The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ greatest discourse (or sermon if you will). He started first with the Beatitudes…….. (eight life-attitudes) in Matthew 5:6-11. I find this wise and amazing. Our attitudes are the most important starting point in applying the wisdom of Jesus to our
In today’s world wisdom is important. Will Rogers was full of interesting wisdom: — “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” — “There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation.
When it comes to life’s challenges, struggles and tough times….all you really need to know you can learn from Noah’s ark: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.–Don’t forget that we’re all in the same boat.–When the doo-doo gets really
THE THIRD STEP to living in God’s will is to maintain your principles even when it is inconvenient. Oh–this is a tough one, because we always want to choose the EASY way. We don’t want to be inconvenienced. We deal every day with the temptation to tell that little white lie, to go against prin
As we choose to live in God’s will, we must understand that there is a close correlation between our communion with God (our day-to-day relationship with God) and with His leading in our life. The elements of this relationship are communication (prayer…alone with God as well as throughou
“LIVING IN GOD’S WILL”, this term is, I believe, is often a little misunderstood. There are two sides to “God’s will”. The first is God’s plan in this world, bigger than we can fathom and greater than the universe and all its vastness…and something tha