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 […]
Sinning
Why do we sin? Well the obvious answer is that Satan and one of his minions whispers something too us and we believe it or we see something that our flesh wants/desires and is contrary to God, but we go with our flesh when we know we should not. Is it that simple? Yes and […]
Kind vs Nice
Our society has confused these two words and use them interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing. Kind is often an adjective used to describe Christ and it means: :of a sympathetic or helpful nature : of a forbearing nature : arising from or characterized by sympathy or forbearance Nice is an adjective […]
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 […]
Growth
All of us as kids will grow to become adults unless something strange happens, but that is not what this is about. This has to do with Spiritual Growth. We could remain stunted and acts as children or adolescents, but that is not what God wants. He wants us to grow to reach Spiritual Maturity. […]
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 […]
Your Time
What do you do with your time? I will bet most of us spend it on ourselves watching tv, drinking, partying, gambling, shopping, etc. However, is that what we are supposed to do? I would venture to say the answer is no. God did not put us here to be selfish with our time, but […]
Find Healing
My apologies for taking a small hiatus. It becomes challenging writing at times. All of us are hurting in some way or fashion. It might be depression, cancer, bacterial infection, viral infection, etc. With this, we all need physical healing. However, that is not the healing that I am referring too with this post. I […]
Find Hope
In today’s world which seems to have gone crazy, we need to find hope. But what does that actually mean? Hope is the belief that a positive outcome will happen. It is not a wishing for something. From time to time we lose that belief and we need to find it again. The only way […]