When God considers your life, your heart, does He see faith? When He observes our actions, does He see faith? I was thinking about this over the weekend as I meditated on a scripture found in Matthew. Matthew 9:2 says; And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of...
Eccl. 4:9-10 says; Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. This is the scripture that was on my mind this past weekend as I drove to my Mom’s to cut and remove trees...
It’s one thing to write a motivation when things are sunshine and roses, it’s quite another to live it just a few hours later. As I sit here in the dark at 3 am, I am thinking about the writing I just sent out…"Increase & Thankfulness…cultivating a heart of thanksgiving."...
In happy moments, PRAISE GOD. In difficult moments, SEEK GOD. In quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. In painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD. This is one of my favorite quotes. I seem to see it everywhere lately. Recently I was listening to a teaching on the subject of humility...
As I listened to him share what God had given him for 2017, Perry Stone made a simple, yet profound statement, he said 'blessings come through confession.' I have always known the power of our words and the importance of confession yet I had never heard it put quite this...
Have you ever felt like the seeds you were sowing in faith simply weren’t working? Many of us have felt that way at one time or another. Just the other day I received such an email from one of our partners after he read last Friday's teaching. His email said;...
Breakthrough…an instance of sudden, dramatic success in a sphere or activity. That is the definition of breakthrough from Webster’s 1828 dictionary. However, there are a couple definitions that I feel pertain more to a breakthrough in the spiritual realm. In the military, breakthrough means to advance all the way through...
“He has made me glad! He has made me glad! I will rejoice for He has made me glad!” A couple weeks ago we had tornados come through our area one night. This is normally something that causes Breanne to be anxious, especially if she is home alone with the...
“Lord, I lift up my hands, I surrender all to you”….or do I? This morning as I was running errands, I heard a song on the radio that said 'I lift my hands, I lay down my life.' Those words struck my heart today. I began to think about those...
To everything there is a season…so sayeth the word of God. However, not all of them are pleasant, as we all know quite well. I was talking with a friend the other day about how we walk through different seasons and some seasons can be really tough. Some seasons, quite...
Have you found in your own life that waiting on the Lord is not always pleasant? I know I have. Yet the word of God says; those who wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth. We recently talked about those who wait, who eagerly watch for the Lord to...
Did you know one of the remedies for trauma is to sing? I didn’t either until this last week. Last week, my daughter had a bit of trauma occur in her life. She was working on her farm and rolled a four-wheeler. It landed on her and she was banged...