Often in prayer we are asking God for things, either for ourselves or for others, sometimes we are praising Him or thanking Him and sometimes we are just talking at Him. What we rarely do is shut up when we pray. To pray in silence is no easy thing to ...

Remember how Lucy pulled the football away from Charlie Brown each time he went to kick off, thus sabotaging the game? In Lucy’s mind, losing the championship was worth making her teammate look bad. This is a picture of passive-aggressive behavior, which is closely related to mind games, discussed in ...

In the Orthodox Church there is a popular prayer among monastics called the Jesus Prayer, which is “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.” In this prayer is contained every element one needs in a prayer. For instance “Lord” is acknowledging God as ruler of all creation, ...

Any hurts, tragedies, or temptations Satan tries to throw against you; will not prosper because Jesus Christ made a public spectacle of all the dark hosts of heaven and especially their evil ringleader. Every believer needs to share in this revelation that Satan is a defeated enemy and he has ...

According to the 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report (CDC), there are 29.1 million people (9.3% of the population) in the United States who have diabetes – 21 million diagnosed, 8.1 million undiagnosed. But did you know that some of the symptoms of diabetes and hypothyroidism can mimic each other? These ...

“But He gives more grace.  Therefore He says:  ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ ”  James 4:6 (NKJV) In our last Our Hope session we explored STRENGTH.  Strength is a character trait that all of us would like to have a larger portion of, but we ...

If you breathe, you know disappointment. Whether its finances, physical sickness, death, abuse or relationship drama—life happens. The simple truth is that we live in a fallen world full of bad things. And there really is no way to escape it. There are those “prosperity” people who say if you ...

Living the Word.  Being disciples and followers.  Transformed to the image of Christ. Are you ready for a look at what those words really mean?  Are you ready to consider what transformation really looks like?  Will you consider how you can BE the ‘Living Word?’ I’d like you to meet ...

Not all threats to America are of a military nature or are related to ISIS. Nevertheless, they are very real. Here are three. ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE ATTACK From a webpage dated May 2015, by Sean Piccoll, comes the following quote: “An EMP strike, most likely from the detonation of a nuclear ...

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that ...