Each person has an opportunity to choose wisely or foolishly. Each person has an opportunity to speak words of wisdom or words without content. What do your actions and words reveal about you? Does your thinking always come back to what is best for you? Does your thinking encompass others needs first? When you have […]
Today, heroes are people who can overcome the world through aggressive and brutal actions in the movies, interactive games, and TV. Heroes are selected from sports, politics, actors and actresses. Role models are chosen and being emulated by society. From where should we choose our heroes? Shouldn’t heroes and role models be taken from men […]
When you are working for your employer, Ephesians 6:6-7 says workers are not to only work well when their “˜boss’ is around, making themselves look good; but to work as working as a follower of Christ. Ephesians also says we are to be working by doing God’s will from right motives that come from our […]
Inter-office relationships impact jobs, performance and productivity. God’s word gives direction and focus for this very situation in which you may be today. By inserting the word “˜employee’ in place of slave and “˜employer’ in place of master, paraphrasing the following verses from Ephesians 6:5-6 could read “˜Employees’, be obedient to those who are your […]
Character is described in the dictionary as: The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another. An additional definition is: The combined moral or ethical structure of a person or group. Your character and mine are made up of a mixture of good and bad qualities. Our qualities are […]
Your circumstances are uniquely yours. No one else experiences exactly what you have experienced even if they have been with you in various situations. How you deal with circumstances may depend on your background, or your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, or your physical limitations, or your financial status, or your position in the […]
What do you know of your ancestors, your lineage? From what country or people do you come? What is the religion of your people? What did they do for a living, were they educated? Were they brilliant or talented in specific areas? Were they wealthy, average or poor? Were they “˜good’ people? For what are […]
Subtle influences of life creep into our thinking without our awareness until we are caught up in nets that ensnare us. Circumstances and people influence us. Naomi had become embittered by life’s circumstances and had become caught up in its net. (NASB) Ruth 1:22 “So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, […]
How you and I look at life, how we think – will be shown in our actions and our words. The Bible is a true resource that tells us what we are to do and not to do, as followers of Christ. Let’s look at (New American Standard Bible) Ephesians 4:30-31 “Do not grieve the […]
High school, college and family reunions, and reunions with fellow workers who have retired…are fun to attend, to remember the past and to “˜catch up’ on what has been going on in lives. To see people you have lost contact with for a number of years will show you how you have changed and how […]