Joshua 24:14-15 “So now: Fear God. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship God. “If you decide that it’s a bad thing to worship God, then choose a god you’d rather serve—and do it today. […]
Read moreLife consists of choices. Early every morning I have to choose whether I’m going to get up or stay in bed. I have to decide whether I will start my day with God or not, and often life rushes by so quickly that life makes a choice on my behalf and I don’t get to […]
Read moreLife is filled with choices. Big ones and small ones. Every day we stand at the stop sign and have to make a choice. Most of them have only one correct choice. Some of these choices are so small, but the consequences can have a radical effect on people’s lives. I was driving home from […]
Read moreWe have to make a bunch of choices every day. Some easy, like deciding to get out of bed early enough to get to work on time. Some we make difficult for ourselves, like women who cannot decide what to wear though their wardrobes are stuffed with clothes. Other choices are difficult for some people, […]
Read moreIn between the questions and few words, he grabbed at the pieces of faith that remained. With complete honesty he said in the article: “This is all part of the Lord’s plan and we have no bad feelings about what has happened. We trust 100% in the Lord and His plan for our family.” His […]
Read moreEach of us has to make hundreds of choices every day. Some important, some not so important. The first one is probably when the alarm goes off. Will I get up or will I hit the snooze button and stay in bed for a bit? Five minutes later I face that exact same choice. Staying […]
Read moreSometimes I wish we could take out some parts of the Bible or simply skip over them. Those parts that grab you by the throat and stop you dead. Like these verses: 7-11Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me […]
Read more8 … be helpful, wise, fair, reverent … This is how all of us must be like. I struggle with “wise, fair, reverent”. God should’ve known what humans are like and that it is in our nature to go off course. Yes, it’s easy when things are going well, but when things don’t go the […]
Read moreThere’s an old Native American story that goes like this: An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, […]
Read moreAfter writing the previous piece, I went to gym for my daily sweat session. For me, exercise doesn’t come naturally and it takes a whole lot of motivation just to get me there every time. But that is only half the motivation, because as I walk through the door it is hard not to simply […]
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