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Promise Keeper

  The Bible is filled with promises for our lives. The promises cover everything from health, His presence, to joy to our future generations. It’s easy to believe those promises when you see glimpses of them being manifested in your life. But how do you continue to hold on when there seems to be no evidence of the promise? How do you keep believing although there seems to be no hint of the promise on the horizon? 1. Recognize the...

3 Things that Hinder Your Faith

 “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.”  James 2:14, 17 We can talk about faith all day, but in order for our faith to grow, we must put it to work. It’s one thing to say “I trust you God” and it’s...

Jumping Without Details

 Hebrews 11:8 “By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.” Most of us trust that when we enter an address into our GPS, it will take us to our desired location. We trust that the information is updated, relevant, and accurate.  If you are like me, you probably take a second and glance at the trip overview...

Just Do It

Recently, I had to run an errand and my children were with me. We were in a mall that we normally don’t go to and one of the girls wanted to go window shopping in one of her favorite stores. After being in the store for a while, I got my daughter’s attention and told her that it was time to leave. I was certain that she looked right at me, heard me and yet, kept on browsing through the...

Dear Future, I’m Ready…

What lies ahead of you today? What mountains do you have to face next week, next month, upon graduation? How do you move forward, especially when you’ve been used to something for so long?   For some, we may have to move forward in friendships, relationships, jobs, start a new career.   For others, moving forward is more of an emotional task – we have to face the past, forgive, let go of our expectations, or we may have to release...

god's dreams or my dreams

God’s Dreams or My Dreams?

And what of your dreams? And what of those unspoken desires / hopes / plans? What dreams has God placed inside of you? If you could do something for the rest of your life that would impact humanity, without any worries about money, what would it be? What stops you from achieving these dreams? I pose these questions as I continue my quest to discover these very answers for myself – Joseph’s story in Genesis 37: 1-36 – got me...