Category Archives: Sacrifice

Sometimes you just have to put on the other guy’s shoes.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21, King James Version (KJV) Our church utilizes a program called Kids4Truth

Please don’t ignore God’s gift while you are making your way to the fridge.

Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. – Hebrews 11:25, Amplified Bible (AMP) I was at the

Here’s what you do when your culture hates you.

Him we preach and proclaim, warning and admonishing everyone and instructing everyone in all wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God)…For this I labor [unto weariness], striving with all the superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles

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

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

The wicked are always on the attack to destroy righteousness.

All day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt. – Psalm 56:5, AMP Life is full of adversity and persecution. Although many times the challenges we face are the result of

Trying to buy your way to Heaven is like trying to make 10 million pairs of socks with your own two hands.

7 None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—8 For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice—9 So that he

Will you stand your ground when the persecution comes?

…when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away.

Stick to God’s blueprint and the house won’t fall down.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… – Genesis 1:26, KJV God made man in His image, not the other way around. Yet, men and women everywhere are constantly fashioning a “Christianity” that fits

Be ready to be inconvenienced.

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward…So he got up and went. – Acts 8: 26-27, AMP The day before Mother’s Day 2011 I had a thought pop into my mind. My idea was