Tuesday, November 27, 2018
| 2:04 min read | Isaiah 7:14 “… The Lord himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanue—‘God is with us.’” These words were spoken through the prophet Isaiah approximately 700 years before Jesus Christ was born. It is […]
Monday, November 26, 2018
| 1:33 min read | Matthew 2:6 “O Bethlehem of Judah, you are not just a lowly village in Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.” The word “advent” refers to the coming or arrival of someone or something. It is traditionally and liturgically connected […]
Friday, November 23, 2018
| 1:18 min read | How are your relationships going? It’s a big question and an important one. The quality of our relationships directly affects the quality of our lives. Your relationships can greatly enrich your life or create some of the greatest pain in life. Unfortunately, many times our relationships are draining life from […]
Thursday, November 22, 2018
| 1:41 min read | The brain is an amazing organ of the body. Physiologically, it’s the central operating system of your life. It regulates the functioning of all living systems. Another interesting aspect of your brain is that it’s programmable. Psychologists refer to this as the elasticity of the brain. Through the things you […]
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
| 1:19 min read | How much time have you wasted worrying? It’s sad to think of all the minutes, hours and days that have been stolen from us by worry. It would seem that we’d learn our lesson that worry doesn’t work. No problem has ever been solved by it. Jesus spoke about worry. […]
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
| 1:14 min read | Some people have a negative view of God. They perceive Him as a “cosmic killjoy”—a kind of grumpy old man in heaven, looking for ways to make us guilty, and our lives miserable. This couldn’t be further from the truth. God is not interested in killing your joy, He’s all […]
Monday, November 19, 2018
| 1:27 min read | Environments are important. They’re the difference between productivity and waste, joy and sadness, inspiration and despair. We live our best lives in an environment of peace. When peace rules, better work is done, more happiness is found, and every aspect of health improves. God designed you to function at your […]
Thursday, October 25, 2018
| 1:22 min read | Anyone who has been around church any length of time is likely familiar with an old hymn written by Louisa M. R. Stead around the turn of the 20th century. Here are all 4 verses and the chorus, and they’re worth reading: 1. Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, […]
Monday, August 20, 2018
| 1:07 min read | Have you ever thought about the negative impact insecurity has on your life? At the root of insecurity is fear. Fear and insecurity make people do lots of foolish things. The fear of rejection causes people to compromise moral values to be accepted by some person or group. The fear […]
Thursday, June 28, 2018
| 1:29 min read | How do you handle disagreements with others? Even the most compatible people sometimes differ. People have different personalities, different values, different opinions and different perspectives that can cause conflict. To have great relationships we must know how to deal with differences. Sometimes our differences become conflicts. We find ourselves at […]
Friday, April 27, 2018
Are you a peacemaker or a troublemaker? At some level, we’re always creating peace or causing trouble for the people around us. Without realizing it, we set an atmosphere by what’s going on inside of us. When we’re troubled, upset, agitated, we pass that on to others. The opposite is also true. When we’re at […]
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
How well do you handle stress? It’s not the stress that goes on around you that will destroy you, it’s the stress that gets in you that will destroy you! Think about fish living in the ocean. They swim in salt water their entire lives, but the salt never gets into them. When a piece […]