LIFE IS SHORT, AND I SHOULD LIVE WITH PURPOSE “Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence! No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave” (Psalms 89:47-48 NLT). Life is so short! It seems to me that time passes faster as…
DEPENDS ON WHO YOUR LEARN FROM “Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth!Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.” (Psalms 86:11 NLT). The way my life turns out depends on who I learn from. I can be successful or be a failure, depending on…
BEFORE AND NOW “You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God” (1 Peter 4:2 NLT). We used to enjoy the temporary and carnal pleasures of this world, but as we mature, we begin to live with purpose and this makes…
COMPLAINTS ARE A RESULT OF STUBBORNESS “But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.” (Psalms 81:11-12 NLT). God speaks to us and tells us what we need to do to do well in life. He describes the…
ADVICE FOR THE SPOUSES “In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be…
NOW IT’S THROUGH YOU AND ME “You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherd” (Psalms 77:20 NTV). God guides, blesses, corrects, and pastors through you and me, just as he used Moses and Aaron. “You led your people along that road like a flock…
LIVE WITH EXPECTATION Now we live with great expectation,…. (1st Peter 1:3 NLT). Those that live without expectation live without vision. Those who have no expectation have stopped dreaming and therefore have stopped living. I know that the best for my life is yet to come.The bigger churches are going to come.The powerful miracles are…
TRIALS AND GENEROSITY How could someone be afflicted and poor, but at the same time be generous and overfilled with joy? Well, I’m not sure, but that’s what happened with the brothers in a region called Macedonia. “They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with…
WHO DO I REALLY WORK FOR? “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:23-24 NLT). All honest work is…
BE LIKE A CHILD? YESO NO?PART TWO: IT’S BETTER TO BE A CHILD …For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 15 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it». (Mark 10:14-15 NLT) There are certain risks in…