Thoughts By Men

2017-04-21

Wherever

With God, there is no “wherever you would like to go is fine.” God wanted

2017-04-20

Going Through Marah

The message is clear. Whatever the bitter obstacles we encounter in life’s journey we can count on God to transform them and use them for good. When we cry out to God about our Marahs, He makes them sweet as we prepare for the next leg of our journey. God is big enough to deal with any problems we face.

2017-04-08

Dealing with Feelings of Guilt

Read: Ephesians 2: 1-10 Guilt can be like a poison working insidiously on the inside

2017-04-06

Delight Yourself

“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

2017-04-03

Covenant Keeping God

Put your trust and hope in the Lord. Don’t be discouraged, when things do not

2017-04-01

A Vast Army

Are you overwhelmed by circumstances in your life today? Do you feel like a “vast army” has your life under siege? The God who provided relief to Judah is with you today.

2017-03-09

God’s Child

"The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children." 1 John 3:1 (NCV)

2017-03-07

Prayer to the One Who is Here

When we pray our words are not dispersing into the air; they are being heard by God, whose Spirit lives within us (1 Corinthians 3:16) and who hears us because He is with us, not as a vague spirit but as a living person.

2017-03-04

Fit for the King

Worship with anything less than our best is not worship at all. Discover the joy of giving to God the very best. Think and pray about what the best is that you have to offer. The Holy Spirit will help you understand what that means.

2017-02-27

A New Covenant

A new covenant -- God willingly entered into a new agreement with us, his creatures, sealed it with the blood of his Son Jesus, and sent the Spirit to give us the power to live the life of this new covenant. God has made a covenant of love and grace with us.

2017-02-16

Rely on God’s Love

Father in heaven, I rely on your love. I cannot imagine my life without it; I would be completely lost. Thank you for loving me. In Jesus' name I thank you. Amen.

2017-02-06

God Is Our Loving Father

“I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.” (2 Corinthians 6:18). When God looks at His loved ones, He doesn't focus upon past failures, faults, or sin. He sees the heirs to His kingdom

2017-02-04

Come to Me

Jesus invites us to be still in His presence. The more hassled we feel, the more we need communication with Him. He doesn’t want us to be wrapped in anxious knots, ignoring His gift of peace. He wants us to know that He is God and that He will be exalted among the nations,

2017-02-03

The Way I Take

“He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come

2017-01-26

Wash Each Other’s Feet

Jesus said to His disciples: “If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,

2017-01-22

In God I Trust

“In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. what can mortal man do to me? “ Psalm 56:4 God holds us in his grasp.

2017-01-17

God Loves Humility

“He saves the humble.” Psalm 149:4 With the same intensity that He hates arrogance, God

2017-01-10

God’s Ways

"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

2017-01-08

Peace of Heart and Mind

"I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid" John 14:27 Read the rest...

2017-01-05

Where is God?

It is important to recognize that God dwells in a different realm. He occupies another dimension. “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8–9).

2016-12-09

What Love Says

1 Peter 4:8 says “Love covers a multitude of sins.” Love doesn’t expose. It doesn’t gossip. If love says anything, it speaks words of protection.

2016-11-30

A Big View of God

Exactly what is worship? I like King David’s definition in Psalm 34:3, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Worship is the act of magnifying God, enlarging our vision of him, and observing how he works.

2016-11-20

Looking Unto Jesus

When things hurt, I’ve learned I have options. Go home. Meditate on my hurts until I start imagining I’m having chest pains—or—I can keep running and watch the sun come up.

2016-11-16

Salvation by Faith and Not Works

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9