People today are stressed out! It’s a common topic of conversation and a common ailment for which doctors are prescribing meds to calm people who are stressed out. Maybe you are stressed out as you look at all the things calling for your attention and participation. Face the fact that much of our stress has […]

Successful professional athletes develop a short memory for mistakes. Regardless of the technique they use, it is imperative they learn to let mistakes go and move on. Otherwise, they will dwell on mistakes which take away their focus and that will lead to still further mistakes. This is why athletes go through some of the […]

There seems to be two extremes in that title which is taken from Jesus’ words in the “sermon on the mount.” Matthew 5:3 (ESV) — 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Before we consider the “poor in spirit,” let us consider the word “blessed.” This is a […]

What do you do when you become weary and feel you are about to faint or give up? Ask that question to people and you will get a variety of answers, but what does the Bible say? Hebrews 12:3 (ESV) — 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you […]

The importance of being diligent is seen throughout the Bible, but especially in the account where Jesus described the greatest commandment as He summed up the Ten Commandments this way: Mark 12:29–31 (ESV) — 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you […]

Have you ever found yourself daydreaming, when your mind wonders off and when startled you almost feel like you have been in REM sleep? It happens to all of us and often people who are seeking to be followers of Christ often let their mind drift and lose their focus on Christ and their determination […]

What do you do when you find yourself in the pit? Let’s face it, we all find ourselves in circumstances of sorrow, disappointment, fear, grief, or pain that the best way to describe the situation is calling it a pit. The psalmist David actually described coming out of the pit by the grace of God […]

There’s a great lesson with a promise in Hebrews 11, in which we find the example of faith in the life of Enoch which is followed by a promise and a challenge about faith. Hebrews 11:5–6 (ESV) — 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was […]

There’s a trap to which we easily fall prey when we follow the pattern of the majority of people around us. Like in the children’s story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” Goldilocks sought what was just right. The oatmeal was either too hot or too cold, the bed was either too hard or too […]

It’s easy to get stuck on things of this world. We see what is happening in the news and get depressed. We often focus on our own suffering and feel we wonder if there is any hope at all. Stop and look up. This world is not our home. There is more, in fact, much […]