David refused to kill Saul, even though he could have claimed it was self defense and justified it because he was anointed. Instead, he let God deal with Saul and during this entire time of waiting, God proved to both David and Samuel that He was with them, and that they could trust in God’s promise to David even though things didn’t make sense ..read more

It took twenty-two years for the promise of Joseph’s dream to become a reality. This begs the question, do we let What the What?! moments stop us from believing in the things God has promised us? We can trust God to keep His promises even when things don’t make sense. Which means, no matter what it is that each of us have been called to as individuals, or as a church, we can be confident God’s going to take care of everything ..read more

When facing persecution, Jesus doesn’t want us to worry or fear. In fact, Jesus wants us to feel happy and excited about it because our reward will be amazing! So we must be careful that this world doesn’t make us lose our saltiness or our light ..read more

God wants us to be productive and useful in His plan for redeeming the world, but to do that we must first be committed to our relationships with others in the church. However, to do that we must have the same attitude that Christ had, which means all of us have to figuratively burn our “Bill of Rights ..read more

Pride and prejudice are intertwined into our lives, but only those who embrace that truth will ever allow God to work on either. And the surest sign that we’re allowing God to work will be our compassion toward others ..read more

Why miscarriages? Why cancer? Why mosquitos? The truth is, when our focus is on this life, we’ll never stop asking those kind of questions. But when we realize how to view hard experiences from God’s perspective, it can change everything about the way we show empathy and compassion and care for others ..read more

All followers have been given the general “call” from God to be a “part” of the body of Christ, or the church. But beyond that, we’ve each been given gifts, or certain things we do well, for the benefit of the church. And when we learn to use these gifts for the good of others, it helps prove to the world Jesus is for real ..read more

Based on what Solomon, Jesus, Peter and Paul said, we can conclude, that if we’re going to attract the "Queens of Sheba" that exist in our world, we must create order within our communities, by personally and corporately submitting to all human authorities placed above us ..read more

Everything Paul said concerning leadership for God, is about taking the opportunities given to us to benefit and serve others in the church, but our leadership must also extend to those who don’t know Christ yet. So…are you a good leader for God ..read more

Our nature gets renewed as we learn, and learning is a choice. Which means, only when we’re actively learning will we be able to combat our sinful nature, and instead become more like Christ ..read more