Self-confidence may be one of the hardest things that humanity has ever had to endure, especially as time has gone by. Within the whole concept of self-confidence, you find the ideas or ideals of identity and self-worth. Those things are wrapped up in your self-confidence. And that many times is wrapped up in your feelings. […]
Christian Life
Your Heart Or Your Actions
The other day I was listening to some people talk, and this one minister said something that didn’t sound like it was Bible. Just because someone is a minister of God, that doesn’t mean everything they say agrees with the Word of God. How many of us know that just because someone’s a Christian, that […]
God Has More To Say
During the 18th century, merchants traveled The Silk Road, routes that connected several regions for trade. These routes passed through several arid regions where water was scarce. Merchants relied on oases, areas with water in the desert, for their survival. They actually planned their trips so they could pass by these areas and replenish their […]
Waiting On God
If I told you that I needed you to wait at a certain (safe) location where nothing was going on and nothing was happening, but if you did, I would reward you with $100, what would you say? What would you do? What if I increased the amount to $1,000? How much would it take […]
If Jesus Did It…
There are times when people can fall into the trap of thinking, “If Jesus did it, I should do it too.” Anyone old enough to remember the “What Would Jesus Do” Craze? There’s a problem with this line of thinking, though: you’re not Jesus. Yes, we are supposed to be like Christ, but there is […]
Settling The Two Questions
When it comes to receiving from God – no matter what it may be – salvation, healing, needs being met, anything that we receive from God – many people get stuck on one of two things. These two things keep us from receiving the promises of God more than anything else in the world. These […]
The Chinese Language And Christianity
I was watching a video the other day about the origins of karate. Tracing its roots, modern-day karate finds its origins in Japan; however, prior to that, karate’s journey led through Okinawa, with its ultimate beginnings in China. So as karate evolved, with its techniques and reason behind the techniques, it had to go from […]
The Right Way To Kick and Pray
If you ever train to do something, you’ll learn the right way and the wrong way to do it. Sometimes you learn that after you’ve done it wrong for so long. At that point, it almost becomes easier to remember the right way to do it because the pain or discomfort of doing it wrong […]
You’re The Problem
Have you ever had times where you just didn’t feel like things were working? No matter how hard you tried, no matter how much effort you put in, no matter what you did, it just didn’t work. And after all that, have you ever found out that the corrective solution was as simple as following […]
The Foundation of Faith
The other night in our karate class, we started out the second class (the intermediate class) with warm-ups. These warm-ups consisted of stretches and a variety of kicks. In fact, this is how just about every class starts. In fact, I would say 99% of classes start this way. Those 99% of classes include doing […]