“I don’t hear God speak. I hear people say, ‘God told me this or that’ like it’s an everyday thing, but it doesn’t happen for me.” Perhaps you can relate to this sentiment. You’d be thrilled to hear from Heaven about specific areas of your life, but you don’t know ...
Read More »Because of The Sacrifice, God Owes us Nothing, but we Owe Him Everything
As Christian men and women grow spiritually they expect to gain more insight, and should possess a driving desire to improve their walk. Many expect God to show favoritism because of their loyalty, but God is not like that. God wants us to be loyal to Him without obligation, not ...
Read More »Caterpillar Soup and Nests of Thorns
Before a caterpillar can become a beautiful butterfly it must spin a cocoon around itself, digesting itself into a “soup,” leaving behind special cells that will become its new eyes, antennae, and even its colorful wings. Before an eaglet can sore majestically, its mother must tear apart the only ...
Read More »Finding Contentment In A Troubled World
Drugs, alcohol, sports, gambling, and a lust for women, are the common pitfalls of men, and the main foibles that breed discontent. Bear in mind that not one of those things adds one wit to our lives. These physical things are quick fixes, they’re temporary, and though they may entertain ...
Read More »From Curiosity to Destruction: The Way of Sin
The story goes that an unwelcome visitor found central Illinois in the 1840’s in the form of cholera, one of the most deadly diseases of the time. It traveled on the ferry, arriving inside one very sick man. The epidemic that ensued started with another man’s curiosity. He knew ...
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