Most often, days become evil when people place too much of an emphasis on self. I think this is a big one here in Whitefish. Many people are here just for the recreational activities. They hunt or fish at the expense of God and family. Hunting and fishing are not evil in and of the...
From earliest memory I was kept regularly in the Sunday school and church services of the First Friends Church in Des Moines... During the years between 12 and 16, besides school, I had many Saturday and vacation jobs. I carried a paper route, was errand boy for a grocery store, special...
I was a mentor and friend to Ben (who had Cerebral Palsy) and cared for other people in my life. Lord, do you know of others I can help? Please show it to me so I can start working on it. Lord, we can each help other people in many ways—by praying for them, doing acts of...
Many of the non-denominational churches talk about the power of Pleading the Blood of Jesus – but they do not tell you exactly how to do it, what to plead it on, what to plead it against, and how frequently you need to do it in order to get God’s maximum protection on you and ...
15Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He...
For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.Ephesians 4:29Let ...
I have found that to be true each year as I’ve gone back through the Bible. Sometimes I find myself feeling as if a passage just appeared there for the first time. I’m reminded that no matter how many times we read through the Bible, we have only scratched the surface. I hope ...
There are many examples of people in the Bible who walked by faith, not by sight. Here are a few: Abraham: Abraham was willing to leave everything he knew and go to a land that God promised him, even though he didn't know where it was or what he would find there. (Genesis ...
Many believers and unbelievers today do not want to “deal” with a world we cannot see when the world we do see is hard enough to “deal” with. Before we can discuss the spiritual battle, we have to believe in the spiritual realm. We have a tendency to act like...
There are many ways we may be fighting spiritual battles in our lives and world today, but here are 5 examples from Scripture that may reveal you’re under attack and caught in spiritual warfare. Then use the 7 tools God gives us to fight.