"But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way." - Daniel 1:8 After being taken by king Nebeuchadnezzar, Daniel and the other youth were given the diet of the king. …
What’s In A Name?
Who defines who you really are? The world? Satan? You? or God? There have been days when I felt like I didn't know who I was. Struggling with doubt because Satan placed that doubt in my mind. Oh, he used someone else to do, but I know that it came from him. There have been …
Setting Goals For 2020
Make the New Year better by including God in your plans. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Top five list of goals for 2020 This is the top 5 for this year according to Google: Diet or eat healthierExercise moreLose weightSave more moneyLearn a new skill This list is actually pretty vague. How do you …
Depending On God
God will move you out of your comfort zone to get you to lean on Him. Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay Have you ever felt so broken, so out of place, that you had to depend on God? We've probably all had those instances in our lives when we've felt so broken, depressed or …
Eyewitness Account of the Virgin Birth?
Luke's account of the birth of Jesus is written from eyewitness accounts. Many scholars/theologians think that Luke even interviewed Mary, the mother of Jesus. I don't think you could get much more eyewitness than that! Because the world at the time of Luke's writing was very corrupt, controversial and full of false teachers, he wanted …
Can I Get a Witness?
Did you ever think about your purpose on earth? I'm sure that we each see our purpose differently, but why did God create us in the first place? What is it that we are supposed to do? At the beginning of the book of John, he is describing the light shining in the darkness and …
The Light Overcomes Darkness
"In him was life, and the life was the light of men.The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:4-5 It often seems that we concentrate on the darkness in this world. We have worries and the world seems overcome with evil and darkness these days. How do we …
And So It Began…
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." - John 1:5 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Our story begins at the beginning of the world. As God created the world, Jesus was already with him. "He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing …
