As babies, we learn to move by dragging ourselves across floors, scooting around on our bottoms and knee. When we finally make our attempt to stand, we take our first baby steps. Hopefully, there are loving family members cheering us… Read More ›
Christianity
Acceptance With Joy
If SORROW and SUFFERING have been your companions as of late, don’t loose hope, they will one day be transformed into JOY and PEACE. These are the names of Hannah Hurnard’s companions who travel with Much Afraid to the High… Read More ›
Giving In To The System
by Neil Anderson December 5 1 Peter 2:4 And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God “Pastor, I’m a loser,” a high school boy told me… Read More ›
Lawrence DePrimo – The Need for Compassion – Barefoot and Blessed
The Photo above is New York City officer Lawrence DePrimo kneeling down to give a barefoot homeless man in Times Square a pair of new boots he purchased for him on a cold November night. This true life scene touched… Read More ›
Whom Shall I Fear?
Our God is powerful and mighty. He is the God of Angel Armies and is always by our side. Therefore, whom shall we fear? Why do we fear? He has everything under control. He is not worried about the battle… Read More ›
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "WILLING" AND "WILL"
Dear Reader, The Lord laid on my heart the distinction between “I WILL” and “I AM WILLING” so I want to share my thoughts with you. God can do all things. He… Read More ›
TRICK TO BEING CONTENT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content Helen Keller Dear Reader, I can’t imagine the loneliness Ms. Keller felt as a child. Alone in a dark place… Read More ›
A Gospel for the Greedy?
greedy giraffe (Photo credit: Cyberlemur) The media describes his ministry as “fishy” and the reports eventually provide the evidence of foul play. An investigation is ugly, long and drawn out, it reveals another professing minister of the gospel has succumbed… Read More ›
Prisoners of War
A group of Navy SEALs were performing a covert operation, freeing hostages from a building is some dark part of the world. They stormed into the room where the hostages had been imprisoned for months. The room was filthy and… Read More ›
Words Matter
A bible from 1859. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As Cher sang, “words are like weapons, they wound sometimes.” [1] We can hurt or help with our words, as well as our actions. All of us have been in situations where, in… Read More ›
The reason we are thankful today and every day…
Isaiah 55 1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is… Read More ›
Thanksgiving – The Reason Behind Praise
Since Thanksgiving is coming up this week in the U.S., I wanted to share a message I posted last Thanksgiving titled: The Reason Behind Praise I recently pulled out my journal I have been writing in since 2002. As I… Read More ›
Peace in the Midst of Life’s Storms
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33). The Bible is important because it is… Read More ›
Worship the Lord
In the light of His eyes Worship begins In the light of His eyes Praise rises The Love of One Love that matters The Love of One Love that never fails His love we live for His love He gives… Read More ›
The One Messiah
This is really different for me, not the poetic writing; trying to anyway. What is different is that I wrote this while listening to worship music from several different people. Check it out and tell me what you think! If… Read More ›
Slavery That is Real Today
Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century here in the USA. The ripple effect from open crime of slavery that existed has never stopped “rippling.” There is an effect from every cause, a reaping of the seed that is sown, and… Read More ›
Nilam Cyclone. Please pray for the victims – India
Posted on November 6, 2012 by ptl2010 Dear precious people, We are sad and sorry to hear about the Sandy hurricane which hurt lots of people in USA. We are all praying God for their restoration and to supply all… Read More ›
Hope for the Distraught
The pain in the world, it threatens to overwhelm me The anguish contained within, it burns deeply at times I look upon the world, and despair of what I see A look will tell, a thought confirm, seeds of disquiet… Read More ›
Taking Every Thought Captive
By Neil Anderson Taking Every Thought Captive 2 Corinthians 10:5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Satan’s perpetual aim… Read More ›
Finding God for Yourself
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went… Read More ›
Beyond Forgiveness: Blasphemy Against the Spirit
Mark 3:20–35 The crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, “He is beside himself.” And the scribes who came down… Read More ›
Forgiving Your Past
By Neil Anderson Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you The second step in resolving past conflicts is to forgive those who have offended you…. Read More ›
Jesus: man or God?
Crown of Thorns Have you ever struggled with the idea of whether Jesus was a man or God? Maybe the struggle is simply trying to understand how Jesus could be a man at all? I confess that one blows my… Read More ›
Evaluating Your Past
By Neil Anderson Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free How does God intend for you to resolve hurtful, controlling past experiences? In two ways which we shall consider today and tomorrow. First, you have the… Read More ›
Miracle in Albany Georgia
Today’s guest post is courtesy of Author and Host of “Thrill Ride Maniacs” Pete Trabucco. You can check out some of the action from Pete’s show on Youtube here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-4jnOSeDw Ever hear of the movie “Courageous”? How about “Fireproof”? In… Read More ›
SURPRISE!!!!
Surprise!! Ever been taken completely by surprise? It can be an amazing experience. Life itself can be a surprise – our plans and dreams can come crashing down in an instant – all it takes can be some sort of… Read More ›
Don’t Compromise That Promise!
I had the privilege of preaching the word of God at Rustburg Correctional Facility today, where I delivered a message about what is arguably the greatest promise God has ever made to humankind. I sought to remind the inmates of… Read More ›
Cheating Death – God Has Plans for You – Jeremiah, Psalms – Inspirational Bible Verses
Today’s post is a special one, this is a testimony written by a blogging friend. Darrell Creswell wrote this and it is a gripping story of what utter depression, hopelessness, and despair can do to a person. Having been down… Read More ›
Do you believe in life after death??
That is some huge question – and one a lot of us really don’t want to think about – Some skeptics, agnostics and of coarse ‘true’ atheists would tell themselves and us that no such thing is possible. I wonder… Read More ›
Coloring Inside the Lines
Every time the disciple started establishing rules – no children near Jesus; don’t let the crowd touch Jesus; don’t talk to Samaritan women; don’t let people waste expensive perfumes – Jesus told them to knock it off, and His rebuke… Read More ›