There are times when standing firm is really hard. If the ground beneath me is wet and soggy it’s tough to get a firm footing. If the ground is solid, then it’s easier to stand firm. I see the ground as the foundation on which I stand. Paul tells the church in Corinth to stand…
I’ve heard about giving back to the Lord since I was a young child. My parents modeled tithing to our local church. They also taught me about giving. The Old Testament taught tithing to the Lord. The early church taught about giving. I believe that “tithing” and “giving” are related for sure. Paul teaches the…
There are times when my eyesight frustrates me. I am a mono-vision person. I have one eye for reading up close and the other eye for seeing far away. I recently renewed my driver’s license and as I was doing the eye exam part, I realized I couldn’t get the numbers to focus. The examiner…
I love this word encourage. It is such a positive action word. If I’m going to encourage, I am being positive and often upbeat. The opposite of “encourage” is “discourage” and that is pretty negative. Encourage means to inspire, motivate, influence, cultivate, strengthen, champion others or me. I believe encouragement is quite a gift that…
I can finish that sentence is so many ways. The word love is probably the smallest 4-letter word that carries such deep, incredible and multi-faceted meaning. I can’t begin to adequately define or describe this word and what it means to me and so many other people. I read a book one time called, “Love…
I am not a specialist at working on cars. I know how to do a few little things like change the oil, tires, plugs and other small things like that. If I need my car check out, I take it to my friend Kenny Duke at Accurate Auto, formerly known as the Car Clinic. The…
Our memory is remarkable! I can remember things from my childhood that was over 45 years ago! Then again, I can’t remember something that happened yesterday. (Ugh!) Our brain is a very complex part of our body and our being. Our brain is the control center of all that we are, all that we do…
There are things in my past that I’m very embarrassed and ashamed of. There are things in my past that make me shudder to think I was a participant in such selfish stupidity. The enemy usually reminds me of past even as I try to focus on my future. My past is gone – I…
When I was quite a bit younger, I used to run. I remember a time when I ran every morning (almost) with the preacher I worked with in Tennessee. He set the pace and it wasn’t fast, but we ran. I even worked up to the point that I ran the entire loop at Cades…
I know some things about life in general. I know some things that won’t work and I know some things that will work. I know enough about some things to be downright dangerous. There are other things that I know very little about. I know what I believe about God and His Word. I know…