If you do not understand God’s love for you, it will be difficult to grow in relationship with Him and others. Oftentimes, the way we view our parents is how we view God. If we were abandoned by our parents, abused by them, or rejected by them; this will cause ...

Every Monday morning the sidewalks surrounding our home gets filled with garbage. This fact isn’t as a result of rebelling teens, bandit raccoons, or any other appalling reason for that matter. It’s merely because it is garbage day. On Mondays, every home in my community displays their weekly refuse on ...

I am impressed today to let someone, maybe many “someones”, know that God is not mad at you.  He loves you.  Yes, you. Now don’t start listing all the ways that you have fallen short.  Your enemy, the devil, is attempting to distract you from the truth God wants you ...

Powerful. That’s what I had always heard people claim prayer to be. As I was growing up, I always knew how important it was to pray. I knew that praying made me feel better if something was wrong, and I was certain that praying was pleasing to God. But I ...

With all of the personal information on the internet it would not be at all surprising if someone came up with a plan to invade people’s privacy worldwide. Not only is this happening, but technological advances are in the works with the goal of universal control of all individuals. Jack ...

The Dance begins with thankfulness. Thank You for giving me purpose, For cleansing my stained soul. Thank You for making me whole. Thank You for Your broken body. Thank You for Your grace and mercy. Thank You for Your blessings and gifts, And at this point my hands being to ...

What does it really mean to be conformed to Christ’s image? How does God view this transformation in our spirits? We are born into Jesus Christ the moment we are identified with Him in His Father’s kingdom. The Spirit of God transplants us into the heavenly places in Christ. Every ...

“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father.”  Romans 8:15 (KJV) Abba Father.  We have heard this name used in songs, and in sermons.  It is one of those names that we think ...

Monkey think, monkey do. Scientists recently went “ape” over wiring together multiple monkey brains to make one “organic computer.” An article by Carl Engleking reports the networking of rats and monkeys to produce “simple tasks and computations better than an animal flying solo.” After several tests, three monkeys were wired ...

The cake was perfectly iced and sprinkled with coconut. There it sat on our pantry shelf when the doorbell rang.  My mother headed to the door to see who was calling, leaving me alone in the kitchen while she talked briefly to the unexpected visitor. At age four, I could not resist ...