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Warfare

Are you putting off a confrontation with the enemy?

We often try to deny or feel sorry about the attacks of Satan in our lives rather than resisting and fighting him with the spiritual power God has given us.

Are You Listening?

Are you listening to what is actually being said?

We get ourselves in so many problems because we do not genuinely listen to each other.

Where I Am Going

Can you face the prospect of really bad news and tough times with faith?

In the face of battling mental health challenges, could you take on the prospect of dying with faith, character, and hope?

Lights Out

What can we learn from a toddler over-using the light switch?

God's authority, his love and discipline, are for our good and our blessing, not our punishment.

Flat On Our Backs ... In Prayer

Can we get any Kingdom work done flat on our backs?

Humility is often the doorway to some of our greatest work for God, especially when it involves prayer.

Pixelated Perfection

Is there someone out there who is really digitally perfect?

Let's not make our ideal, our goal, into a bludgeoning stick -- but instead, let's keep working for God's goals in our lives.

Passing Records

Someone really will turn down their name in the record book?

Human records are only passing memories soon to be forgotten.

An Any Weather Friend

Do you have an "any weather" friend?

Jesus is a friend for all seasons, but so many of our friends are only fair weather friends.

Confessing Christ

Do you have the right accent to say this one?

No matter what language, dialect, or accent, saying Jesus is Lord is the key thing for all of us to say.

Do The Right Thing?

Does peer pressure have you doing the wrong thing?

Don't let peer pressure make you do what is wrong; just do the right thing.

Thermostat or Thermometer?

Are you a situation complainer or an environment changer?

We can be situation complainers -- thermostats -- or situation changers -- thermometers; Jesus' will, however, is that we be salt, light, and examples who display the fruit of the Spirit.

Our True Citizenship

We're only strangers here; our homeland is heaven!

Our citizenship is in heaven, so let's live like heaven is our home!

Eaten Away from the Inside

Don't let him eat away at your life!

Satan likes to sneak in and set up shop and begin his destructive work in our lives when we are unsuspecting.

Identity Theft?

Don't let Satan rob you of your identity in the Lord.

We are God's children; let's not let anything steal away our identity!

Haunting Words

Grace for the times an eraser can't undo what we say.

We all say things we truly mean, but we prove ourselves unfaithful to our commitments and can't follow through with our promises; it's then that Jesus' words and Peter's reply become doubly important.

The Other Side

What lies on the other side of OUR death?

While we may not know exactly what is on the other side of our death, we know God is there and that is more than enough!

6 Dollars Worth of Thanksgiving

What gift of value could 6 dollars buy?

Nothing blesses us than to see those we love being generous with others -- that's true thanksgiving!

Be Still and Give Thanks to God

Can we be still and give thanks in our times of chaos?

God cares for us and beckons us to the quiet stillness to know he is in control and give us a chance to give him our thanksgiving.

Complain or Lament?

So what's the big difference?

What is the difference between complaint and lament?

How Are You Spending Your Life?

How are you spending the capital of your moments?

Every day is a gift to spent wisely, but once it is gone, it can't be spent again.

Delays of Grace

What good can we find in a major delay?

Often the delays in our plans are really God being gracious and giving us what we need and not what we want or plan.

Times are Changing

So you think you have it figured out? It's going to change!

With everything in our lives changing all the time, it is very nice to know that Jesus doesn't change.

The Pains of Childbirth

What's it feel like to be pregnant?

We are in the time of pain, the time of pregnancy, waiting for the birth of our ultimate life in with God.

Report Card Day

What's your grade going to be?

While we may be flawed, God is compassionate, loving, and forigiving, and through Jesus, he will find ways to save us!

Friendship

Is Jesus your friend?

There are all sorts defitions of friendship, but the bottom line is whether are not we are willing to let Jesus be our friend?