Category: Goodness
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God is Upright.
This morning’s blog continues to explore God’s righteous character, emphasizing His uprightness and the symbolism of palm trees in representing righteousness. The text delves into the concept of God’s righteousness creating humans in His image, despite their sinful nature. It also highlights God’s goodness and faithfulness, posing reflective questions about…
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goodness and blessing
You can never out give God. Have you ever thought about that? We can never out give God. Malachi, the Old Testament prophet, believed and teaches us this principle. Through him, God teaches us to bring Him full tithes. “Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may…
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holding on too tight.
Anything we hold too tightly, we will loose. Our knee jerk reaction;to when the storms come is to take control over the situation. It’s an emotional response and we all want to control. We want to live life with assurance everything is going to be okay and the things that…
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the One who acts on our behalf.
Those who wait upon the Lord, He acts upon their behalf. Waiting for anything can be a great trial of our faith. It can cause us to loose our temper and our good sense. Just climb in the car and take a trip to the local supermarket. I see more…
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listening and walking.
Listening is an essential key to walking with God. One of the most important parts of our discipleship journey is to learn to listen to God. We live complex and often hectic lives and there’s nothing more important, necessary, and rewarding than to hear what God has to say to…
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continued peace.
The key to continued peace with God is the fruit of oneness with Him. Our lives are going to be a continuation of storms. Some storms we can see coming. Some storms jump up out of nowhere. There will always be a little rain falling upon us. No one is…
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promise to provide.
God assumes full responsibility for our needs when we obey Him. A question to ponder: Do you really believe God is able and eager to meet all your needs? In times when the season of our life seems to be going perfect, that is always a yes. But when the…
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my anchor.
The weather this year in Colorado was really different. Up until I left it had rained just about every other day. For it to continue to rain like it did to the end of July was just different that what I was used to. When I say rain, I mean…
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identity crisis.
Yesterday I implored readers to consider the most insidious net, the worst trap of all shame. Shame is satan’s weapon for keeping our eyes on the ground. Shame is an identity we keep when we can not let go of our past sufferings or past wrongdoings. We keep our old…
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finish what you start: strength
We are coming to what I feel is a close in exploring the reasons why we do not finish what we start. Why we lose our enthusiasm for the commitments we have made, the goals we have set, and work we are doing. We have explored a shift in our…
It Starts Small 