MAY. 20, 2025Who are you depending on?"Without Me you can do nothing." Jn 15:5 NKJVBecause God's Spirit lives within you doesn't guarantee His power is at work in your life. God's power is available, ...

MAY. 19, 2025Get alone with God (3)"When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it." Ecc 5:4 NIVWhen the pressures in your life begin to mount, the first thing you will be tempted to drop is y...

MAY. 16, 2025Don't lose your passion for God."Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: 'Passion for God's house will consume me.'" Jn 2:17 NLTTry to imagine the fire in the eye...

MAY. 15, 2025Free from jealousy."If your heart is full of...jealousy...don't... cover up the truth." Jas 3:14 CEVThe Bible says, "People are slaves to whatever has mastered them" (2Pe ...

MAY. 14, 2025Have a biblical perspective."That through the endurance taught in the Scriptures...we might have hope." Ro 15:4 NIVThere is a cute story about a girl who left home and went away to colleg...

MAY. 13, 2025Faith is not faith until it is acted upon."Faith without works is dead." Jas 2:26Could it be that the negative perception people have of the church stems from the negative energy we proje...

MAY. 12, 2025Knowing the season you're in."To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Ecc 3:1 NKJVYour life's purpose is connected to a specific time and season. In other...

MAY. 7, 2025Why can't we work together? (4)"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Eph 4:3 NIVA lady told her friend, "My husband and I have a very happy marriag...

Why can't we work together? (3)."How good…..it is... to dwell together in unity!" Ps 133:1 NKJVReason three: temperament. Some people aren't naturally outgoing. When they face challenges, it never occ...

Try. Try harder. Try longer."Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Gal 6:9 NKJVOne of the greatest predictors of success in any endeavor is persist...

MAY. 4, 2025Why can't we work together? (1)"Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence." 3Jn v. 9 NKJVReason one: insecurity. The Florentine philosopher Machiavelli said, "The first method f...

APR. 15, 2025Become willing to change."You will grow as you learn to know God better and better." Col 1:10 NLTTo grow, you must dedicate yourself to the process. Whether it's in your career, your marr...

APR. 24, 2025The waiting strategy."I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry." Ps 40:1 NKJVWhen you're up against a problem that seems too big for you or feel like you a...

APR. 25, 2025Resolve conflict quickly (1)"If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother." Mt 18:15<...

APR. 2, 2025Be real."People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1Sa 16:7 NLTJesus was rough on Pharisees: "People look at you and think you are saints, but beneath......

APR. 3, 2025Today, use your God-given power."You shall receive power." Ac 1:8 NKJVYou say, "If Christ lives in me, why do I still think and act the way I do?" A Christian leader explains: ...

Put God between yourself and the foe"There is none like you to help." 2Ch 14:11 ESVFaced with an enemy he couldn't conquer on his own, King Asa prayed, "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powe...

MAR. 11, 2025Born to believe (1)"Train up a child in the way he should go." Pr 22:6Training your child is both challenging and rewarding. By shaping their underlying belief system, you help their deve...

MAR. 10, 2025How God sees you."There is...no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." Ro 8:1Once we understand that God's love for us is based on what Christ did for us rather than what we do ...

Use your imagination."Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we... imagine." Eph 3:20 NIVLack of faith is not a failure of logic; it's a failure of imagination. Lack of faith is the inabilit...

Put away the measuring stick!"Jesus said to Simon Peter...do you love me...?" Jn 21:15 NIVReimar Schultze says: "The more conscientious we are, the more we...go to bed with some sense that we missed the elus...

Know when to let go."There's...a right time...to hold on and another to let go." Ecc 3:1, 6 MSGPersistence, determination, commitment, and recognizing the "right time...to hold on" are all commendable qualit...

MAR. 3, 2025Don't break, bounce back (2)."Though good people may be bothered by trouble...they are never defeated." Pr 24:16 NCVHere are two more keys to bouncing back: (1) Instead of c...

Jesus is the answer."I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me." Ro 10:20 NLTThe Bible says, "I was found by people who were not looking fo...

Refuse to wear the label. "His mother called his name Jabez, saying, 'Because I bore him in pain.'" 1Ch 4:9 NKJVThe name Jabez means "pain and trouble." Perhaps that's why no other parent in Scripture g...