Returning reconciles relationships. Returning is the act of going back to somewhere you have been. Taking the long road back to where the mistake was made, the conversation happened, the division started. Returning shows humility. Only the humble are broken enough to go back. Returning displays love. If one returns, one deeply cares. Returning is…
Sanctification is the process where a follower of Jesus is changed by Him to become more like Him on their individual journey of life. It is a very simple process to understand How do you become more like Christ? Again, a very simple process. Read about Him in the Bible and let Him guide you….
Ever been to a beach with a child, making them a small kiddie pool by the water? You labor to dig a deep hole near the incoming ocean waves, the water rushes in, and the hole is filled. For a few minutes, the pool is a masterpiece, a perfect oasis on the beach creating hours…
Raise your actions to the standard of your beliefs. At a dinner recently, a guy about to have his first child asked a group of more seasoned parents, “what is your number one parenting lesson?” As great wisdom was being gleaned from the parents, one man didn’t share a principle but rather an action. “Every…
We have an innate desire to make our name great, elevate who we are as a person, build ourself up. Ever been in a car with five, say 12 year olds? Just sit back and listen. Beneath almost every comment is an undertone of personal greatness. Whether personal skills, wealth, material possessions, vacations, parents, you…
“I think we have grown too fast. I see it in the service.” My friend made this comment over the weekend, as we were sitting in one of my favorite restaurants in Bentonville. The place was busting at the seams with people, and this caused our server to be non-existent. It wasn’t the server’s fault,…
Since the beginning, God’s people were always to be different, set apart. They were to act different, think different, live different. God was to be their King. In the Old Testament, this was the case, as God rescued His people from slavery and delivered them to a new, promised land. He was their king. However,…
When lions hunt a pack of animals, the goal is to get one animal isolated. If the lions can do this, the animal is easy prey. Remove an animal from the pack, and the power of unity is broken. This is how the enemy operates. This is how a marriage is attacked. This is how…
Restoration brings the old, the tarnished back to newness, freshness, back to life. Restoration revives what was dead. In an excruciating book written about the pain of his people, in his closing remarks, the writer of Lamentations writes following. Restore us to yourself so that we may return. Lamentations 5:22 He doesn’t ask for restoration…
Is it possible to receive grace but not give grace? Grace is undeserved, complete forgiveness. The wrong is no longer on the account. The bill is paid. The one in debt is free. Animosity is overcome by unity. No marriage survives without grace. Impossible. If there is no grace, there is no marriage. No friendship…