God of the Seasons The tagline on my logo is “Blessings, Breakthroughs, Beginnings.” Our God is the creator of seasons, and He is definitely a fan of new beginnings. Genesis 8:22 says, “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” It is … Read more
Let The Son Shine I’m sure you’ve heard of the new film released last month called Jesus Revolution. It tells the true story of the Jesus People Movement, a youth-centered revival which started on the West Coast in the Sixties and rapidly spread across the country. Hundreds of thousands of kids who had been caught … Read more
You May Not Even Realize It You see it in the news regularly. It’s a worldwide problem, and the more technology develops, the faster it grows. The list of victims grows longer and longer with each passing year. The problem of identity theft is widespread. And yet, it’s … Read more
There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t had that thought. We all have areas in our lives that we would like to see changed. I recently read an interesting book called Change Masters: How to Actually Make the Changes You Already Know You Need to Make by Barry J. Moltz. It’s a book targeted for … Read more
My Introduction To The Bible The night I gave my heart to Christ, the woman who had led me in prayer gave me a New Testament. She wrote the date on the inside cover, saying, “This is your rebirthday! You’ll want to remember it.” Then she handed the book to me and said, “The Bible … Read more
“New Year, New You?” New Year’s Day has come and gone. But my inbox is still overflowing with emails urging me to set resolutions so I can improve my life and manifest prosperity and grow to my maximum and yadda yadda yadda. If you haven’t detected from my tone yet, these emails don’t generate a … Read more
Joy To The World? I sighed as I turned off the news broadcast. More gloom and doom. Same as yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that, and… Here we are, only a few weeks till Christmas. I’ve been reading the Christmas story in my Bible, beginning with Matthew 1 and 2. Now … Read more
I’ve got a confession to make. I’m feeling kind of sad right now. I know why. It’s the holiday blues, and for me it happens every year. You see, my parents and grandparents have all passed away, years ago. But it’s at this time of year that I miss them most. The holidays just don’t … Read more
What God Can Do When I came to Christ as a troubled teen, I had a very negative view of life in general and myself in particular. Years of verbal and emotional abuse and rejection had left me with a loser mentality. I was beaten down. My self image and self esteem were so low … Read more
“Let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe” (Hebrews 12:28b). Did you know that starting your day with gratitude and thanksgiving is one of the best things you can do to improve your life? It has an immediate, powerful impact on your mental and emotional wellbeing. Long-term studies support gratitude’s … Read more