One of life’s recurring questions is “What should I be doing with my life?”. Perhaps a better question is “How has God designed me?”. What if we looked at our makeup from six vantage points? That is, what if we could discern in a practical way how God made us? Let’s take a closer look […]
Continue readingWe have just begun a new year. Many have set some ambitious goals. Turned over a new leaf. Added this and subtracted that. But as we go through the various lists, something appears to be missing. Play Time. We have even taken it out of our educational system. Recess seems to be a thing of […]
Continue readingImagine being woken up during the middle of the night and being hauled off by a foreign army to a foreign country. How would you feel? What would be going through your mind? Especially if you are a believer. I mean, wouldn’t you begin to question God? Where is He? How could He allow this […]
Continue readingIf it’s true that it takes 21 days to create a new habit, then we are getting close to a critical point…that is if a new habit was formed on January 1. Even if the new habit was formed earlier there will still be a critical point in the life of the habit. That was […]
Continue readingAs the New Year begins, the subject of productivity becomes a popular theme. After all, this is the year that your productivity is going to reach new heights. It will be your most productive year ever! And so the guilt trip begins. “I’m not being as productive as I could be.” So we cut some […]
Continue readingA while back I lost my driver’s license. First time that has ever happened to me. No big deal, right? After all, how many times have I had to pull it out and show it to a police officer in the last two decades? None. Actually the only time I need to pull out my […]
Continue readingWe have all done it. Somewhere in the back of our minds we start thinking that if we do such and such God is then obligated to answer our prayer or come through for us. In short, if we do our part, then God cannot let us down. Otherwise He will not look so good. […]
Continue readingAs life moves forward at the speed of light I have found that the natural tendency is to say yes and add, add, and add some more. When football season arrives that has to get added in. That’s Saturday, Sunday, Monday night, and Thursday night. Then there is more reading and more meetings and more […]
Continue readingGUEST POST This is a guest post by my 17-year-old son, Gabe Henderson. He’s in 11th grade and wrote this article for a school assignment. His interests include skiing and golf, and he runs a Minecraft server in his spare time. Have you ever wanted to do something big, but all you get are little […]
Continue readingOne of the inevitabilities of life and the ministry is that people will abandon you. Not everyone will go the distance with you. The fact is, we live in a quitter culture. People walk away from their jobs, their spouses, their new year’s resolutions, and their churches. Near the end of the apostle Paul’s ministry […]
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