Bless the Lord! You have completed the 21 Week One Small Change Challenge. However, the real challenge is one that lasts a lifetime. With the help and guidance of Holy Spirit you will identify more things to change one small step at a time. As you trust and rely on the Lord you will be […] Read More
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Learn to Forget “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43:25 How many times have you heard the saying, “I will forgive, but I will not forget?” This statement sounds innocent, but it is a statement of rebellion. It has nothing […] Read More
Be Quick to Listen “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:” James 1:19 In James 1:19, we are given a command by God to be swift to listen and slow to speak. However, how often, have we been in violation of this command when our […] Read More
Speak Truth in Love “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” Ephesians 4:15 Speaking the truth in love is a formidable challenge to many in the body of Christ today for a multitude of reasons. The spirit of emotional sensitivity has high-jacked […] Read More
Bless those who Persecute You “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” Romans 12:14 Talk about a challenge! I am to bless those that ill-treat me? Those hostile toward me? Those that abuse or victimize me? YES absolutely! God has calling us to do what is unusual. We are a peculiar people. Our […] Read More
Heap Coals of Fire “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.” Proverbs 25:21-22 As believers, it can be challenging to respond with kindness toward an enemy. […] Read More
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” 2 Timothy 2:3-4 As soldiers of Christ, we are to endure suffering, affliction, troubles, hardships and evils. We are […] Read More
Examine Yourself “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5 Paul admonishes us to examine ourselves to determine whether we are in the faith. This is a remarkable command because as […] Read More
Be a Witness “’For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15 Martys the Greek word for witness has several meanings. It could refer to being a witness in a legal sense as in a court of law where you testify about something. It […] Read More
Inquire of the Lord Always “Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” Proverbs 3:6 (NLT) The counsel of the world is that we are free the chart out own course in life. Although this is technically, true when we chart our course doing as we will, our […] Read More