God does not want your unwilling obedience. If you believe your religious adherence to certain behaviors, practices, rituals, or beliefs is saving, think again. Salvation is a matter of your heart, your soul, your mind, your identity, your whole self being remade in the image and likeness of God — being born again to new
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Indomitable Like a Lily
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “indomitable” as “incapable of being subdued : unconquerable”. God is indomitable. “Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the
New Results Require New Beliefs
If you know the answer how can you fail to achieve the result? Maybe you know you need to exercise more to become fit and stay healthy, and yet you don’t follow through. Maybe you change your diet in hopes of losing weight for the new year, only to return to your old habits and
Jesus Was Not A Socialist
Jesus was not a socialist. When confronted with more than 5000 hungry people Jesus didn’t propose that the state should feed them, He told his followers “You Feed Them” (Mark 6) and then personally manufactured the food himself and gave it to them to eat. When confronted with an epidemic health crisis, facing wide spread
God Didn’t Promise Easier, God Promised Better
God’s answers are always simple, and God’s answers always work. However… …God’s answers are not always easy, and God’s answers are not always unopposed. The fact is, God didn’t promise that following Him would make your life easier — God promised that following Him would make your life better. Jesus told his followers, “Look, I
Time To Prioritize Your Priorities
Successful people prioritize well. They order their lives and their decisions by the value and importance that each situation, each opportunity, each relationship, each connection, each conversation, each resource, and each moment of time offers. Success is, in large part, the result of what you prioritize. So, people should not be surprised when they achieve
From Transparency To Truth
Transparency is a word that is included on almost every corporate bingo board. Touted as the key to successful organizations and mentioned regularly by executives and board members at all the major companies, transparency is the established foundation that leaders reference when looking to inspire trust and respect. However, even though the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Run Your Race
Run your race — or, as it is stated in the book of Hebrews, “Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us” – Hebrews 12 There are three messages here. RUN your race. Don’t walk, sit, lie down, or avoid your race — run. Run with endurance. Put your heart into it. Focus,
The Radicalization of Peace
Individual radicalization and religious extremism today present a clear and present danger both to individuals and to the core freedoms upon which civilization is built. The content of speech is not what should determine if it can be allowed by any society. Speech should be free, period. Speech is a medium for communication and it
Extraordinary Measures
Jesus is ready to take your life to new levels of joy, new levels of health, new levels of prosperity, new levels of peace, new levels of abundance, new levels of blessing, new levels of connectedness, new levels of success, new levels of fulfillment, new levels of satisfaction, the list goes on. Jesus is not
Getting a Handle on Life
It’s time to get a handle on the opposition. Whether you are facing an addiction, a problem at work, trouble in a relationship, an issue with your health, a bad habit, unhealthy choices, or destructive behaviors. Whatever the enemy is throwing against you today, it’s time to find the handle on that baggage and
Offering What You Have
You have something to offer right now. You may think that you have a long way to go before you will be ready to bring something to the table or make a difference, but God sees greatness in you today. You may look at your life in comparison with others around you and think that