In the 1800s, Abraham Lincoln lost 8 elections before he was elected President of the United States. In 1963, Phil Knight started a shoe company. Everyone told him he would fail, but by 2016 he had turned Nike into a 91-BILLION-dollar company. In 1985, Shaquille O’Neal was cut from the high school basketball team. He …
John the Baptist’s birthday is celebrated on June 24. The purpose of the festival is not to celebrate the exact dates of these events, but simply to commemorate them in an interlinking way. The Nativity of John the Baptist anticipates the feast of Christmas. From his birth the days get shorter until they point to …
Too often Christians walk through life as if their circumstances had the final word. As if a bad doctor report, IRS audit, or mean boss were all powerful. We need to start thinking and living as if GOD is all powerful, because he is! When Paul was in prison waiting to be beheaded he wrote …
We’ve all had a night where anxious thoughts fill our mind, keeping us from the precious sleep we need. Some of us, more often than others. In fact, Jesus experiencing this same thing when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane. You’re not alone, but better rest can be yours with a few simple steps. …
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In the story of the prodigal son, the wayward son who came home didn’t just kind of blow it. He really blew it. He had become a total, absolute mess of a human being. He wasn’t just partying. He had taken his dad’s hard-earned money and squandered it on prostitutes! He was really a complete …
I know of a guy who had an aggressive form of stage 4 cancer. The prognosis wasn’t good. He actually threw a going away party to say goodbye to his friends. Through his journey of cancer, he did a lot of reflection about his life, and about the people he needed to forgive. And after …
Scripture says, “The joy of the Lord is my strength”. Joy is life-changing and life-giving. It helps us enjoy life and safeguards our energy. Joy is strength and that’s why the devil wants to rob us of our joy. He wants to sap our strength. He wants to steal that next great moment with your …
It isn’t going to come as news to you that life isn’t fair. But what might come as a shock is that God isn’t fair either. God made us for himself and in his image and we rejected him. Fairness would be a life separated from him. Fairness would be no hope of heaven and …
Too often we let people’s actions determine our reactions, but that reality is that it only makes us unstable and miserable. God is calling YOU to be a joyful person today. If you’re cut off on the freeway, wave – with all 5 of your fingers. God is calling you to be a witness. Even …
