Thoughts By Men

2020-11-03

Help for Prevailing Problems

Does one prevailing problem leech your life? Some are prone to cheat. Others quick to doubt. Maybe you worry. Yes, everyone worries some, but you own the national distributorship of anxiety.

2020-11-01

He Can Help!

The Word of God is the secret of faith. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."

2020-10-30

Go To Him

Ever feel as if you need to get away? So did Jesus. (Mark 1:35) Ever have so many demands that you can’t stop for lunch? He can relate. (Mark 6:31) . . .

2020-10-29

God is Kind

"... I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24

2020-10-28

Free to Serve

In Christ we have been set free from the power and the penalty of sin, free from trying to earn God's favor, free from the insatiable need to please ourselves, and free to know the truth.

2020-10-27

The Suffering

“Share the sorrow of those being mistreated, as though you feel their pain in your own body.” Hebrews 13:3

2020-10-26

In All Things

In my seeing, be my sight. In my knowing, be the light; In my listening, be what’s heard,In my speaking, be the word.

2020-10-25

Dealing with Guilty Feelings

John 5:24-26 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes

2020-10-23

The Good Shepherd

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11

2020-10-22

In the Midst of Life’s Messes

You and I long for someone who will meet us in the midst of life’s messes.

2020-10-17

A Return to Normalcy

Over the past months, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on what I miss most in life during the time of the pandemic.

2020-10-15

Live Like Jesus

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you that your Word is faithful. Through the Holy Spirit, empower me to embrace your mantle of obedience so that I can daily and faithfully walk in your Word and live more like Jesus.

2020-10-14

The Wise Builder

According to Jesus, the wise builder is “whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them” (Matthew 7:24).

2020-10-10

Skewed Values

In a world with skewed values, and false promises, and fleeting fame, what can we boast in other than the steadfastness of the Lord's love, the incredible riches of the Lord's grace, the incomparable supply of the Lord's blessings, the sweetness of the Lord's people, the mercy of the Lord's plan for our salvation, the promise of the Lord's tomorrow, the..... of the Lord's...!

2020-10-09

Great Anticipation

Looking back at the different phases in our life is like reviewing a book. Each chapter starts with great anticipation and usually ends with reflection and questions of tomorrow.

2020-10-08

The Promises of God

A promise is valuable only if the one making it has trustworthy character and the ability to carry through. Our heavenly Father is truthful, faithful, loving, and all-powerful.

2020-10-07

Don’t Be Anxious

Our duty today is to take Jesus at his word. When he says that we are not to worry, he means it. Who are we to question God’s provision and care for us during times of tremendous hardship?

2020-10-04

New Life for Old

So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me— I have never been so fully alive, free, fresh …new wine, new joys, new purpose.

2020-10-01

Our Loving Sacrificial Savior

Gracious Father, I praise you from the bottom of my heart for providing Jesus as my Savior. At the same time, dear Father, I confess to you I struggle with sin.

2020-09-30

Beautiful Him; Beautiful You

How beautiful are His ways with you; how beautiful is His work within you.

2020-09-29

Who’s There?

We cannot close our ears to Christ’s steady knocks and think he will give up. He never will. Jesus wants us to welcome him in with hearts hungering to spend time with him.

2020-09-28

Not Blind, But Reasonable

In the eyes of many, the Christian faith is a leap into the unknown, a belief that goes beyond rationality, like the “wish upon a star” fairy tale. If I’m honest, faith sometimes feels that way to me too.

2020-09-27

Been There Done That

A small hug, a hand on the arm or some small gesture of contact if no words come to mind. A gesture that says, "I'm here for you."

2020-09-26

Greater Things

Regardless of how difficult the times, those who have been born again by the grace of God, redeemed and forgiven by the blood of Christ, adopted into God’s heavenly family, indwelt by and sealed with the Holy Spirit, given an eternal home in Heaven and empowered by God for significant service have no right to be anything but optimistic.

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