7 Questions Skeptics Ask How to answer the tough questions.by Rusty Wright As the flight from Chicago to Dallas climbed in the sky, I became engrossed in conversation with the passenger to my left. “Aimee,” a French businesswoman, asked me about my work. On learning I was a Christian communicator, she related that a professing …
One of the main hindrances to living your best life now is selfishness. As long as you are focused on what you want, what you need, you will never experience God`s best. But if you really want to thrive, you must learn to be a giver. The Scripture says, €œWhatsoever a man sows, that he …
Overview Elijah demonstrates both courage and fear in the book of 1 Kings. We see him boldly tell the evil king Ahab, “There will be no rain or dew until God says so.” Elijah trusts God to bring a young man back to life, and he faces the prophets of Baal in a contest. But …
The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing. Proverbs 20:4 King Solomon had plenty to say about the “sluggard,” or the habitually lazy person. The sluggard makes only one commitment: to his leisure. He’ll try any excuse to shy away from honest labor.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:23 (NIV) Experts spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes people successful. They often look at people’s credentials, intelligence, education, and other factors. But more than anything else, passion is what makes …
It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses. Leviticus 10:9-11 God does not take it lightly when …
The choice of a marriage partner should not be based on “I get a warm, wonderful feeling whenever we’re together and I want to have that warm wonderful feeling forever, so let’s go get married”.Feelings, as we have discussed, have no logic on their own. They need to be acknowledged, of course, but they …
What do you believe today about your success? Do you believe success is possible? Do you believe you are a success? Do you believe that even greater success is possible for you tomorrow? Negative responses to these questions can shut down success very quickly, and each of them is rooted in what a person believes. …
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he . . . Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words . . . Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge . . . Do not let your heart envy …
Yesterday my church had a thanksgiving nite, its time to be thank God for the things he blessed us with and also time to remember and be grateful the Lord. I was very encourage to hear the many good news that was shared from many different ministries in the church, starting with Derrick, we hear …