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 [...]
Don’t be afraid to talk to yourself. I talk to myself all the time. The Bible says David talked to himself; he “encouraged himself in the Lord” (1 Samuel 30:6 KJV). Another time, in Psalms 103:1, we see David talking to himself, “Praise the Lord, O my soul; and all my inmost being, praise his [...]
I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to [...]
Good seasons in life come and go, as do hard seasons. Difficult seasons do not last forever. Hebrews 12:2 tells us to “[fix] our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus [...]
One word from God will change your life forever! “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths (Prov. 3:5,6).” You can count on it!
Someone once said, “It’s only the water that’s on the inside of the boat that causes danger, not the water outside.” Proverbs 4:23 tells us; “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Even if there is conflict or trouble all around us, we must guide our heart. Our spiritual heart condition greatly [...]
Thomas Edison’s teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything. A reporter asked Edison one day how it felt to have made 1000 failures trying to invent a light bulb. His response, “I did not fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.” Henry Ford once said, “Failure provides [...]
Never allow your present season or your past season of life to define who you are. If you have received Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are a forgiven child of the living God, regardless of your past. That is who you are! Period! Psalm 103:12 tells us: “As far as the east [...]
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6). I love this verse! The word “all” means all. If we want divine guidance in our life, we must acknowledge Him again and again. No [...]