No Pecking Order with Jesus
Jesus flip-flopped the pecking order. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love does not boast, it is not proud. Jesus has no room for pecking orders. In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. “Regard one another…
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Managing Our Thoughts
You’ve got to admit—anger shows up, and we let him in. Revenge needs a place to stay, so we have him pull up a chair.
Ask What You Will
Prayer has always been the breath, life, vitality, strength and power of the Christian. Beginning with our Lord, who spent much time in prayer, and continuing with the disciples and fruitful, Spirit-filled Christians through…
Neighbourly
Reach out to your neighbour. If we only focus on our own needs we can miss the opportunities to bless someone else.
Idle Assets
Idle assets are assets that are lying unused or that are not earning any income. Use what God has uniquely given to you in body, mind and soul.
Keep in Step
Make it your aim to walk in the Spirit by inviting him into the details of each day. For us not to consult the Spirit of God would be foolish.
A Father’s Prayer
A Father's Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for my children's salvation. Thank You for choosing them to be children of mine and Yours. Thank You that You have lavished Your riches and Your inheritance…
Health and Peace
Are you seeking peace in your heart? True peace only comes when we say, "Even if God does not answer my prayers today, I will accept His wisdom and be at peace in my…
Christianity and Labor
Labour Day. Don't minimize your daily work – it is nothing less than a Holy calling. God has you right where He wants you… Right now!
Perilous Shortcuts
“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 16:25 Life is filled with options. The desire for a shortcut, a less difficult path, a…
You Have a Choice
Wandering in the wilderness, I lost even the memory that I was there because of my own sinful choices.
Praying in a Crisis
A crisis can bring doubt, especially if the Lord is not responding as quickly as we might like Knowing who God is enables us to trust Him through the crises of life.
Six-Direction Love
How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ? God is for us, in us, around us.
The Tongue
The tongue does a lot of physical things for our body, but I believe that the prime gift God gave us with our tongue is to edify the saints and spread the Word to…
He’s Been There
". . shall not perish but have eternal life . . " John 3:16 hy seek Jesus’s help with your challenges? Because he’s been there.
Our One and Only Guide
“A man’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way?” Proverbs 20:24
Sometimes the Lord Sends an Adversary
When we recognize that all of God’s Providence is filtered through love, we know how to accept and face the adversary which He sends.
God Can Use The Broken Places
Most of us are very good at hiding cracks. We hide disappointment behind a smile. We hide insecurity behind confidence.
The Power of Forgiveness
Are you someone who has suffered emotionally, and perhaps physically at the hands of others? Have emotions such as anger, resentment, hate, hostility, bitterness and revenge entered your heart and mind?
Whatever Happened to Sin?
Without sin there is no truth in us. Without sin, there is no need for grace, and without grace, we are all dead in our sins.
Listening to God
I once heard someone say that if we have only ten minutes to pray, we should spend the first half listening and the second half petitioning.
All Are Welcome
In Luke 7, Jesus teaches that we should go out of our way to welcome the unwanted. Our Savior knew all too well the pains of exclusion.
The Beginning of Joy
Truth will still triumph. Death will still die. The victory is still yours. And delight is one decision away — seize it! Joy begins by breathing deep up there before you go crazy down…