Perhaps the best Christmas gift that you can give is not jewelry, electronics, clothing, or a gift card to a restaurant. Sharing the story of the incredible ways that God has guided, protected, and provided for you would give somebody the inspirationa and motivation to get through this Holiday season.
Read MoreWe must constantly war against the unfortunate tendency that some many people have of deciding what is possible for us based on their limited purview.
Read MoreTo maximize our God-given abilities and to make the most of every opportunity, we must learn to devise workarounds.
Read MoreLife is too short, and the miracle waiting for you is too great to allow fear and foolish carriers to contaminate your atmosphere, and poison your environment.
Read MoreWe all have a tendency to forget how powerful God is, and of his interest, capacity, and determination to bless us.
Read MoreWe all have to learn how to strategically pursue our objectives, and understand that some decisions, announcements, and actions are better made after certain objectives have already been met.
Read MoreHas anyone ever thrown you away? When we are rejected, betrayed, or abandoned, we can feel worthless. When we make mistakes, or experience repeated failures, we can assume that we don’t have much to offer or that our best is never good enough. But we must always remember that we have value. Our value is not based on what other people think of us, or even what we think about ourselves.
Read MoreWhen you don’t expect doors to open, you spend a lot of time figuring out how to work around barriers that may not exist, deal with enemies, that never materialize, and fight through opposition that never appears.
Read MoreFar too many of us are anxious, nervous and afraid. We rush through life concerned that we have to make something happen. However, we must begin operating from the assumption that doors are going to be opened for us.
Read MoreMy comments today are motivated by the second of these truths, and directed to anyone who is thinking about leaving “their Afghanistan.” Beware! It is going to be much harder than you think.
Read MoreWhose advice are you taking?
Read MoreWhat happens when traffic lights give mixed signals? I don’t ever remember reading about that situation in any driving manual. I am hopeful that the faulty traffic light is corrected soon. If it isn’t, a disaster is waiting to happen.
Read MoreHaran wasn’t where he wanted to go. Haran is where Terah settled. And I think that every person meets their Haran: the place where you are tempted to settle for a different destination than the one you originally desired.
Read MoreAsking the “by when” question forces you to calculate the emotional, physical, and financial investment necessary to pursue an objective. It will immediately expose whether you are serious or not. But not only does setting a deadline force you to calculate, it also qualifies you for supernatural assistance.
Read MoreI think we tend to overemphasize the benefits of choice, especially when the chooser is ignorant or immature. I know this may sound like heresy to many of you, because as Americans we value choice and have exalted rugged individualism as an ideal. But the more I think about it, the more, I am beginning to think that all of us can benefit every now and then from a push or a pull from a loving hand. Sometimes, we all need someone to make us do what we find unpleasant.
Read MoreBut I am referring to a different kind of surveillance. A wise preacher once said that “someone who is greatly capable of blessing you is always observing you.” I can think of nothing more encouraging than the confidence of knowing that our efforts to improve our lives, to help people, and to advance the cause of goodness and righteousness will not go unnoticed , unaided, or unrewarded. We are under divine surveillance.
Read MoreSaul responded to his crisis the same way that many of us response to ours: by digging in—to work harder, to eliminate distractions, and to deny ourselves any enjoyment until the final battle is won. Unfortunately, that strategy didn’t work then—and it still doesn’t work now.
Read MoreBut true blessings cannot be earned or purchased. They must be received. And many of us are on the verge of losing some great gifts because we have never learned to receive.
Read MoreOne of the deductions that we can safely make from this statement is that in order to have a relationship with God, you’ve got to think on an entirely new level. You've got to raise your thinking about yourself, other people, and your situation.
Read MoreLight is always used in the scriptures as a metaphor for God. 1 John 1:5 informs us that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” So it seems that one source of inferiority is who we allow to be our light! Whenever we allow others to stand between us and God, they block us from the true source of identity, satisfaction and meaning, and cause us to linger in the shadows.
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