Thoughts By Men

2021-03-07

Facing a Wall of Fear?

Choose hope, not despair. Choose life, not death. Choose God’s promises. You are a new person. Live like one! Because God’s promises are unbreakable, our hope is unshakable!

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2021-03-06

The Holy Spirit and Oxygen Tanks

What cuts you off from the Holy Spirit? Is there something in your life that dampens your experience of the Spirit’s power? Jesus desires to breath the Spirit into the lives of all his followers

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2021-03-05

I Believe God Will Guide Me

I believe God has a plan and purpose for my life and that He is leading me in a path that will fulfill that plan and purpose.

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2021-03-04

Faithful to the End

Christian friend, let your soul take heart and be encouraged. He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

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2021-03-02

Our Calling in Troubled Times

God doesn’t want us to retreat from the world and focus on ourselves in times of crisis or instability. This is our opportunity to give hope to others through the message of salvation in Jesus Christ

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2021-03-01

Overwhelming Love

God's Overwhelming Love -- and how it affects me.

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2021-02-28

No Fear of Falling

Beneath the vitals of the heart, God’s Spirit whispers, “You’re mine. I bought you, and I sealed you, and no one can take you.”

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2021-02-27

Joyful in Hope

Choosing joy through hope rather than despair, choosing patient endurance in times of affliction, and choosing faithfulness in prayer are all decisions of the will.

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2021-02-25

Changed from the Inside Out

Bid farewell to the burden of religion. Gone is the fear that having done everything, you might not have done enough. You climb the stairs, not by your strength, but God's.

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2021-02-24

You Can Know the Spirit’s Fullness

Ephesians 5:18 "Be filled...with the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him" Jesus knew His disciples were fruitless, quarreling, ambitious, self-centered men, so...

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2021-02-22

Are You Almost Persuaded?

What is God asking you to believe him for today? Will you sneer, hesitate, or full-heartedly trust in him?

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2021-02-21

The Package

In life there are many unexpected packages. Some I like and others I don’t. I have come to realize that no matter what comes, God is in control.

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2021-02-20

No Fear in Love

There are many kinds of fear. Some of these are legitimate. Others are imagined. Still others are irrational.

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2021-02-19

The Power of a Godly Touch

By Max Lucado - The Power of a Godly Touch. The power of a godly touch! Have you known it? The doctor who treated you, the teacher who dried your tears?

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2021-02-18

What or Who is Your Goliath?

As we face our giants, as we face our fears and our concerns, as we face what life throws our way, let’s try to stand as David stood. Stand with strength and confidence in the Lord.

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2021-02-16

Breaking the Power of Disappointment

When one is disappointed, he is cut off from his appointment with destiny. Their appointed breakthrough remains in the heart of God, but the individual is isolated by unbelief. Hope deferred has made their heart sick.

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2021-02-15

The God to Whom We Pray

What’s your view of the Lord? Do you see Him as the One who can handle all the challenges you bring before Him? Nehemiah knew God in this way. Upon hearing about Jerusalem’s destruction, he mourned, fasted, and prayed for intervention.

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2021-02-12

My Soul Yearns for You

When a young couple in love is apart, they long to be with each other again. When a parent is separated from his or her child, the parent misses the child intensely.

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2021-02-11

Joy in God

Listen attentively to the voice of the Spirit each day as He points you to Jesus Christ, who offers you His wonderful fruit: love, joy, peace.

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2021-02-10

Walking in the Spirit

God calls us beyond the limits within our own strength, to the limitless power of His Spirit; beyond the limits within our own understanding, to the matchless wisdom of His ways;

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2021-02-09

Love is Patient; Love is Kind

The way we treat others is rooted in how Jesus treats us. Thus, the call to love is not a call to sentimentality. It is the willingness to live like Jesus.

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2021-02-08

Danger of Self Reliance

When I try to do it on my own, I miss out on God’s strength and wisdom. Here is a prayer from the writer of Psalms 139 that helps to motivate me to move from self-reliance to God dependence.

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2021-02-07

Satan’s Strategies

The devil doesn’t limit his efforts to preventing faith. He also works diligently to deceive believers by feeding us discouraging thoughts: he insinuates God doesn’t care when we’re going through difficulties and suggests He’s unjust for allowing our suffering.

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2021-02-06

God’s Mirror

Look in the mirror. What do you see first, your flaws or your good points? What do you think God sees first when he looks into your soul? With Jesus in your life, you can be sure  he sees Christ’s goodness.

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