Archive for January, 2008

Little is much if God is in it.

A national best selling book suggests that you shouldn’t sweat the small stuff. Many people treat the small stuff in life as if no one–not even God–has any control over what happens. They call it “fate” or talk about how they are “lucky” or “fortunate” when […]

The person with an unread Bible has no advantage over the person who doesn’t own one.
You would laugh if someone expressed belief in a “lucky” rabbit’s foot dangling from their keychain. (Okay, maybe you wouldn’t laugh, but we are pretty sure you would snicker.) Why? Because “good luck charms” are foolishness and […]

Either God created the heavens and the earth or He didn’t.

Unless we know where our world came from, we don’t really know where it’s going. And we don’t know where we’re going, either. That’s why there’s such a huge debate about how the universe began. The answer goes to the heart of […]

Conduct

04Jan08

Sometimes you have to choose between following God and impressing your friends.
Living a godly life may make you different. You may end up doing just the opposite of everyone else. Sometimes you may find that your conduct pleases God but offends your friends, or vice versa. Should you compromise and try to […]

What It Takes

06Jan08

If you want results that are excellent, diligence is required.
The coach of any athletic team will tell you that you’ve got to practice if you want to win. In the spiritual realm, “winning” is getting to know God and having our lives transformed in the process. But just as in sports, “winning” with […]

Don’t worry about proving God’s existence, because no one can disprove it.
Sometimes we think we can prove God exists, but it just can’t be done, at least not in the scientific sense. You can’t stick God under a microscope or view Him through a telescope, because God is Spirit. No one has actually […]

Thank God that your salvation does not depend on you.
In the physical world there are many ways to be saved, but first you have to be in a situation where you would eventually die without help. A guy in a lifeboat could pull you out of the freezing sater, or a skilled surgeon could […]

Confidence

08Jan08

Your self-esteem should not be derived from how great you think you are, but from how much God loves you.
There is a lot of talk these days about building your “self-esteem” so you will have the confidence you need to make it in society. But confidence placed in yourself is doomed for failure (because […]

Pleasing God

09Jan08

Discover the things that please God, and then make them habits.

It’s only natural to want to please someone you like. You do it, not because you’re obligated, but because you want to give joy to someone you care about. God likes it when you please Him, but don’t do it to give Him […]

Be Content

10Jan08

Contentment begins when comparison stops.

It is impossible to weigh your contentment on a scale of stuff. If stuff is your measurement, you will never have enough, because there will always be someone who has more stuff than you do. You will never be content.
Neither will you be content if you are proud of […]


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