It's My Turn

The life of the believer is to be enjoyed. Laughter and valuing family is just a couple of the ways for us to help ourselves enjoy living our lives.

One must be convinced that we can have victory over life difficulties when we refuse to allow them to defeat us.

Fear will stop us from venturing out unless our focus remains on the mission at hand. Remember, we don’t have to return but we must go when and where Christ calls.

There comes a point in the life of each person when they will decide to follow Christ or not. How will you choose if yours comes today?

Christ occasionally got away from His followers to be alone with The Father to rest and refresh. In His pattern we can find our physical and mental health.

This world is a sinful place. Self-absorbed people are everywhere and in desperate need of The Light of the World. In other words, the very thing we are called to be.

Anticipating life’s problems can be helpful in developing a game-plan but there is a fine line between preparation and fruitless angst.

Interesting thoughts about the life of Thomas Jefferson. Pride must be handled with proper control.

Getting ourselves out of the way – losing one’s self – is necessary in order to truly find ones’ purpose.

The historical relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton serves as a good reminder of Christ’s command to us in Luke.

A periodic self-check is a good thing to do. The “usual” isn’t to be taken for granted.

Lost items can be difficult to locate. Usually those items are found in front of our face but we miss them as we’re searching for them so feverishly.

How many stories like Johnny’s are repeated throughout our society? Is it any wonder that society has continually moved away from the things of God?

God is concerned about each person personally. He surprises us at times with the His nearness as He stoops to hear and help and save.

The account of Christ’s birth never gets old. Bethlehem was chosen for the honor of bringing forth the King of Kings into the world.

There is a law of seed, time of harvest. The golden rule tells us to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. If your harvest is bad it’s probably because you have sown bad seed.

The facts we choose to omit from any given situation may cause the people who are dependent on the information we give. Withholding our help when it’s within our power to be helpful causes the flaws in our character to become starkly visible.

Unfortunately, our deeds very often fail to reflect our words. We must live-out the words we so readily hold others to and do so with integrity. Otherwise our own words condemn us.

If we don’t spend time in God’s Word God’s ways will be foreign to us, making us no better than fools.

Those who take their responsibilities seriously know the meaning of duty. It’s a shame that more people don’t know the meaning of duty any longer.