Thoughts By Men

2019-06-18

Power, Love and Self Discipline

How quickly we can get that run down feeling when continually being faced by those we tend not to like.

2019-06-12

Corrective Lenses

“God already sees you as perfect in him.” Based on my own ongoing and painfully slow transformation, I jokingly asked my friend if she ever wondered if God might need glasses.

2019-06-11

The Faith to Please

Dear God, help me follow your plan for my life so I can please you. Let me walk by faith so I can see mighty things happen in my life as others see my faith in action. In Jesus’ name I ask, amen.

2019-06-09

The Lord is Near

Because the Lord is near, we can rejoice and treat others with gentleness. He is near because he lives in us through his Spirit.

2019-06-07

Inner Beauty

"...but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. “ 1 Peter 3:3-4

2019-06-06

Standing in the Storm

“What am I going to do?” How many times have we all uttered this cry of despair? Sometimes the storms of life come without letup; they seem endless, successively crashing against us until we feel as though we can’t take any more. In those times of desperation, Psalm 62 offers three valuable lessons.

2019-06-02

Using Our Abilities

We would be poor stewards if we ignored the special abilities the Holy Spirit has given to us. We must use our abilities to glorify Christ, not to glorify ourselves, or some other person, or even to glorify the gift itself.

2019-06-01

Worthless Worry

Did God save you so you would fret? Would he teach you to walk just to watch you fall? Would he be nailed to the cross for your sins and then disregard your prayers? Come on.

2019-05-31

7 Good Things…to Know about God’s Love for You

No one knows you more thoroughly: O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up: (vs. 1) No one understands you more completely: You understand my thought afar off. (vs.2) No one cares about you more deeply: You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are

2019-05-30

Our Heavenly Father’s Unconditional Love

Scripture tells us that love is the very essence of who God is (1 John 4:7). So if you don't believe that He loves you unconditionally, you'll never really know Him or have genuine peace about your relationship with Him.

2019-05-24

Dear Friends

I don't say thank you often enough to my friends for being part of my life. It is the mosaic of people like you in my life that makes me who I am.

2019-05-23

Hungering and Thirsting

For what are you hungering and thirsting? The way we clutch our possessions and our pennies, you’d think we couldn’t live without them.

2019-05-20

Compassionate Father

We serve a God who says that even when we’re under pressure and feel like nothing is going to go right, he’s waiting for us, to embrace us whether we succeed or fail.

2019-05-15

Grow In Grace

Question: How do you plan and expect to grow in grace? Grow in grace. Increase in love to Jesus, and you will appreciate even more His love to you. .

2019-05-11

Light Keeper

I love lighthouses. I’ve threatened to drag my family on trips to see every lighthouse

2019-05-07

He is Waiting in the Midst of the Storm

Peter knows he is in trouble. The winds roar down onto the Sea of Galilee

2019-05-06

God Never Gives Up

God’s people often forget their God, but God never forgets them. When Joseph was dropped

2019-05-05

God’s Joy and Peace

Prayer: Great and Mighty God, bless me with greater trust that you are nearby and long to help. Dear Father, bless and empower me to be the person you want me to be.

2019-05-01

It’s All about Forgiveness

It opened in theaters recently and my wife and I attended the second night. The movie is October Baby, a story about a college girl who learns she was the product of a failed abortion and goes in search of her birth-mother and her life.

2019-04-30

God’s Love Fills Me

“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the

2019-04-29

Our Representative at God’s Right Hand

My friend, what can destroy you if Omnipotence is your helper? If the armour of the Almighty covers you, what sword can smite you? Rest secure.

2019-04-28

Every Conflict

Every conflict is a contest with Satan and his forces. What are the weapons? Prayer, worship, and Scripture. 2 Corinthians 10:3–4

2019-04-27

Persecution and Hardship

I pray that you will bring deliverance from this time of persecution. I pray that their sufferings will be the source of powerful witness so others will come to see the great value of Jesus and our allegiance to him. This I pray in his precious and holy name. Amen.

2019-04-24

Directions for the Road Ahead

Question: How can God use you, even in your own weakness, for His glory? Focus on his strength, not yours. Occupy yourself with the nature of God,

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