Dictionary.com defines magnify as: “to make greater in actual size or to enlarge.” What are you magnifying in your life? God’s blessings and goodness or all your difficulties? What you CHOOSE to focus on will become larger. Our problems become larger as we mull them over and over again. A ...
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50 going on 16: Come like a Child to the King of Kings
Adults feel things just like teens do; we like to laugh and be silly and have fun. One reason adults act so silly around babies is not entirely for the child’s amusement but it gives an outlet for silliness–keeping us from derision for acting goofy. It’s under cover goofy! Adults have, hopefully, ...
Read More »Is Stress Killing You?
I’ve understood for a long time that stress is bad and has negative effects on overall health. What I didn’t understand, however, was that all of my other efforts to improve my health were in vain until I could control my stress levels and my way of thinking. Yes, dieting ...
Read More »How to Be Real In a World That Embraces All Things False
We have been bamboozled into believing that fake is better. We seem to have no reservations about pretending to be someone or something we’re not. Let’s face it, the society we live in today hardly encourages us to embrace our true self and be genuine. There are so many options ...
Read More »Are You Really Following Jesus?
Had I just bought the most wonderful car I’d ever driven, or read a marvelous book, or just dined at an awesome restaurant, I would gladly expound on every little detail hoping you, too, could enjoy the wonders of each. So, it is only fitting that I share Pastor Singleton’s ...
Read More »Book Review of “Luther and Katharina: A Novel of Love and Rebellion”
When pivotal figures of history are relegated only to the pages of factual school books, pass or fail exams and dusty encyclopedias, often everything but that single hinge—that pivot point—of their lives is lost. We are left to wonder (or simply don’t): What ordinary days shaped them into that world-changing ...
Read More »Having A Confident Assurance Of Going To Heaven
It has been reported that at a recent news conference journalist Chris Health asked Donald Trump if he believed in heaven and was going there. Trumps response? “I hope so. That’s what I strive for” with a “pretty good” chance of making it. This dialogue brings to the surface several ...
Read More »“I Can Do It Too”: A Future of Men with Wombs
Seems like we women are trapped in a game of “I Can Do It Too” with the opposite sex. It started when society decided to associate girls with the color pink. Then men wanted the color too. So, we said okay. Since a color is just a color, men you ...
Read More »The Lion and the Lamb
When the end of the age comes and Jesus appears in His final glory, the Lion and the Lamb will be a reality on earth. This is when the Body of Christ (representing the lamb) will be united with the Lion (Jesus Christ). There will be love and joy in ...
Read More »Our Hope: The Number Three
“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) God is a god of order, and of numbers. This is a logical assumption, as most order follows a numerical path. Over the years I have read various ...
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