Growing up As a Girl Is an Extremely Heroic Feat
October 11, 2019Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. It’s a day for us to recognize all the potential girls have to be positive contributors and make a significant impact in the world around them. However, in many nations, just growing up as a girl is an extremely difficult and heroic feat. As Wendy Alsup ... Continue Reading
Read MoreGive Your Weaknesses to God So He Can Use You
September 30, 2019Three principles I offer to help us become … men and women like those from the book of Acts who have heard the call of God: Principle 1 We Must Live According to What We Know from the Scripture We must live according to what we know from Scripture, committed to a heavenly kingdom, so ... Continue Reading
Read MoreMake Peace With Each Other
September 24, 2019The Apostle Paul wrote a very personal, affectionate letter from prison to the Christians in Philippi. He longed so much to see them and was praying for them all the time. They were so dear to his heart that he called them “my joy and crown” (Philippians 4:1). In New Testament times, Christianity was a ... Continue Reading
Read MoreSeeing God at Work in the Little Things
September 16, 2019One of our great difficulties in life is that we try to understand Christ and relate to Him in terms of time and space. When we talk about being near someone or looking at someone, we think in terms of our eyes and ears and distance. But time and space are only relevant to us ... Continue Reading
Read More10 Principles to Live By
September 10, 2019Here are ten specific principles that I have made a priority in my life and service to God that will be helpful to you as you seek to follow the Lord: Principles: 1. Submission All of us are placed under some type of authority. Jesus demonstrated this principle in the way that He submitted His ... Continue Reading
Read MoreDon’t Welcome in the Thief of Worry
August 31, 2019Worry causes us to lose the opportunity to enjoy the present blessings. Are you able to enjoy life right now? The friends you have, the opportunities given you, your teachers, your living space, your family, are you able to enjoy these things that God has given you? Think about the opportunities you have to get ... Continue Reading
Read MoreGod is Looking for Humble, Simple People
August 28, 2019Have you ever thought about the fact that both Judas and Peter denied Christ? Yet one committed suicide and the other became one of the greatest leaders of the Church, opening the door for the whole world, including Gentiles, to receive the Good News of His kingdom. What was the difference? Judas had all the ... Continue Reading
Read MoreLove is the Driving Force for All That Happens in God’s Kingdom
August 19, 2019One time during a long plane trip, I watched a car race across the cabin’s main movie screen. It was exciting and nerve-wracking to see these daring race car drivers risking every bone in their body, pushing speed, skill and chance to extreme limits, just to be the first to cross the finish line. Soon, ... Continue Reading
Read MoreDo You See Jesus When You Read the Bible?
August 12, 2019Do you know that it’s possible to have a tremendous amount of spiritual knowledge but not actually know the Lord? We can have all the right answers, doctrines and theology and fight to the death to defend the doctrines of the Bible. We can even spend years of research on these things and write books ... Continue Reading
Read MoreThe Importance of God’s People Praying
August 7, 2019We pray because…of God Himself, His promises, our joy “God has of His own motion placed Himself under the law of prayer, and has obligated Himself to answer the prayers of men. He has ordained prayer as a means whereby He will do things through men as they pray, which He would not otherwise do. ... Continue Reading
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