Speak Positively (1)

‘I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.’ Philippians 4:13 NLT When you can’t choose or control your circumstances, you can still decide how you’ll respond to them. Paul was in prison when he wrote, ‘Rejoice in the Lord always.’...

Use The Smile Strategy

‘When they were discouraged, I smiled at them. My look of approval was precious to them.’ Job 29:24 NLT A pastor tells of being in a church for 12 years. He had a custom during Sunday morning service of calling the children forward just before his sermon so that they...
God is always wanting to use us

God is always wanting to use us

Recently, I was clicking through folders and folders of early photos of our kids. From baby age to the present, I just got lost in it for hours.  How good it was to recount the memories, the places we had visited and I just couldn’t hold back giving God the glory for...

There Are No Menial Jobs

‘Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.’ 1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT David said, ‘I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.’ (Psalm 84:10 NLT) Joni Eareckson Tada writes: ‘Elsie runs a Christian...

God Is Only A Prayer Away

‘This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.’ Psalm 34:6 NKJV JC Penney has died and gone to heaven, but hundreds of department stores across America still carry his name. When he started out in life he was interested in one...