If what you consider your right was hurting a fellow Christian, would you give it up? Or would you insist on it because it is your right? That may determine how mature you are in Christ.   For example, let’s say you enjoy watching certain types of movies such as war movies. And you want […]

1 Peter 5:5–Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” If you have had the opportunity to work as group on a project at work, church, or at home, everyone had to submit under […]

Sometimes the greatest enemy of obedience is sacrifice. Especially when sacrifice takes the place of obedience. For example, some “Christians” will donate large sums of money to church (sacrifice), but will not do life with those people (Obedience). By doing something good to the church, they think they don’t have to be a part of […]

Numbers 27:15-17-Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, 16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation 17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have […]

There have been a lot of talks of GOAT lately. GOAT stands for “Greatest Of All Time.” This usually refers to sports figures. The greatest quarterback ever? Tom Brady, for example. I don’t like him and I usually root for whoever is playing against him, such as yesterday at the Superbowl. But I have to tip […]

It is no secret that I love children and youth. I’ve worked with them from the time that I myself was a youth. And if it weren’t for God’s calling, I would still be working with children and youth. And in a way, I’m still working with them since I’m working with their parents. Healthy […]

Luke 9:61-62–Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Have you ever been overly excited to do something, and got into it and realized […]

Years before, I was reading the Old Testament more for patterns and moral guidelines. I wanted to learn from their mistakes, and I would learn what to do and what not to do based on the patterns I saw. And to do that, I needed to learn certain principles. One such principle was “Be brave and fight for your […]

1 Peter 4:7-The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.  Often from experience we can lose our focus on something, because what we expected seems to never happen, or what we anticipated has taken longer than we thought.  The constant struggle to want control over things to […]

We miss what God tells us when we believe so strongly what we want to believe. For example, when we believe that God is dedicated to our health and well-being, when an unfortunate event happens, we assume we must’ve done something wrong. “Perhaps there is a hidden sin in my life and that’s why this […]