Those Things Which Are Behind

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended (laid hold of); but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.                                                                                           Philippians 3:13 Paul was writing here about the call to press on as one in a race.  Press forward, while […]

Teaching Thankfulness

Teaching children an attitude of gratitude requires helping them to look at their situations from a point of appreciation rather than lack. If they are not taught to appreciate what they have, they will never be satisfied, always wanting more. Here are ways to help: Say please and thank you. Help someone less fortunate.      Volunteer.  Send thank […]

Change is Necessary

If you think about it, we make changes every day, in some form or another.  We change our clothes and what we had planned for dinner.  Yet, somehow, we resist making changes in our spiritual life.  We get comfortable and want everything to stay the way it has always been.  If we continue to go […]

What’s In Your Hand?

Moses felt very inadequate and felt like he didn’t have anything to offer to God or to others.  He was only a shepherd.  God asked him one day, “What’s in your hand?”  Moses looked at his hand and said, “A staff.”  The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses did so, and it became […]

Live out loud.

Today you have a choice. You can live out loud or blend in. I love the top definition in the urban dictionary for live out loud: Living a life you are excited about, with purpose, and inspiring others to do the same. In 1 Peter 3:15, Peter says to always be prepared to give an […]

You are making a difference.

Doing something because it’s the right thing to do. We’ve all been there. We question whether we’re making a difference, but yet we continue because we made a commitment. Apostle Paul’s encouraging words from Galatians 6:9 remind us to not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest […]