Back in September, actor George Clooney published a short “prayer” in The Daily Beast. The prayer reads as follows: I pray that we can find more that unites us than divides us. I pray that our nation’s leaders want to do the same. I pray that young children like Tamir Rice can feel safe in […]
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The Devil’s Haunted House
Haunted Houses are big at this time of year. People like to be scared. But there’s real fears out there that go beyond monsters and all the things associated with Halloween. There’s fear of failure, fear of the future, fear of classmates. The list can go on and on. These fears have their root in […]
The Fisherman’s Field Guide To Fishin (Or What To Do Instead of Fishing
The Bible talks about ‘Fishers of Men,’ but Jesus said that to fishermen. The majority of Christians aren’t fishermen. Yet we still try to take this concept of being fishers of men and apply it to witnessing and sometimes, just sometimes, we focus on this concept of the “bait we use.” However, Jesus was […]
Life & Death Are In The Power Of The Song
What you confessed is what you possess. It may sound like a catchy tune, and it is. But it’s also a Biblical truth. The Bible says that life and death are in the power of the tongue as those that love it will eat of it. The Bible also says, “Not what goes into the […]
The Heart of the Matter
People do bad things. People do good things. People do things. The thing is with these things is that they don’t start with the things. They start in the heart. When we look at an apple, we may see the apple, but we don’t see the seed. We don’t see the sunlight that goes into […]
Feed Your Spirit
The Bible tells us that bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33). There’s an old saying that says, “if you lay down with dogs you will get fleas.” There’s another one that goes “garbage in garbage out.” These line up with the Bible when it says it is not what goes into the mouth […]
Give Thanks For All Things
For every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 That scripture there from 1 Thessalonians 5 – that’s how many people read it: For every thing give thanks. However, that’s not what the scripture says. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says: In every thing give […]
Have You Stopped Praying?
Well, the election is over and the prayers of the saints have seen Donald Trump elected as the next President. I do have to wonder though, if all the churches and Christians have stopped praying. I don’t mean that in a bad way or to attack anyone. However, the church has a good history of […]
Words, Thoughts, & Prayers
Words are powerful things. In fact, they’re more powerful than most people even realize. If you look in the Bible, it says that life and death are in the power of the tongue. That means that the words you speak have then ability to produce life and death. So it is up to us to […]
Changing Things In The Spirit
There is a spiritual realm, just as there is a natural realm. Many people know this, as far as having a mental agreement. However, most of us don’t understand it. This is the realm where God, the devil, angels, and demons operate. This is where our prayers have power. Everything that we receive in prayer […]