It's that time of year again...the holidays...Thanksgiving, Christmas and bringing in the New Year. There is so much to do- gatherings with family and friends, shopping, going to work parties, going to church parties, buying a Christmas tree, …
Faith
Thank You Jesus
The Scriptures tell us over and over again to "give thanks to God." And as followers of Christ, we are to always be thankful (Colossians 3;15). In 1 Thessalonians 5:18 it says, "Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who …
Anger- The Emotion Incognito
A few weeks ago there was a terrible tragedy in the quaint suburban town I live in. A mother stabbed her own eight year old son one hundred times and then she stabbed the five year old girl she was babysitting. She murdered both of them. In her …
Pruning The Fruit of Self-Control
"You are more than the sum total of your feelings and perfectly capable of that little gift from Jesus called self-control." ~ Lysa Terkeurst Do you want more joy, peace, hope and power in your life? If so, it starts with living a life of …
One Simple and Powerful Word
"In our own case we accept excuses too easily. In other peoples we do not accept them easily enough." ~ C.S.Lewis. Many years ago I found myself thinking about a word. I felt like the Lord was saying to me "If only my people had more of this, the …
The Remedy For Worrying
If you are a person that tends to worry, one of the hardest things to correct in your life is to not worry. I know because I have spent most of my life worrying. I praise God for bringing me a long ways from the obsessive worrier I use to …
