Everyone welcomes a new year because it signals a fresh start. Hence many people make new year’s resolutions to start that exercise program they’ve been putting off, or they proclaim their intentions to lose weight in the coming year. There’s just something about the changing of the calendar that says, “I may have failed in […]

How were things for your over this past year? Although 2021 was an improvement for the most part, most people have categorized the past two years as something of the “less desirable” state to say the least. If we aren’t careful we can dwell on the negative so much that we’ll find ourselves in a […]

When you hear of the hope of Christmas you have to realize there are a number of meanings behind that expression. For many people the hope of Christmas is the warm and fuzzy feeling they recall as a child looking forward to the time of opening gifts from Santa Claus. For others it’s the hope […]

It’s amazing how when frustrations of life hit us our first reaction is to think that God is mad at us as if He just flies off the handle for no apparent reason. Thankfully, that feeling is ungrounded, the flames of which need to be quenched by the truth of the word of God. The […]

There is much talk about gratitude around this time of year and rightly so. Our country’s leaders designated a time for gratitude years ago and although there is more emphasis on football and turkey than gratitude, at least there is a pause, and the word “thanksgiving” is still in our vocabulary. I believe, however, there […]

There is a “default mode” that all of us must constantly push aside that tells us that we have to achieve a certain level in order to find acceptance with God. One area that is always a stumbling block is the area of prayer, and especially the length of prayer. We hear of the prayer […]

When I was in college, I always carried a little paperback book with me that was a source of great encouragement. The book titled, “The Jesus Person Pocket Promise Book” was a compilation of 800 promises of God from God’s word by David Wilkerson. The promises were organized by topic of need, so it was […]

As you read the Old Testament you will find that the names of people and places are quite significant. Two such places are Jehovah-Jireh or “The Lord will provide” and Ebenezer or “Til now the Lord has helped us.” Genesis 22:14 (ESV) — 14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will […]

“How could he do it? Didn’t he think about the consequences? I can’t believe we never caught him.”  Those were words from an elder of a church where the treasurer had embezzled over a hundred thousand dollars over a period of several years but was finally caught.  “Didn’t he realize he was robbing from God?” […]

Ask a person who they are and most will tell you what they do for a living. Ask a person about their identity and it’s interesting what kind of answer you’ll get or what kind of strange looks you’ll receive. So let me ask you, “who are you?” Many people fight a conflict within as […]