We Wait He Works

“However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.” 1 Peter 4:16. This verse came to my attention as I was reading His word and it really made me stop and think about how we suffer in life, why we suffer and how and why…

So often we are distracted by things that seem to run our lives. From the mundane routines that we have to do in order to keep things flowing in our day to day lives, to the chaos we feel when something doesn’t go exactly the way we want in any given moment. We get distracted…

Praying today can have many different meanings. Some people may say that they pray every day while others may not seem the meaning of prayer. Unfortunately, though, in our own minds and in our homes and even in our churches it appears our prayers have become too memorized and mundane. How often do we really…

Relationships in this day and age are harder than ever before. It takes constant work to remain faithful to the one you love. Lust is all around us and it is our choice to take the high road, and stay faithful or to tear the relationship down. Just because there are arguments in every relationship,…

There is a new album out now, by the band Mercy Me, called “Lifer”. It offers a fresh new sound that isn’t often heard from the band. One song in particular has stuck with me ever since I first heard it. It is called “Best News Ever”. It is a song about how the fight…

Which would you rather choose? Unconditional love, or unconditional hate? You can choose to love or you can choose to hate. Love is so much more powerful than hate. Hatred is an emotion that can cause chaos, resentment towards people you love and it can be an ultimate set up to ruin your life if…

Trusting God is hard, especially when things don’t go our way. Trusting anyone in this day and age is difficult no matter which way you look at it. Trust isn’t something that you can just have with someone these days either. You must work hard to seriously earn that trust with someone and in return…

We recently got a new pastor at our church.  He did a sermon about sin. We all have a disease called sin. But there is an ultimate cure for sin.  We all sin daily. There is nothing we can do to avoid it. Satan has put sin in the world. God has sent His son…

What if one day you woke up and could no longer see, hear, taste, touch or smell anything? How would you react? Most of us probably would be in denial. We wouldn’t even know how to react. We take many things for granted. Our senses are some of them. What if you were to suddenly…

The song “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion is a song that is adored by so many. She made this song a huge hit. It is about how anyone’s significant other, friend or even a family member helped shape someone into who they are. As the song says, “I’m everything I am, because you…

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