A Radical Thought

No matter where we are God will hear us in heaven and respond. There might be times in life when it feels like God is ignoring our prayers. In our verse for the day, the Lord tells King Solomon that there are things we can do to guarantee that God...

The church and ministry ought to be an extension of only one person; Jesus Christ. The people of David’s time gave generously to build a temple for God. When we give of our time, talent, and reassures, are we doing it to build the kingdom of...

You should rejoice if God brings someone into your midst who is better than you. There is a natural tendency to protect our positions in life. But what if God is preparing someone else for a role you have in the church or in your workplace? How...

When the leader sins it is not just the leader who pays for that sin. One of the ugly thigs about sin is what is does to those who are innocent of that sin. The Bible teaches us that everyone sins. It also teaches us that there are temporal...

Joy springs forth from faith and trust. It has been said that the one constant in the universe is change. For some change is feared and causes stress. For others it is a source of excitement. In this text people are excited about a change that has...

Humble your heart before you find yourself hanging on some enemy’s wall as a trophy. Leaders have a responsibility to God to lead people in the way that the Lord would have them to go. This is especially true of Christian leaders. These verses...

We are not to build a kingdom of our own but to lead people to the kingdom of God. Whatever role God placed you in, He put you there for a reason – for His glory, for the blessing of others, and to grow faith. Whether you take your role as...

Put your whole life into the hands of God and watch and see the amazing thing that He will make of it. In the midst of one of the dark times of King David’s life he wrote some of his most powerful psalms. What might God want to do during the...

If God tells you to stay away from a certain group or type of people, it is because He has a different plan for them that does not include you. Your life is precious, and it should be invested where God can us it for His glory, the blessing of...

Too often we think that we can handle our circumstances by ourselves. Attacks and difficult circumstances will come into your life, no matter how good of a Christian you are. This account out of the life of King Hezekiah will encourage us how to...

We might miss the radical things that God wants to do because we fail to go to Him in our times of need. This world has no answers or solutions for the big things of our life. So, why do we keep going to the world for help. We might not even...

It is through an intimate knowledge of God and His will that we know how to live this life. We often want our circumstances to change because we believe that ill result in a better outcome. But, what if, God is using the circumstances to bring you...

Where the leader goes – the people are likely to follow! You may not think of yourself as a leader, but it is likely that you have some influence on someone. That influence is a precious resource God has given you to help someone move closer...

God can only use us effectively if we are following His instructions exactly. No one likes to think of God as a disciplinarian, but His holiness demands consequences for disobedience. Thankfully, as Christians the ultimate consequence was dealt...

God wants you to allow Him to take the impurities out of your life. No one is perfect, right? While that is true, it is not how God wants us to stay. If you are a Christian, the Holy Spirit lives in your and he is working to make you holy. He...