The Ministry You May Not Want

I heard a preacher say, “The difficulty that God brings you through provides you with a ministry to others.”
I remember seeing a church sign, one of those where they post messages on the sign, it read, “God didn’t save you to make you comfortable, but to make you a comforter.”
What really counts when life on [...]

Seven Reasons Not To Worry

1. God said don’t do it, (1Peter 5:7; Philippians 4:6)
2. It doesn’t help.
3. It is an enemy to your health.
4. God has already made provision for your every need, (2Peter 1:2-3.)  You simply need to get in position to receive what He has provided.
5. God’s ways are always better than your ways, so if you [...]

Wow!

What exactly does that word mean?  Nobody knows.  At my best guess, it’s a word that expresses amazement.  It is a word of appreciation for something that’s out of the ordinary.
Did Jesus ever say, “Wow?”  No, I’m pretty sure He didn’t, but if that had been a word of His day, I think He would [...]

Commands

Whether it’s the policeman  or some other authority, we are constantly reminded that there are commands to which we must respond.
The Bible has many commands.   There are three truths concerning any biblical command:
WE MUST DECIDE TO DO IT.   If the response was automatic, there would be no need for a command.
WE CAN DO IT.  God [...]

Getting Along

Rodney King’s big line of his lifetime was, “Can’t we all just get along?”  There are some common sense, not to mention biblical rules to getting along.
Be considerate of others.   Seems like that would go without saying, but it is often the missing link in troubled relationships.
Say “Thank You” to those to whom thanks is [...]

How Long Should You Try?

It depends on the subject.  If it’s your marriage, you need to do everything possible to make it a life-long covenant relationship.   If it is your job, or some other endeavor, there needs to be a way to know when to say, “when.”
We wouldn’t want to quit too soon.  I heard a radio commentator say [...]

Ship To Tarshish

God told Jonah to go and preach to the people of Ninevah, but he went the opposite direction.  He boarded a ship going to Tarshish.
The devil must be pleased when God’s people board their ships for Tarshish.  We all have them.  Every time there is the prompting of God to head a direction He tells [...]

I Must Tell

Have you ever had something happen to you that was so good and so exciting that you just had to tell it to somebody?   I was in the Post Office, one day, and I saw a man who was a member of the church of which I was pastor.  He said, “I’ve got to tell [...]

Victim Mentality

Do you know people who think that every thing that happens to them, happens because of what somebody else did or didn’t do?  I’ve heard people say, “I don’t go to church, because my parents always made me go to church when I was a child.”  I sometimes ask them if their parents made them [...]

Spiritual Laws

Gravity is a natural law, meaning it is an absolute in the workings of the world.  Gravity is always at work.  Any day of the week, any time of the day, any place on the planet, gravity is going on.  It’s a law.
There are also spiritual laws that, like natural laws, they are always working.  [...]