You’ve heard the saying: “There are two sides to every story.” I grew up believing that, but I discovered that old adage doesn’t present the whole truth. The reality is ... there are three sides to every story: my side, the other person's side, and God's side (the truth). I have sat through countless counseling [...]
Have you ever put off making a decision until the time feels really right, when in reality, you should have just taken a step of faith? I sure have. The time was now, and I missed it by playing it too safe. The Bible tells us: “Indeed, the ‘right time’ is now. Today is the [...]
A W Tozer once said, “Many of us Christians have become extremely skillful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being embarrassed by its implications. We arrange things so that we can get on well enough without Divine aid, while at the same time ostensibly seeking it. We boast [...]
More than 40 years ago, this scripture came alive to me: “…the young and the old together (Jere 31:13b). God has called us as generations to honor the Lord and honor one another as we expand the kingdom of God TOGETHER. If you are an older believer, honor and release the younger generation and speak grace [...]
Jesus did nothing by himself. He only did what He saw his father doing (John 5:19). He was aligned to the will of His heavenly father. We are called to do the same. We also need to be aligned to the right people. My friend Philip Omondi, presently pastoring in London, Ontario, told me many [...]
Did you know that in 21 years, baseball great Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs but he struck out 1330 times? He struck out nearly twice as often as he hit a home run. He once said, “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from taking a swing.” John Creasy, a famous novelist [...]
Paul the apostle tells us: “and having done all, to stand.” (Eph. 6:13). Sometimes we feel like we have tried everything and nothing seems to change. That is when we need to just stand. We all go through difficult seasons in life; in our families, our health, our finances, our organizations, and in our nations. [...]
God’s will for our lives is to “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thess. 5:18 RSV). The Bible teaches us that we are to thank God in everything, not for everything. This means that no matter what is going on, we are not [...]
A leader is an influencer. We are all called to lead in some way by influencing those around us. The Bible records that most leaders were not seeking a position of leadership when God intervened in their lives and called them. Some whom the LORD called, like Moses and Gideon, did not think they could [...]
I was driving down the road one day when a spirit of fear came on me like a cloud. I was paralyzed with fear. Immediately I was aware of what was happening. The enemy was trying to cause me to live by my feelings of fear rather than doing the things I knew God was [...]