I’ve learned much through running a marathon. One of the reasons why I wanted to run it was to learn about life. I’ve read people say that you learn about life as you are training for and running the marathon, and they were right. One lesson I learned is to keep going when I want to […]

What do you hate? What we hate says as much about us as what we love. Are there things or things in people that you cannot stand? Are there things in YOU that you cannot stand? If you are godly, you SHOULD hate some things. “Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them from […]

Matthew 17:20-He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  If we consider all the things that we hope for, whether that’s the […]

Have you ever said or had this said to you?: “Let’s remain friends…” That’s usually what a person says to another person as he/she is breaking up with the other. The special relationship has come to an end, and one says so when he/she wants to move on.  Can we say that to God? Can we […]

Genesis 16:13-So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” Generally speaking, it is in our places of dejection, disappointment, and failure that we experience a major crossroad between faith or unbelief.  Though these things happen to […]

There is much to love in this world. That is why many people in history have sought to live forever. Think of all the preposterous things people do or have done in order to live forever! I was reminded of this as I was reading Harry Potter (because my daughter is a big fan), and found […]

Matthew 10:12-14–As you enter the house, greet it.  13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. In numerous times out of love and concern, […]

How I wish there was an immediate consequence to our actions! That would be good for us!  One of the most frightful facts of life is that the consequence of our action does not come to us immediately. Because there is no immediate consequence to our action, we think it’s no big deal, and therefore […]

Genesis 8:14-16-In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. One of the most important questions Christians desire to have answered is what is God’s purpose […]

In the early days of our church, there was a young man who attended our church who had the “defeatist” mentality. And I see this same mentality in so many of the young men, especially these days, and it is alarming. What is that mentality? It’s the mindset that thinks, “Because I have a such and […]