Song of the Day #4 Casting Crowns – God of all my days I woke up with this playing in my head. This is one way that God speaks to me, He wakes me up with a song. That always starts my day off on a good note. I tend to wake up with a smile and no back pain when He wakes me with a song. We as humans turn toward something when things are not good or perfect, things such as self depreciation, meds, alcohol, anger, this list could be exhausting. These are just idols. I have turned Read More
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Dads and Labels
Dads and Labels – July 20, 2017 – Dads have labels for us, don’t they? For me, my dad calls me his favorite son. When he started calling me that as an adult, it was pointed out that I was his only son, for that matter, I was an only child. He reaffirmed then, it was appropriate for me to be his favorite. Growing up, all I ever wanted to be was like him, a hard working mechanic and car dealer. What I didn’t realize, was that my heavenly Father has given me gifts to be more than just a Read More
Forgiveness and Freedom
Forgiveness and Freedom – June 29, 2017 – To forgive or not to forgive, to be freed or be free? To reconcile or not? To bury the hatchet under ten feet of dirt, or to bury just deep enough to leave the handle sticking out? Those are the hard questions. How long we let someone else offend us is our choice. Forgiveness is not to set the other person at ease, it’s so that we can set ourselves at ease. Unforgiveness is like a weed in your garden of thoughts. Weeds don’t need water or fresh soil to grow, they Read More
Forgiveness
Forgiveness – May 9, 2017 – Forgiveness, there are many reasons why we should walk in it. It could easily be a whole sermon subject. Think about it like this for a moment. Do you like to wear your sunglasses inside your house? How about after you turn off the lights? No, probably not. Holding a grudge or keeping unforgiveness is just like wearing your sunglasses all the time and wearing blinders together. You strain your eyes to see anything. God is the light! Forgiveness doesn’t make the pain go away, but it helps remove what clouds and darkens your Read More
Why Should we Forgive?
Why Should we Forgive? April 12, 2017 Why should we forgive? There are many good reasons, but here are a few. Deep down we all want to be loved. Even Scrooge wanted to be loved. Unforgiveness is a hard shield we put around our heart to keep from being hurt again. It affects everyone and everything in our lives. A hard shield that stops any new good from entering our heart as well. Unforgiveness is also an anchor to our past. Anchors are meant to stop or slow down forward progress. This anchor truly only stops us from Read More