WORD STUDY

If you ever find in your readings a word that you don't know the meaning of, do a word study. Look it up in the dictionary. Find correlating times it's used. Search out the meaning; even of words you do know. It can change your perspective and bring understanding.

PLEASING GOD

Imagine being a Jew, living your whole life to please God by the law. Then Jesus comes down and tells you that all you need is to accept grace. Is it possible that we think we're pleasing our God one way, when Jesus is simply calling us to love?

PSALM 23:3

"He restores my soul." Our soul is something that can be broken. It can be overcome and defeated. Through that; there is an outpour of frustration, conflict and emotional insecurity. Our soul is something that needs to be renewed. He is able to make us whole again.

UNKNOWN

Life presents us with an overwhelming amount of problems. God answers prayer and we're thankful. But He provides us with far more than just that. By grace, He prevents problems and provides in ways that we couldn't even begin to think about asking for. I'm thankful for the unknown.

JOB 1:20-22

Then Job arose, rent his mantle, shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

BORN AGAIN

Sometimes, I think about the things I've gone through. I think... If I had the option to be born all over again; Would I want to be? My answer of course is, "YES!" Because I never would've met my Lord and best friend. There's only one reason to live.

OUT OF LOVE

I hear, "We just fell out of love," or "We grew apart." I ask the question; Did you ever really love in the first place? Because if you really knew how to love properly, you would never grow apart. This is a poor excuse for not following God's will.

LISTENING & CHICKEN

I've managed to build a decent relationship with the owner of the Chick-Fil-A by my house. Today he came over to my table and we talked about how he and his wife moved here to start the business and the difficulty of listening to God, God bless his faith.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-8

"We are confident, knowing while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord... and prefer to be absent from the body and present with the Lord." This should give us hope, to be joined to the Lord, and keep us living in righteous truth.

INSIDES

Everything is on the surface when we adjust our appearance. Our molecular, physical body is not just made of what we see, there are organs and systems throughout us. What we see does not make up who we are. Would we adjust as much if the inside mattered also?

IS IT ABOUT...

Have you ever tried to sit back and look at the world from God's perspective? What is it about people that made Him care so much that He would not give up on us; that He came and died for us so that we can hang out with Him.

SEEK HIM OUT

If we aren't experiencing the presence of God in our lives is it because He has held Himself back from us, or because of us? He has wholly poured Himself out on the cross, in bloodshed, for our sakes; so that it's our job now to seek Him out.

GOOD ENOUGH

Satan would love to make you feel like you're not good enough to be in a relationship with God. To feel like you can't give ten minutes because you feel like you should be giving more is one of the largest lies to get you away from Him altogether.

COLOSSIANS 1:27

"Christ in you, the hope of glory." Amidst the struggles of this life, this is why we keep going. Glorification is achieved through Jesus alone. We'll one day be perfect and satisfied. We keep remembering this, it is our hope, so we can live for Him each new minute.

CONQUERERS

We are more than conquerers. In Him we have all power to overcome any obstacle with flying colors. Whatever the enemy whispers into your life, or has spoken over you since you were young; no amount of insecurity or self consciousness can keep you away from this doubtless fact.

FULLNESS

Do we live full lives? Or live fully with the briefness we're given? Your life is going to fade; It could be today. If we're stuck or complacent, we're not living fully. So listen and impact others, because in the end all we have left is heaven and people.

GOD'S PLAN IS PERFECT

A friend of mine has recently gone through a painful ordeal... Losing something very dear to him. The only comfort he has is the daily reminder of the promises of God. He took himself out of the picture, placing God in His rightful position repeating, "God's plan is perfect."

AUGUST FIRST

It's nine minutes before this August 1st will never happen again. Recapping my day I can think of highlights and lowlights. I sit here now thinking what it would be like to truly live every minute for my Lord. This happens everyday, everyday I am thankful for His grace.