Thoughts By Men

2023-04-06

Hosanna

As we celebrate the Easter season let us not only remember to express our adoration, praise and joy but let's remember the 'why' as well; The resurrection! Our salvation depends on it!

2023-04-05

He Took My Place

Isaiah 53:5 "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." Christ’s death doesn’t mean that we won’t have to face physical death, but we can escape spiritual death. Spiritual death, which is separation from God.

2023-04-04

On the Bottom Looking Up

When you hit bottom as David did, there is a way back. Focusing on the Lord can lead you out of discouragement and into His presence.

2023-04-03

Let Your Gentleness Be Evident to All

The Greek word translated here as “gentleness” describes a temperament that’s seasoned and mature. It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is “evident to all.”

2023-04-02

He Gave His Son

“Since He did not spare even His own Son for us but gave Him up

2023-03-31

Thanks Papa

God promises to be with us always. In fact, we cannot escape his presence.

2023-03-30

I Give You My Heart, Father

The Lord never gave up on me and in my weakest moment of my life, I really found Him.

2023-03-29

He Restores My Soul

When we are exhausted, depleted, and on the edge of burn out, we need to have our souls restored! But who can restore our souls? Only the One who will lead us beside still waters! The Lord is our Shepherd.

2023-03-28

You Just Never Know

You just never know where you fit into the progression of God’s plan for another person. Paul demonstrates this in our passage today.

2023-03-27

Meditation for Spiritual Growth

"I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways." Psalm 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than community, and silence is wiser than speech. We will be better Christians if we take more time to be "alone" with God, and gathering spiritual strength through meditation on His Word ...

2023-03-26

A Heavenly Affirmation

Each of us has a fantasy that our family will be like the Walton's, an expectation that our dearest friends will be our next of kin. Jesus didn't have that expectation.

2023-03-25

When We Maximize our Problems, We Minimize God’s Power

When we maximize our problems, we minimize God’s greatness and we also minimize—in our minds—God’s ability to handle our problems.

2023-03-24

The Riches of God’s Grace

Do you think of yourself as rich? No matter how much money you have, if you're a believer in Jesus, you're extremely wealthy because God has lavished the riches of His grace upon you.

2023-03-23

God is Love

If God did not lovingly and tenderly correct us, none of us could survive before his awesome perfection. God is love!

2023-03-22

Adopted

We have an adopted son and the pleasure he has brought us has been unequaled. And I thought I was doing him a favor.

2023-03-21

An Unearthly Love

Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love.

2023-03-20

Overcoming Guilt

Are you burdened by your past? By pouring out your heart to God, you can find peace and freedom.

2023-03-19

Only One You

God isn't messing around here. There are no accidents with our lives. Whatever we have received and experienced has shaped who we are, and because of that, we are qualified servants. There is truly no one else like you - for a reason.

2023-03-18

God Uses Sorrow for Good

Frank often referred to himself proudly as a self-made man. He bragged that in his youth he had been so poor he didn't have two nickels to rub together. Now his real estate holdings and various business enterprises were worth tens of millions of dollars. He was a pillar in the community, able to give ...

2023-03-17

Grace, Peace and Mercy

Our faith leads us to discover a love we don’t deserve. And yet God gives this love to us. This grace comes in the form of God himself taking on human form. This grace and mercy comes in a form of Jesus taking our punishment for us by dying for us on the cross. By our faith we stand in God’s grace as free beings, free from sin, free from punishment.

2023-03-16

A New Heart

LORD, create in us a new heart: to be a Kingdom people and gain a sense of Kingdom purpose for us today. Let us not become indifferent like stone, or get tired in the world, but rather grant in us a new heart, to sing Your praises:

2023-03-15

Time and Attention

I once saw a sign that read: "Your God is what you pay attention to." You see, I believe you can pay attention to God while you are doing everything else.

2023-03-14

The Cure for Ingratitude

1st Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “give thanks in everything!” In everything? In trouble, in the hospital, in a fix, in a mess, in distress? JESUS DID.

2023-03-13

Love in Action

“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

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