As the holidays invade our common life, we have a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and visit people as well as host and entertain others. The wonderful opportunity to share a snapshot of our life with others. Many people like to have people over to their house and others prefer to just go…
A comeback is described as “a return to a former good position or condition”. A couple things are necessary for a comeback… a baseline position or situation a setback recovery, redemption, restoration All of us have had numerous baselines in our life, a time of where we were at. Many of use visit those a…
A Kingdom Man Builds a Legacy Most, if not all, of us are familiar with the Kingdom Man lessons of Dr. Pastor Tony Evans, founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and founder and president of The Urban Alternative. Pastor Evans has been working several years on the calling that…
What does it mean for Salvation to be a gift from God? The Parable of the Pushup There was a boy by the name of Steve who was attending school in Utah. Mr. Christianson taught at this particular school. He had an open-door policy and would take in any student that had been thrown out…
It is almost a magnetism, a pull, a mysterious calling. There is no requirement, no obligation and no mandatory presence; but something within stirs. It may be that we are longing for something. Maybe we have a void and we wish to fill it. Whether we have just come back from a retreat, been on…
Unforgiveness Unforgiveness – A simple definition of unforgiveness is “a grudge against someone who has offended you”. Another definition of unforgiveness is not having the compassion to forgive. Unforgiveness is a sin that causes us to think and do evil things. Grudge noun: grudge; plural noun: grudges 1. a persistent feeling of ill will or…
I remember as a child, and even into my adult years, that I have nobody. There were many times when a feeling of utter loneliness would well up within me. It was a feeling that was all too familiar and that I carried with me at the core of my soul for many years. Although…
Everyone is looking for happiness in our world, but few find it. Those who set big goals and achieve them often find that success doesn’t bring the happiness it promised. True joy is not found in worldly success but in worshipping God. A theory of the two greatest revolutions in the past century were the communist…
An Eye for an Eye 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. – Exodus 21:23-25 If you have not read that verse, it is inevitable that you have heard the…
Inevitably, it has happen to each of us. Something difficult occurs; a close friend or relative dies, we lose our job, our spouse or girl friend leaves us. It is dramatic, it is real and if you are around Christian friends, they will reach out trying to encourage with words of wisdom. It’s a comment…