You can’t honestly say that you love God unless you know Him and know yourself.
Do you love God? Are you personally involved with Him, or are you just relying on family or social traditions? Is your whole being involved or are you closing off part of your life from Him?
Do you love God? […]

If your prayers don’t mean anything to you, they mean even less to God.
A lot of people pray, but few people pray effectively. When you negotiate with God as if you’re making some kind of deal (”God, if You do this, then I will do such and such”), you’re not praying effectively. If […]

If someone can’t mind their own business, it may be due to a small mind and not business of their own.
Gossip and laziness are closely related. Lazy people love to talk about others and stick their noses into other people’s business. And if you run across someone who talks a lot about others […]

If you aren’t hearing the voice of God, your life may be too noisy.

People often wonder if God ever speaks in a voice we can hear. Absolutely. There are times when God speaks through other people in order to tell us something. And sometimes God will speak directly to us. So how […]

God loved you long before you loved Him.
Hollywood movie producers know that the romantic notion of “love at first sight” makes for a good love story. In real life, however, it’s nothing more than “attraction at first sight.” Real love requires knowing–not just seeing–a person.
God didn’t love you at first sight, because he […]

Don’t let your differences separate you from others.

Drive around any town and you’ll see lots of different churches: Baptist churches, Presbyterian churches, Methodist churches, Independent Bible churches, Catholic churches, Pentecostal churches, Orthodox churches, and Lutheran churches It can all be rather confusing.
It’s fine that we have different churches with different names and different […]

Joy gives you wings in difficult circumstances; the problems don’t go away, but you can rise above them.

Think about being in the presence of the most caring, compassionate and loving person that you know. Now, multiply that feeling a hundred times, and you may get a sense of what it was like for the […]

Control your anger or it will control you.
No emotion ignites quicker than anger. Yes, there is such a thing as love at first sight, but it’s rare. Happiness takes a while to unfold, and sadness seems to creep up on you. But anger is different animal. Someone says the wrong thing, […]

Motivation can fade. Habits prevail.
Every once in a while, we need to hear a great motivational sermon. It can really recharge our spiritual batteries. But you must avoid becoming a motivational junkie–the kind of person who has to be hyped up emotionally before you can get going. If you become dependent […]

What you think determines what you do.

“The mind is a terrible thing to waste.” No kidding. But mere knowledge isn’t going to remedy the situation. A lot of brilliant people have done some pretty stupid stuff. Our minds don’t need more information to get right. Our minds need transformation.
The only […]