“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Corporate downsizing. Rebellious teenagers. Paying the Bills. Devastating illness. Maintaining Cars. Life is full of it’s share of troubles. There are times when we are so overwhelmed, we struggle to make it through the day. Facing Troubles is [...]

“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen.” Hebrews 11:1 What is Faith? It’s a funny thing isn’t it? The verse above explains it perfectly. It is a confidence in the hope we have, but it isn’t certainty. Certainty requires no faith. No matter how much evidence we look at for [...]

“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty” – Anne Lamott We need to stop treating doubt  like it is the enemy of faith. Questions need to be asked by us to make faith our own. Doubt is not deadly to faith, but silence is. Pretending that we have to be certain about everything prevents us from asking [...]

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:10

Often there are pointless posts on Facebook that just waste peoples time. But the following one is a great conversation claimed to be by someone most of us are familiar with. Regardless, it is a great piece that I thought I would share with you all. Enjoy. The Student and the Professor Conversation “Professor : [...]

The following are some hilarious quotes of kids in church I thought you might enjoy: KIDS IN CHURCH “3-year-old Reese : ‘Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “A little boy was overheard praying: ‘Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having [...]

I know in my life there are times where I get confused with what the purpose of prayer is. Lord, help me with this, help me with that…but God is not an order taker. It is not wrong to pray for these things, but more often than not, prayer should spark action. Yes there are [...]

Here is an encouraging quote I read today about allowing and trusting God to use you: “Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossip, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sara [...]

Tonight I was listening to K-Love (the Christian radio station), and the song “To Know You” by Casting Crowns came on. I love the message of this song. It sings about how important getting to know Jesus is; more important than your next breath, more important than life or death. It is an amazing song. [...]