Lent. When I was growing up, I didn’t know much about it other than people got ashes put on their foreheads and ate fish on Fridays. To be honest, I…
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Have you heard or read the Scripture from Matthew to “love your neighbor as yourself”? That’s a tall order that may leave you asking, “how can I do that?!” Today we’ll talk about some prayers and Scriptures that can help us renew our minds and wrap our brains around this difficult commandment.
In the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about how worry, anxiety, and fear trigger our fight/flight response and how harmful that is for our health. If you’re ready to put a stop to your worrying, but you don’t know where to start, read on for a few thoughts to get you on the right track.
Sometimes when you’re going through a difficult time in life, you need perspective. I needed to hear this, you might need it too. Try to remember: grapes must be crushed…
Today’s a great day to live by faith and not by sight. Sometimes what you see isn’t really the whole story. Faith will fill in all the gaps. I was spending time in the Bible this morning in the book of Luke, and Jesus was talking to the disciples about faith. It got me thinking about how…
I was just pondering something…you know, sometimes when we pray for something we get the answer quickly, but sometimes we have to wait and wait and wait. And I don’t know about you, but patience is not exactly my strong suit. It’s not a very pleasant thing to wait, is it? But you know what? That waiting is all part of God’s process.
What do you think of first when you hear the word “worship”? Do you think of worship music? Or a worship service? If so, I want to encourage you to think a little deeper about the meaning of true worship. Jesus points out in Matthew 15.8-9…
Hey there! CJ McKay here. Have you ever been believing God for something and you feel like man, I’ve been believing for so long and it hasn’t happened. I don’t know if I have any more faith left to believe. Keep in mind these words from Joseph Prince: he says that the faith walk isn’t hard, it’s easy and effortless. When your faith runs out, just judge God faithful. When you don’t know how to have faith anymore, reckon on his faithfulness. Don’t give up because you think you don’t have enough faith. Once God gives you a promise, it’s not up to you to conjure up faith. It’s for you to rest in the One who promised that He is faithful.
Here’s another edition of “Well, Since You Said It That Way, It Makes a Lot of Sense” hosted by me, Todd Stach. Okay…it’s really not a game show, but consider this: you relax on a plane, even though you don’t know the pilot, you relax on a cruise ship, even though you don’t know the captain, you relax on a bus, even though you don’t know the driver. So why don’t you relax in life, knowing that God is in control? If you know him, there should be some peace there. I get it. It’s hard, but those analogies make so much sense to me now.
A wise young lady was recently sharing that what’s on the inside of us will come out…just like a sponge when it’s squeezed. So, the question is what are we producing or focused on on the inside so something good- something godly- comes out? Check out Matthew 12.34.” ~Joy
