Learning To Stretch We have to learn to stretch and reach out to where God is. Aim high. The world’s approach is to look to next year based on last year. We Christians need to reach for the potential, not base our success on the past. Those who make great...
A Goal Changes Everything (continued) In Habakkuk 2:2 God wrote His vision for us in the form of the Bible. He doesn’t rely only on the Holy Spirit to guide us; He put His directions in writing. When the vision is written down clearly, he may run who reads it....
A Goal Changes Everything Give a man a basketball and tell him to shoot, and his response will be, at what? When there is no goal, there is no purpose for shooting. He could shoot the ball anywhere, and wherever it landed would be the result. But if you give...
Overcoming Procrastination Procrastination is a killer. When you kill time, you begin to kill the ideas and directions God placed within you. Ecclesiastes 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. In other words, if you wait for perfect conditions,...
There Is No Limit With God’s Help When God and man work together how much can be done? How much change can be created? What obstacles can be overcome? In Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for...
Focusing On Letting Go Of The Past (continued) The past does not determine what God can do for us today or tomorrow. That is the beauty of the Christian life. Even when we fail, we can ask for forgiveness and be totally cleansed of and released from our past actions....
Focusing On Letting Go Of The Past In Luke 9:62 No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. If we are not careful, we will allow the past to hold us, to slow us down, make you want to...
No Gift From God Is Insignificant Is God finished with you? You may feel as if He’s given up on you or that He could never use you like you once thought He could. Understand, God has put you and I together a certain way, on purpose, at this exact...
Ideas Go Away, But Direction Stays How do you know the difference between ideas that comes to mind and direction from God? There is a persistence to direction. Prov. 19:21; Psa. 32:8 Direction is the mother of divine discomfort. Divine discomfort is a sense that God wants to direct us,...
Encourage Someone Today We should look for opportunities to encourage someone. To help each other. Somebody saw something in you and reached out to help you. That act of kindness determined where you are today. The person may have been you preacher, a leader, parent, friend, teacher, coach, neighbor, or...
