On To Those Broken Pieces… God can make the broken useable! God used a man by the name of Moses, whose speech was broken to deliver the children of Israel out of bondage. Broken but useable! God raised up Esther who came from a broken home, her parents died, but her cousin, Mordecai raised […]
True Friendship… Choose Them Wisely!
True Friendship… Choose Them Wisely! There are fewer things in life that are more valuable than a good friend. God’s Word is full of stories of some of the greatest friendships in history. The fact is that friends are indispensable in this life. The older a person gets the more valued their friendship becomes. There […]