Month: June 2015

Deuteronomy 7:6 I will cheat on my wife tonight, I will lie to my family as to where I was today, I will lie to my boss today and tell him what he wants to hear, the company won’t miss this if I take just one, ETC….We have all been there. Choices!!! We have a […]

Today I would like to encourage you with some truths about God and His character: God’s Love Is Unfailing -(Jeremiah 31:3, NLT). There’s nothing you can do to destroy God’s love for you. It’s neither diminished nor increased by your actions. God’s Character Is Unchangeable- (James 1:17 NIV) Shadows move and shift with the sun. […]

“Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more […]

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:23) “I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.”- Pietro Aretino. The truth hurts sometimes; we all know that and many would […]

Romans 8:5 (NIV) When we focus on something, we give it all of our attention; we become passionate, patient and determined and nothing can take us off course. Does this sound familiar? Christ’s focus was and is on us. He had to focus on the cross for he knew that was how it was going […]

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) It isn’t who I have been but who I am going to be. These are basically the words from a Tim Mcgraw song called “Better than I Use to Be”. When we come to Christ and believe in Him, our old self is gone and we are made new. “Therefore, if […]

There is a saying “If you chase two rabbits both will escape” ; meaning, if your focus is on more than one thing at a time, it will be very difficult to be successful. The bible tells us; “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” (Colossians 3:2) […]

Hebrews 12:25-29 “You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains.” (Obadiah 1:3) In our pride, we tend to think we’re able to manage without God. Most times God isn’t even in the equation when pride takes over. But out of […]

Does any this sound familiar right now in our present time? “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, […]

1 Timothy 6:3-5 If you think being envious isn’t bad read the thoughts of Tim Jennings from his article on Focus Online.  “Envy is an enemy. It lurks behind your eyes. It lies in wait deep within your ears. Its poison is stored up at the base of your tongue. At the most unexpected moment, […]