It is not good that the man should be alone… – Genesis 2:18, KJV I ran into a good friend today, and during our brief conversation we touched on the topic of marriage. We both agreed that many marriages fail because one or both of the spouses entered into the marriage for one or more wrong… Continue reading A good marriage is built on a foundation of companionship.
Month: August 2013
God will give you the power to overcome at just the right time – if you ask.
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.] – Romans 7:18, AMP It is at the moment of temptation that… Continue reading God will give you the power to overcome at just the right time – if you ask.
Success or failure in following God boils down to one thing.
Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent… – John 6:29, AMP I’m an 80/20 Principle kind of guy, and the reason I am is because I am just not talented enough to juggle more than two or three things at… Continue reading Success or failure in following God boils down to one thing.
God is a big believer in adoption.
God sent His Son…that we might be adopted… – Galatians 4:4-5, AMP I have several family members and friends who were either adopted as children or have adopted children. Through conversations with some of these, I’ve come to understand that many children who have been adopted struggle with feelings of rejection and abandonment by the… Continue reading God is a big believer in adoption.
Where do you go when you really, really mess up?
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. – Psalm 51:2, KJV When we sin terribly, we can do so many different things in reaction to our stupidity. We can ignore the guilt, choose to pursue the sin’s pleasure again and again, and beat down our conscience until it is impossible… Continue reading Where do you go when you really, really mess up?
Count your many blessings, name them one by one.
His compassions fail not…They are new every morning… – Lamentations 3:22-23, KJV I serve as an usher at our church. During a recent Sunday evening service, I had an errand to run that took me into the building on our campus that houses our gym, our cafeteria, and several classrooms for our Christian school. As… Continue reading Count your many blessings, name them one by one.
Just know that God may not define success and prosperity the way you do.
Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, and give to us success! – Psalm 118:25, AMP When you, like the psalmist, pray for success and for prosperity, what exactly do you picture in your mind that success and prosperity look like? Money? Leisurely living? Souls saved? Souls discipled? A… Continue reading Just know that God may not define success and prosperity the way you do.
Let God help you with your spiritual insurance policy.
Put on God’s whole armor… – Ephesians 6:11, AMP This world is not safe. It is filled with risk, and that is why we buy insurance of all types. We buy life insurance to financially support our families in case we die prematurely. We buy health insurance to pay for treating illnesses that are too costly… Continue reading Let God help you with your spiritual insurance policy.
It doesn’t matter what others think about you. It matters what God thinks.
But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. – 1 Samuel 16:7, AMP We are such fools. We… Continue reading It doesn’t matter what others think about you. It matters what God thinks.
God is merciful and slow to punish, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that you are getting away with anything.
Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent (to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)? – Romans 2:4, AMP When we sin and “get away with it,” we can come to the false conclusion that God doesn’t really mind that we are doing… Continue reading God is merciful and slow to punish, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that you are getting away with anything.