Every day, millions of people around the world abandon their usual scientific worldview and consult horoscopes, believing that somehow their positions of the plants can affect what happens to them. When you think about it, it’s crazy(as well as forbidden in scripture Deuteronomy 18:10-14) Astrology is the “interpretation” of an assumed influence the stars (and planets) […]
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PRAYER MATTERS
I don’t count myself an expert on prayer. That maybe a strange way to start a blog about prayer, but it is the truth. Many of my friends are more accomplished prayer-ers. I have read lots of great books that have given me insight into the practice of prayer in general. What I have learned […]
Continue readingSecure in His Hands
Have you ever lost an item that’s precious to you? If so, you’ll know how feelings of panic can arise as you desperately search for it, fearful your treasure may be gone forever. Sometimes believers can become just as fearful of losing their relationship with God-often after they’ve committed a sin “once too often” or […]
Continue readingGod’s Bigger Purpose
Butterflies and bees they are both workers in more way than one. While they are busy floating from flower to flower drinking in nectar, they are also cross pollinating. Their focus is on the nectar, but they’re actually performing a miracle by creation without even knowing it. That is the way God works in your […]
Continue readingMy True Source of Joy
Studying God’s Word has radically changed my life, and it has opened my eyes to the way God wants me to live. One of my favorite scriptures I cling to is John 10:10: I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance!! This verse tells me that God doesn’t just […]
Continue readingKnowing Christ
We all have deep longings, some of them known only to ourselves. Paul’s deepest longing was known by everyone: It was simply to know Christ. Yet didn’t he already know him? Oh Yes! But his desires was to know him better and better, especially when life wasn’t going well. When Paul wrote Philippians 3:10 – […]
Continue readingPraise is our Weapon
Praise is adoration of God for who He is, His person, His character, His names. It is loving God because He is God. The Bible gives more exhortations to praise than to pray, because God is altogether lovely, holy, and completely worthy of our worship. REASONS TO PRAY Praise is the atmosphere of the throne […]
Continue readingProverbs 31 – I CHOOSE TO LAUGH!
Thank you, Pastor Chuck, for encouraging us to read through the book of Proverbs this month. In Proverbs 31, I love verse 25: she can laugh at the days to come! The reason I can laugh at the days to come even when the world appears dark, I know that God is in control of […]
Continue readingProverbs 24 – Our Great Challenge
Proverbs 24 As I was reading Proverbs 24 today, the verse that spoke to me was 29: And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me I’ll get even with them!” How many times has this thought run through your mind? For me, probably too many to count. Not […]
Continue readingSovereignty of God Proverbs 21:1
At first glance this list of Old Testament proverbs may appear like a hodgepodge of random thoughts. A closer look, however, reveals a common theme we tend to overlook or ignore, and that is the theme of God’s absolute sovereignty over His creation. By sovereignty, I mean God’s right as the King of the universe […]
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