Category: Devotions

“I think at times we feel that the Lord isn’t hearing us..or isn’t going to answer us as we pray to Him and seek His face..for our burdens and our cares that we have..for the sicknesses that we face and are going through..somehow in the midst of it all we forget that God hears..God sees..and…

“I tell ya sometimes it’s easy to start rambling and talking and saying a whole bunch of nothings really..Amen..and before long you’ve rambled and said things that you shouldn’t have even said..I tell ya guys none of us are perfect that is a given we all know that..and sometimes we all do this..sometimes we say things…

“I think we as human beings seek out so much from others and their lives..we seek out their approval..their opinions..their acceptance..pretty much everything..so we live in this mindset that if others are approving of us..and our lives in which we are choosing to live..then we are good..Amen..that we have done made it..Amen..so in all of…

“So this morning as I was going through the house cleaning and straightening up things a bit..I as well had to water some of my plants..and as I was the Lord begins speaking to my heart and to my mind ever so gently..and He was reminding me at how we all are so thirsty..and that…

“For many, even myself included I have to remind myself that whatever is happening in my life that it’s only for a season..Amen..whether its a bad thing or a good thing..we all as children of the Lord climb mountains..and face valleys..Amen..we are going to as long as we are here in this world..but even if…

“I heard a pastor say this..don’t merely put the giant to sleep..but make sure that you kill that giant..Amen..and I thought wow Jesus..isn’t that the truth..for so many of us myself included we merely put those so-called giants in our lives to sleep..never really to kill that thing..whatever that thing is..just to sleep..Amen..and I thought…

“Isn’t it something guys that when we are focused on the life or lives of others that somehow in the midst of that we lose sight of our problems that we may be facing or going through..isn’t something at how when we do that we ourselves gain strength for our own journey that we’re on…

“I wonder if our hearts have gotten to that place as to where even if things don’t go our way..even if our bodies become sick..even if we are forsaken by loved ones..even if our money runs low..bills are due..we lose our job..our spouse leaves..even if our child turns away from all that is right..I wonder…

“I do know that when I was younger I had a huge problem of being a people pleaser..I mean if someone wasn’t happy with me or didn’t like me..I would go completely out of my way to make them like me..regardless if I was okay in the midst of it or not..I mean I could…

“So about a week and a half ago my son, Anthony, and I went to this Spring Jubilee revival that they had in Mt. Airy, NC..and it lasted all week but we both have busy schedules and we just happened to be off on the same day so we were able to attend..and it was…