Back to the Drawing Board

by | Oct 22, 2012 | Faith, Motivation

Have you ever worked on a project, and just before you finished lost everything? If so, what went through your mind when it happened? In life, we all face times where we simply have to roll up our sleeves and start over, and there are some things involved with going...

Remembering the Heroes

by | Oct 15, 2012 | Faith

Have you ever wondered how certain things came to be? Observe the following in Hebrews 11:39-40 (KJV): “39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should...

Resting in the Storm

by | Oct 8, 2012 | Faith, Motivation

  Take a look at this passage of scripture from Matthew 8:23-27 (NKJV): “23Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24And suddenly a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. 25Then His...

Pastors According to God’s Heart

by | Oct 1, 2012 | Faith, Motivation

  God’s Word reads, “15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding” (Jeremiah 3:15, KJV).   In the background of this week’s focus scripture, the Lord issues a call to a nation in a backslidden...

Not By Our Own Strength

by | Sep 24, 2012 | Faith, Motivation

  When I was a kid growing up in my small Southern Illinois hometown of Cairo, we kids lived by an unspoken code where name-calling was concerned. I can remember one day while playing in my room hearing the words “Shut up punk!” coming from a familiar little...

Am I Your Neighbor?

by | Sep 17, 2012 | Faith, Motivation

  I was at a breakfast event recently and the topic of neighbors came into a discussion we were having at the table. Someone mentioned that many people think the Lord’s command “…love thy neighbor as thyself” as found in Leviticus 19:18 means to love those who...