Let’s start with James 1:26 – If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Our words are powerful and they impact our lives as well as others. The first sound a baby usually makes is DA-DA. These words are so powerful they make […]
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The BOOK
I love to read. I read all types of books. I read books that teach me, books that make me laugh, books that inspire me and books that take me outside of myself and bring me into a whole new world. My idea of a great vacation involves sitting on the beach and reading a […]
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Fast of Words
God continues to bring me to my knees over my heart attitude expressed out of my mouth. Many times, God has led me to a fast of negative, critical, judgmental, gossiping and complaining words. Why a fast from words? Is this a legitimate application of fasting? The Hebrew word fast means to cover the mouth. […]
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Journaling Through the Word
Journaling helps me keep track of the interactive journey and the lessons I have learned from digging into God’s Word. When I enter into God’s Word, I meet so many people who have given me strength, direction, and hope. These lessons and teaching moments come from my friends, Daniel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Esther, Jabez, Enoch…, I […]
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You Can Be Sure!
If you were to meet my dad in person he would say to you, “I am going to heaven I hope you are there too. Let me tell you how you can be sure you will be my neighbor in heaven.” To know for sure that you will have eternal life in the kingdom of […]
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The Tree of Ingratitude
In Genesis 3:1 – Satan says, “Did God really say?” This was a blatant attack on the word of God. Satan was putting doubt in Eve’s mind. We have to be reminded that Satan constantly lies to us. He wants us to think God isn’t good and that he may be withholding something from us. […]
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Are You Too Busy for God?
We all have responsibilities every day. These responsibilities are important things that need our attention. But if we are not careful our hearts and our minds can be consumed with the task of keeping up with all these responsibilities. We can end up shifting our attention from one important responsibility to another. Frantically, trying to […]
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INVISIBLE WAR AND INVISIBLE ENEMY
Let’s get to the point. Did you know you are involved in a war you cannot see? Did you know that you have an enemy this is invisible? Your thinking – am I really involved in a war. Let’s start by looking at the world we live in today. You tell me is this natural […]
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Caregiving
There are people all around us who need our comfort and care. The problem, however, arises when our heart says, “Go” but our mind says “No.” Sometimes we tend to avoid these situations because we don’t know what to say or do. Caregiving doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some simple and practical ideas […]
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