March Madness is underway for the NCAA basketball. The brackets have been filled, 1 plays 16, 2 plays 15, 3 plays 14, and on and on. Reading the beatitudes, we find the real brackets for our life for March. Put the eight beatitudes on two brackets of four. 1 goes with 5, 2 goes with […]

How often does life frustrate you? Once a month, once a week, even once a day, we all face frustrations. The source of our frustrations can vary greatly, but, the answer to our frustrations can be found in the Bible. How do you deal with the frustating things that you face? (Isaiah 26:3-4 You will […]

Most people don’t think about or plan for tomorrow. They are too busy trying to do something that makes themselves look good today. Each of us have been entrusted by God with certain gifts that He expects us to use wisely and for His glory. My Bible reading this morning came from (Proverbs 16:21-22 The […]

A lot of the TV shows now are about restoring and remodeling old houses. It’s amazing to see the ideas they come up with to do a total makeover of a house. They can take something that is worthless and make it worth hundreds of times more than before. God does a similar work on […]

How often have you traded what you have for something you want and thought you got a really good deal? How many times have you traded automobiles and thought you got the best of the trade? How often do you receive an offer that you can not loose in the trade? God is offering us […]

We all want change at times in our lives, but we don’t always want to go through the process it takes to get there. It usually takes longer than we think it should, and there are always periods of waiting along the way. The question is, are we going to wait the wrong or right […]

Self-control could be the hardest thing in life to master. Many have made a decision to do better, but could not master the challenge of self-control. A bad habit, an obnoxious attitude, uncontrolled desires, or a loose tongue keeps setting them back. We promise ourselves and others that we are going to do differently, that […]

We all have an adversary who continually reminds us that we are not perfect. When we decide to live our life for God and begin to renew our minds by living by Godly principals, there will be times that we fall short. God knows that and unfortunately, the devil knows that also. God tries to […]

The last step in rebuilding and restoring relationship deals with reconciliation. That does not mean you have reached or will ever reach a resolution to your difference. Remember, what has happen cannot be undone, only reconciled. You will never find two people that agree on everything. That is why it is important to pursue reconciliation […]

3-8-18 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY…FIX THE PROBLEM!! FORGET THE BLAME!! We have been taught by the culture that we live in to blame someone for what goes wrong in our life. In yesterday’s devotion we talked about admitting our wrongs in rebuilding relationships with others. Today, we want to take the next step and that […]

We have been looking at ways to rebuild and restore broken relationships. We have talked about praying for God to intervene. We have talked about listening to the other person and sympathizing with their position. Today we look at admitting our own faults. Don’t make excuses or shift the blame. Just honestly own up to […]