Yesterday I mentioned that we live in a world in which there is a spiritual battle. Satan and his minions are in a battle to deceive us, lead us astray, lead us away from God and if we aren’t careful, we will fall for his schemes. We are TEMPTED daily to do the wrong things. Often, very often,
There was an advertisement I saw in the paper. The Devil was putting his tools up for sale. There was an address so I went out to look at all of his tools. When I got there they were all laid out for inspection. Each had a tag with a price marked on it. You would never know that these tools could be
There was a large group of people. On one side of the group stood a man, Jesus. On the other side of the group stood Satan. Separating them, running through the group, was a fence. The scene set, both Jesus and Satan began calling to the people in the group and, one by one – each having made u
Very often we don’t recognize our influence on others. Other times it is crystal clear. As parents we have a deep influence on our children, both in teaching them as well as in their observance of our actions and interactions with them and others. As followers of Christ, we have a very similar
I have known people that seemed to have everything: power, money, prestige……yet they had so very little in their relationships and in true life. They could never get enough of what they had; always needed a little more to be “happy” and deep inside…they were lonely. Tru
Sometimes we have to lose our life in order to gain our life. Makes perfect sense doesn’t it? When you are caught deep in the snare of any sin, when you are caught deep in any web that surrounds you and won’t let you go, consider that it might be time to reinvent yourself, face suffering