Coasting In Life

You go to church, you read the Bible a few years ago, you are generally a good person and most importantly you have asked Jesus to be Lord of your life. Now it’s smooth sailing, except you can’t help but feel something’s missing… While I was in church one Sunday, our pastor said something that really stuck with me. He said, “When coasting in life, you are always going down hill.” He continued by reminding us we need God’s help to go up. Indeed, heaven is up, not down. You would not eat one good meal and suggest you never … Continue reading

The Prayer of Jabez: Keep Me from Evil

“…and that You would keep me from evil,…” Like Bruce Wilkinson, author of the book The Prayer of Jabez, stated that sometimes we find ourselves asking God to help us to endure as we face trials in our lives. I find myself doing this often. I suppose I just assume that I’m going to have temptation and want God’s help in bringing truth and clarity to me during those times. Personally, I don’t always think about just asking God to keep me from it. I’m sure we all have times in our lives where we are at a breaking point … Continue reading

Where are Your Seeds Being Sown?

Mark chapter 4 tells the parable of the sower and the seed which represents the Word of God. This correlation is good in helping us understand why so many people seem to receive the Word of God one day but not show fruit. There are 4 ways mentioned in how seeds are sown. As you read on, I encourage you to not only think about how the word has been sown in your life, but in your loved ones lives as well: 1. By the wayside: “And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and … Continue reading