When faced with challenges and difficulties, it is important that our faith and trust remain in GOD. Trusting in GOD looks a lot different than trusting in your own strength. What is known as the “fall of man” occurred when Adam and Eve decided to make a go at life without trusting GOD as life.... Continue Reading →
The narrow path of salvation is right before us, but we can miss it if our hearts are set on finding some broader way. Just because the path is narrow doesn’t mean the journey on it isn’t filled with abundance. The true and living GOD is not limited by time or space. If our hearts... Continue Reading →
I was recently studying passages in the book of Matthew chapter 10. Over the last couple of days, I have been meditating on verses 27 and 28 in context of the chapter. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the... Continue Reading →
Christ taught that He was the good shepherd which gives His life for the sheep, however the hireling isn’t concerned about the life of the sheep only his own wages. When the wolf shows up or adversity comes, the hireling leaves the sheep to save his own skin because he was never there to preserve... Continue Reading →
It is a fact that selfish people suck. I’m not saying that in anger or to be mean. Selfish people are like vacuums in that they function in a way that is always trying to fill themselves. While vacuums are powered by electricity, people that suck are powered by pride. The pride of life, which... Continue Reading →
Most people associate taking the name of GOD in vain with using it joined with expletives or in other expressions that lack proper reverence. While those practices can be offensive to those who hold GOD in the highest esteem and worthy of all honor, this isn’t the context that the command of GOD warns about.... Continue Reading →
Art by Aaron and Alan Hicks I recently finished a study on judgment. I can tell you that judgment today is very misunderstood because of all the unrighteous and hypocritical judgment that abounds. Due to the misapplication of judgment, it has gained a negative connotation. As a wise man once said, “Where purpose is unknown,... Continue Reading →
Only GOD is right about who He is, and only those who align their testimony of Him with His revealed word are bearing true witness of Him. He is faithful and true which means He is consistently the same. The varying ideas circulating about His will and character are due to people continually bringing their... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be your brother’s keeper or your sister’s keeper? The word “keep” is synonymous with preserve. The ways of love are meant to preserve us all, and GOD is love. The ways of GOD are referred to in scripture as a holy salt because historically salt has been used as a... Continue Reading →
Our DIY efforts at preserving our own life is like trying to sail the vessel of our life against the currents of this world by making our own wind and creating our own magnetic field and compass. At the age of around 19, I realized that this was a task too great for me and... Continue Reading →
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