“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!” Acts 7: 51 Have you ever considered our society and how the laws that reflect our moral standards continue to decline? Instead ...
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The Danger of Self-Empowerment
Self-empowerment. Sometimes it’s referred to as “being a strong woman” or an “independent woman.” We live in a world where women are afforded many of the same opportunities as men. But can I take a brief moment to speak something boldly to all the women reading this? Self-empowerment, in the sense ...
Read More »The Connection between Idols and Demons
Since the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, there has been a battle raging for the souls of mankind. Much of this battle has to do with worship. Everyone worships something or someone. The question is, will we worship the living God or put something else in His ...
Read More »Do You Believe Jesus Loves You?
“Jesus loves me this I know … ”. For many, the song is ingrained in their soul; we’ve sang it since childhood. We say we believe it. Living faith is a different story. Sometimes our hearts cry, “THIS is what love feels like?” The bank sends a foreclosure notice. The ...
Read More »Those Pharisees: “Do as I say, not as I do.”
Most parents soon learn that their children imitate what they do more often than they listen to what they say. Who hasn’t had an embarrassing moment with their child when an inappropriate word or behavior was mimicked? Though we’d like to believe our children listen to what we say in ...
Read More »Parents are People Too
I sometimes wonder if people, when they grow up, forget how it was to be a kid. It is true that from the adult perspective, children’s problems can seem very small comparatively, but that is looking at the problem from the wrong angle. When your world is small, the problems ...
Read More »It’s All About How You Handle Stress
What would life be like if we had no stress? I won’t kid, it sounds pretty good to me. No challenges, no heartaches, no crisis, no emergencies, no tough choices, no hassles. Sign me up! What is stress? Stress is (technically, according to Webster’s):a state of mental tension and worry caused ...
Read More »I Just Want To End It All
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. And the keeper of ...
Read More »“That’s Just Me,” An Excuse for Bad Behavior?
Have you ever told someone, “That’s just me,”? That comment usually follows someone’s criticism of our character or a habit. It’s a defensive punch, with an implied offensive follow up: “You’re being judgmental and unfair.” Is this a valid excuse for bad behavior? Recently, I helped a friend administer the ...
Read More »Awake, Oh Sleeper
Many Christians in these latter days before Christ returns, find themselves asleep. To those given “new life” in Christ, this is a very sad and dangerous state. Will America ever be awakened from her slumber? There are a few in America who are awake. They are awake to God’s judgment ...
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