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If feeling trapped, stuck in a rut, boxed in or any other feeling of being bound up describes you, you’re in good company. Thousands of people in our society feel that way but fortunately for you, your life doesn’t have to be described that way anymore. One of my favorite stories in the Bible is in Luke 18:35-43 where a man was sitting on the...
The key to overcoming loneliness is first, learn to enjoy your own company. See, it’s a matter of turning off the radio, shutting down the TV and being alone with your thoughts and then bringing those thoughts to God in prayer. Get alone with your Bible or some other spiritual book and read in solitude and take the time to meditate and on what...
I can totally understand the fears of loneliness and I think it’s one of Americas largest problems, even people with lots of friends and a loving family still often feel alone and isolated from others. How do you deal with loneliness? Do you just go out and meet a bunch of people, keep the radio or TV on, become “everybody’s friend” so you’ll...
See, what you say is based on what’s in your heart or what you let on the inside of you. When you let the Word in, your words will be the God kind of words and you will get the God kind of responses to your words. How can I say this? God says in Isaiah 57:19 that HE creates the FRUIT of the lips. When you speak Gods word, He creates fruit of...
One day I was watching a mystery movie and the hero was getting ready to go into a loaded bank vault and instead of using a key or combination to get in, he simply spoke and the door opened as if by magic. He could have beat on that door all night long and wouldn’t have opened and have stayed shut. He could have visualized the door opening and...
SO, IN WHAT SENSE DOES BEING WEAK MADE US STRONG?: Let’s explore the verse a bit more. The first part of the verse talks about being in a situation that hurts. Being in a place where you’re outnumbered, or at a disadvantage, that’s the “being weak” part. When is it that we’re weak? Well, in a sense, we’re all weak in many ways, but there are...
Sometimes you just feel weak, tired, worn and burnt out. Those are times when you run out of strength and you can only cast yourself on God, calling out for divine help. When you’re weak and call out to God, He’s ready and able to help you to fill your weakness with His strength. “When I am weak, then I am strong.” This verse has helped me to...
HEAVEN IS NOW: A lot of people put Heaven in the future but Jesus taught that the Kingdom of Heaven is now and it’s on the inside of you once the Holy Spirit comes to live on the inside of you. Jesus also regularly taught that the Kingdom of Heaven isn’t far away, it’s near at hand and it’s right there within reach, if you’ll stretch out your...