This time of the year just seems to stress me out. What do you buy? Do you visit your parents? Do you visit your spouse’s parents? How much do you spend on kids? How much do you spend on each other? Is there enough money in the bank account to buy the items? How much […]
Category: Miscellaneous
The Race
So many of us treat life as though it is a race. We go as fast and as hard as we can to get that high paying job, to have a family, a house, a car, and many other materialistic items. This is all to get to the supposed finish line, but what is the […]
Never Rush
In today’s world, all we see are people rushing. They are rushing to meet deadlines, to get to the store, to get to work, to have relationships, et… My advice is to slow down, but let’s look at what the Bible has to say: Matthew 11:28-30 New International Version (NIV) 28 “Come to me, all you […]
Takes Time
In today’s world, we are in a rush about everything. We speed down the road going 5, 10, even 20 mph over the speed limit. Then there is the internet. We get very upset when pages take more than 1 or 2 seconds to load. Is it any wonder why we get upset with God […]
Planks
Matthew 7:3-5 New International Version (NIV) 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in […]
Lessons
God will teach us many things throughout our lives. We do not always understand nor do we always learn, but He still provides us with an education. As I have said in the past, I travel for my work. Frankly, I hate it. I hate leaving my home for a long period of time to […]
Temptations
The other night we had a gathering of people at our pastor’s house. One of the questions that was asked is how do you avoid temptations? We gave all kinds of answers, but it was not until later that the real answer to the question dawned on me. We cannot avoid the temptations. This is […]
New Habits
I talked about how old habits are hard to break, but with God’s help and a willingness by you, it can be done. However, once you get rid of those old habits what are you going to do? You could replace them with other bad habits or hopefully, you will replace them with good habits. […]
Old Habits
Old habits are very very very hard to break. If you did not understand that, they are extremely hard to break. So how do you break them? The sarcastic response is one day at a time. It is eating an elephant one bite at a time. The real answer is you pray to God […]
Spiritual Maturity
What is spiritual maturity? Very simply, it is learning to walk in obedience to God. We achieve by becoming more like Christ. So what does spiritual maturity look like and how do you achieve it? You know the Bible, what it means, and how to implement it. You understand that truth and grace go hand […]