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I am an avid spades player. I can play without even thinking about what I am doing. There are times when the dealer deals a hand that I am not happy with. Although I would like to call foul or throw in my hand, I have to toughen up and play the hand that I was dealt. Life is like …

Today is my birthday and typically on this day you reflect on the things that you have accomplished or not accomplished in your life. You began to reflect on the things that are wrong or the mistakes you have made or the opportunities you have missed out on. Sometimes, birthdays can be depressing because you feel like another year has …

Being a boy I have had to endure being wounded and scarred up on the outside of my body. I have the scars to prove the damage done to my body either through football or just routine playing outside. But how do you reconcile when you have scars that are on the inside…namely emotional damage? Many of us have scars …

Man has the ability to fix certain things that are broken. Some are good at mechanical things and can fix cars or even computers. Others can fix houses or restore antiques. We can fix many things that we made. But who can actually fix something non-physical like a broken heart, a desponded spirit, depression or one who has been hurt …

We are now in an age where service for God comes with a requirement for a salary. I am challenged by those who will not exercise their gifts unless it comes with a check. When did we get here? When did it become a career and not a calling? Have we now taken our spiritual gifts and turned them into …

I was standing in line at Walmart and the line was long so you know how we do…I will start looking for a line that is shorter. After not finding a shorter line I became so frustrated that I left what I came for because I was tired of waiting. I left and tried to go to another store to …

I have heard this so many times in my ministry where people will tell me I need to take a break from church for a while. I seek to encourage them that taking a break from church should not be an answer for problems that they are encountering in the church or outside the church. The Lord encourages us to …

In Romans 12:1, Paul told his readers “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Paul turns the page from the first 11 chapters and urges his readers to consider all that God has done for us and what we should …

Have you ever felt like you are struggling? Have you ever felt like the more you strive…the harder the struggle? Many of us have felt the pull and tug on our lives and we get discouraged in the journey because we have the expectation that the more we strive to do right the more we should have some pain-less days. …

As I was reading God’s Word I came across Romans 12:21 which states, “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” This scripture struck me deep because we are wondering how do we respond to the evilness in the world as well as in our own lives? How do we reconcile being persecuted but God says to love? …