If you’re like me and most people I know, you’ve likely spent at least some of your life living paycheck to paycheck. Your paycheck comes, hopefully you give your tithe, then you pay your bills, buy your groceries, and maybe squeeze in a date night with your spouse. It’s not…
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Recycled Lessons
I’ve always seen glaring similarities between the Israelites during their desert wanderings and my own walk with the Lord. They’re praising and worshipping one day, then grumbling and complaining the next. One moment they’re walking with God and obeying his commandments and the next they’ve forgotten all about him and…
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My failed plans
I am great at making plans! Good ones, too! I spend time considering the pros and cons and weighing all my options. I pray about it (although I do a lot more telling God about my plans than listening for his guidance). Sometimes I ask people for advice (especially if…
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You get what you put in!
“The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” – Luke 6:38 The context of this verse is referring to how we treat other people. Jesus was teaching his disciples that what they received in life would be directly impacted by what they gave. We should not expect…
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My Intercessor is my Friend
Thousands of years before Jesus came to earth to die for the sins of the world, his work as an advocate and an intercessor was already underway. In the midst of his torment, Job acknowledged that he had someone in heaven looking out for him! Even now my witness is…