Thursday, June 14, 2018
| 2:03 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray For Your Family Families are the spiritual and emotional incubators of life. So much of who we are and what we become is determined by what goes on in our families. Healthy families generally produce healthy people. One of the keys to […]
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
| 1:49 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray When Nothing Seems To Be Changing Have you ever prayed for something, and nothing seemed to happen? Sometimes it seems that God isn’t listening to us, or answering our prayers. In these moments it’s easy to lose faith and hope and give […]
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
| 1:37 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray For Others Every week people ask me to pray for them. Sometimes these requests for prayer are very specific. They might be a health or financial situation a person is dealing with. It could be a challenge at work, or a difficulty […]
Monday, June 11, 2018
| 1:58 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray For Protection All too often we complicate things in life. We make them harder than they really are. This is true with prayer. Many people don’t have a consistent prayer life because they don’t really know how to have one. They are […]
Friday, June 8, 2018
| 1:49 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray For Your Relationships All too often we complicate things in life. We make them harder than they really are. This is true with prayer. Many people don’t have a consistent prayer life because they don’t really know how to have one. They […]
Thursday, June 7, 2018
| 1:38 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Ask God To Meet Your Needs All too often we complicate things in life. We make them harder than they really are. This is true with prayer. Many people don’t have a consistent prayer life because they don’t really know how to have […]
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
| 1:42 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Surrender To God In Prayer All too often we complicate things in life. We make them harder than they really are. This is true with prayer. Many people don’t have a consistent prayer life because they don’t really know how to have one. […]
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
| 1:30 min read | A Beginner’s Guide To Prayer: How To Praise God In Prayer All too often we complicate things in life. We make them harder than they really are. This is true with prayer. Many people don’t have a consistent prayer life because they don’t really know how to have one. They […]
Monday, June 4, 2018
| 1:57 min read | A Beginner’s Guide To Prayer: How To Pray Jesus’ Way A few years ago, I decided to develop a new hobby. I wanted something that gave me the opportunity for creativity and relaxation. I chose photography. Knowing nothing about this art, and not even owning a camera other than the […]
Friday, June 1, 2018
1:36 min read | Elementary school kids sometimes have a “show and tell” day. It’s a moment for them to bring in something that’s special to them and describe why it’s so special. It’s a “show off” day! God is in the business of “showing off” His work too. He loves to show the world […]
Thursday, May 31, 2018
1:21 min read | Have you ever felt left out? Maybe it was an event that all your friends were invited to, but no invitation came your way. Maybe it was a promotion you felt sure had your name on it, and someone else’s got the nod. Feeling forgotten is a terrible feeling. Noah, the […]
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
1:46 min read | Life often gets complicated. Sometimes we face situations we don’t know how to handle. We don’t know what to do. This was the case for a young man in the Bible named Joseph. He found himself in a dilemma. Matthew records his struggle in Matthew 1:18-21 (NIV) “This is how Jesus […]
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
1:26 min read | Occasionally I have moments of claustrophobia. If you’ve never experienced the feeling, it’s not pleasant. It feels like everything is closing in around you, slowly suffocating you. Panic is the only word that comes close to describing these moments. Claustrophobia is usually triggered when a person finds themselves in a small, […]
Monday, May 28, 2018
1:44 min read | Nothing is quite as frightful as feeling alone, especially when facing a challenge or crisis. The presence of a friend in these times makes a huge difference. It’s comforting. It gives us the confidence to keep going. There are times when we go through trials and struggles. In some of these […]
Friday, May 25, 2018
1:35 min read | If you’re a football fan you likely recall the 2017 Super Bowl. The New England Patriots trailed the Atlanta Falcons by 25 points with slightly over a quarter of the game to go. Then the unimaginable happened. With precision execution and tenacity, the Patriots overcame the deficit and snatched a victory […]
Thursday, May 24, 2018
1:34 min read | Americans love storage! Here are a few interesting stats about storage units in the U.S. Across our 50 states, there are more than 50,000 storage units. It’s a $38 billion industry, which is about 3 times the amount of box office revenues from Hollywood films! One out of every 11 people […]