Worrying never changed anything. We know this is true, but living this way is much easier said than done. Only one thing is accomplished when we worry: our time and energy are wasted. And how precious those are to us!
Worry is born out of fear and God commands us to not be afraid. When we [...]
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith really does have substance because God is real. Faith is tangible. It is the inner witness that provided by the Holy Spirit that gives us the motivation to believe and act. Like many things, [...]
In the OT if God’s people wanted to meet with him, they were required to go to the tent of meeting and then later on to the temple(s). But in these days, God is meeting with us both personally and corporately. The truth is that we NEED Emmanuel-God with us. We need [...]
We all have experienced guilt, denial and responsibility in our lives. What we tend to forget is that responsibility produces freedom; freedom from guilt, confusion, frustration, aimlessness and regret. Freedom produces clarity, purpose and direction.
We are enticed by denial because we think that if we can just ignore the problem it’ll go away or [...]
The Lion will lay down with the lamb, but not this day.
Elder Steve Butler addresses, Biblically, why we have wars, the necessity of a military, God’s view of soldiers and the promise of the end of war and eternal peace.
There is a painful place where we are all called to go but few will stay. The Bible calls it the place of brokenness. There is rich blessing there that can’t be found anywhere else, but most Christians will misinterpret the season and miss the blessing. What is brokenness? “A place of pain” [...]
Insecure people are always afraid. At the heart of our fear, is a deep sense of inadequacy; we really don’t believe we are loveable or valuable. The pursuit of approval it is a root motivation for most everything we do. Unfortunately we cannot give ourselves approval & acceptance. It must come [...]
We only have a short lifetime to figure things out.
We need the Holy Spirit to teach us about life, sin, ourselves, our purpose and God. As the Spirit teaches us and we remain teachable, our perspective enlarges as well as our enjoyment and trust for God.
Are you happy with your Christian life? If not, are [...]
Sunday was Father’s Day. In spite of the fact that we honor fathers, we should acknowledge that there are NO perfect fathers-they don’t exist-except one. We have many good and bad examples of earthly father’s. You can’t appreciate the difficulty of being a good father until you have been one yourself. [...]
Do you know why Jesus died on the cross for you and was raised from the dead for you? Do you see yourself as a good person or as a sinner? How does God see you? What significance does the resurrection have for my daily life? Find out how the answers [...]