For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. – Isaiah 65:17, Amplified Bible (AMP) The late Dr. Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has had tremendous impact on many lives. One of the seven habits Dr. Covey wrote… Continue reading What is really important to you?
Category: Judging
What happens when you don’t get your cookies?
Let them give glory unto the Lord… – Isaiah 42:12, KJV We often make things more complicated than they really are. Take, for example, the idea of glorifying God. If you were to ask the average Christian what it means to glorify God, the average Christian would either: a) give you the proverbial “deer-in-the-headlights look,”… Continue reading What happens when you don’t get your cookies?
What is the fuel that drives you to strive for success?
…do all for the honor and glory of God. – 1 Corinthians 10:31, Amplified Bible (AMP) Would you consider yourself a driven person? If so, what drives you to succeed in what you do? Many would cite the reason, “To be the best I can be.” Although that’s a noble reason, an important follow-up question… Continue reading What is the fuel that drives you to strive for success?
To build, to preach, to clean toilets, or to what? What was I made to do?
And the Lord said to Moses, See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and ability, in understanding and intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship… – Exodus 31:1-3, Amplified Bible (AMP)… Continue reading To build, to preach, to clean toilets, or to what? What was I made to do?
To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God’s command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day. – Exodus 32:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) Amy Carmichael spent… Continue reading To stay or not to stay? That is the question.
Don’t make the same mistake that Esau did.
Now Esau was 40 years old when he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they made life bitter and a grief of mind and spirit for Isaac and Rebekah [their parents-in-law]. – Genesis 26:34-35, Amplified Bible (AMP) In the race to please self, Christians often fail to… Continue reading Don’t make the same mistake that Esau did.
How ’bout them Braves!
And Pharaoh took off his [signet] ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in [official] vestments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck. – Genesis 41:42, Amplified Bible (AMP) It was the Fall of 1991. My roommates and I set up our television set, our… Continue reading How ’bout them Braves!
The world will eventually turn on you, so why bother trying to befriend it?
…So they rushed at and pressed violently against Lot and came close to breaking down the door. – Genesis 19:9, Amplified Bible (AMP) In today’s world, many Christians do everything they can to avoid being labeled as “judgmental.” They try to blend in with the crowd, tolerating the sin in those around them in hopes that they… Continue reading The world will eventually turn on you, so why bother trying to befriend it?
Hey, keep those petty arguments amongst yourselves.
…And if the world [itself] is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try [such petty matters] of the smallest courts of justice? – 1 Corinthians 6:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) Christians are commanded to do everything they do for the glory of God. The reason for this commandment is… Continue reading Hey, keep those petty arguments amongst yourselves.
Life is filled with irony – and so is God’s Word.
Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]… – Revelation 3:19, Amplified Bible (AMP) Life is filled with irony. Take, for example, today’s (January 6, 2014) news headline from the New York Post: Coast Guard to Save Ships Trapped in Antarctic Ice.… Continue reading Life is filled with irony – and so is God’s Word.