Journal

Get In Position

If you only spend time with those who "yes" you and agree with you all the time it will be detrimental to real growth. Spending time with those who don't always placate you will challenge you. Iron sharpens iron! Hang with those who are ahead of you in some areas; you will eventually move into [...]

Bulldog Faith

"Real faith will stand alone anywhere for any length of time in the face of all contradictions and in the teeth of any opposition, for it rests on the 'forever settled' Word of God." ~Dr. Lillian B. Yeomans~ My translation...hold onto the Word of His promise like a bulldog and don't let go until it [...]

Stir It Up!

In 1 Timothy 4, in his letter to Timothy, the young pastor at Ephesus, Paul admonishes him to continue in all he has been taught. That many are going to fall away from the faith and pay attention to evil doctrines. There will be many false teachers that others will gravitate to and that he [...]

Speak the Word

In Matthew 4, after Jesus was baptized by John He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness and was tempted by the devil. I have always loved reading this account. It shows that Jesus was completely human, like you or me, having to deal with the enemy tempting Him. But the most wonderful part [...]

Call It Blessed

In Luke 9 it says that Jesus sent out the disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to perform healing. As they went about the villages doing as Jesus instructed, Herod heard all that was happening; [...]