Thoughts By Men

2024-12-05

The Gospel According To You

Some readers have wondered why I would quote the likes of Woody Allen and Rabbi Kushner, or make mention of Jimmy Buffet.

2024-12-04

Are You a Branded Person?

Don’t accept the brands people place on you. Instead, live for God’s glory and be amazed by what Jesus will do in and through you!

2024-12-03

The Effects of Fear

Fear obviously produces anxiety, but it also creates chaos in our lives and even affects those around us. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. What are you afraid of--loss, rejection, poverty, or death?

2024-12-02

FLAG ON THE PLAY

As in the game of football, God throws flags on our plays in life. Which kind of heavenly flags are you drawing?

2024-12-01

The Trap of Discouragement

Do you feel stuck in discouragement? Frustration that isn’t handled well may develop into depression. Living in discouragement will divide the mind.

2024-11-30

Hear My Heart

An additional truth, incredible as it may seem, is God's personal nearness to us. He chooses to know us and be actively involved in the trials

2024-11-28

America: Who is your GOD?

It is easy to get discouraged when we see our land slipping and sliding away from Judeo Christian values. The solutions are at the altar of Christ as we humbly submit to Him and dedicate our lives and our country to Him.

2024-11-27

Be Thankful in All Circumstances

"When we express thanksgiving and gratitude to God, peace flooded our hearts, and He provided the solution. Always be thankful...especially in crisis. God can turn your tragedy to triumph, discord to harmony, and defeat to victory."

2024-11-26

Thanksgiving and Prayer

Even when we are praying for help in the midst of deep distress and struggle, give thanks to the God who has sustained and will sustain us always!

2024-11-25

Rejecting Passivity

Love is an action. God’s Love is active in us when we allow Him to work in and through us. T

2024-11-24

Place of Struggle

This world is a place of struggle. Yes, we can live above the struggle for a while. But in the end, the struggle will find us.

2024-11-23

REgeneration

REgeneration is not about reforming a life, but transforming it. REgeneration brings to the heart something that was never there before.

2024-11-22

All Things New

Can an acorn become a rose? Can a whale fly like a bird? Can lead become gold? I don’t think so!

2024-11-21

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Help me Lord, not to fall into temptation but always stay firm in Your teachings and Your Word.Help me to be a “promise focused" person, not allowing emotions or fear to overwhelm me, nor allowing circumstances to pull me down, ...

2024-11-21

Broken Down

Whatever the causes, many and varied, that lead to broken down lives, God has one solution: his church and his people. When we live in Christ-like compassion, God names us and makes us Repairers and Restorers

2024-11-20

The Guarantee of Our Future

Jesus tells us to believe he’s going to prepare a place for us, and he will come back again to take us to be with him (John 14:1-4). When Jesus made this promise a long time ago, I think he knew we might have times of doubt.

2024-11-19

Stop!

Will you stop for someone today? ‘You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you’ (Author unknown).

2024-11-18

Acquaint Yourself with Him

Questions: What aspects of the Trinity, God’s triune nature, do you find most comforting? Most confusing?

2024-11-17

The Winsomeness of Holiness

1 Thess. 4: Do all you can to lead a peaceful life. Take care of your own business, and do your own work as we have already told you. If you do, then people who are not believers will respect you.

2024-11-16

It’s All About Jesus

The Gospel message has gotten a little foggy these days with all the attention being paid to politics, family values, and culture wars, and a lot of folks have lost track of the fact that it's all about Jesus.

2024-11-15

Residents Needed: No Experience Required

the rate of born again Christians in America has remained relatively stable, but not growing significantly.

2024-11-13

Praise God for All He has Done

Has God delivered you from trouble? Have you passed safely through rivers, supported by the divine presence? Have you walked through proverbial fires unharmed?

2024-11-12

Our Complex Negotiations with God

We’re constantly in complex negotiations with God: -- “God, what if you’re not on the other side of this leap?” -- “Are you sure you’re strong enough to catch me?”

2024-11-11

The Attitude of Gratitude

How much is enough? One of the world’s richest men said “just a little bit more.” How much is enough money? The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance

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