7 Jun 2024 0 Comment

Make a Plan to Manage Your Money

As a pastor for 42 years, I spoke with many couples who struggled in their marriage and were even going through a separation. And I can tell you that the number one reason couples get a divorce isn’t adultery. It isn’t abuse. It’s...
6 Jun 2024 0 Comment

You’re Responsible for What Fills Your Mind

Our minds control everything else about us. Our thoughts influence our feelings. And our feelings impact our actions. What you think matters, because everything starts in the mind. To be a responsible person, you have to control your...
5 Jun 2024 0 Comment

You Don’t Have to Live With Guilt

God is always ready to give you another chance. That’s a foundational piece of Christianity. We’ve all been irresponsible. We’ve all screwed up. The Bible tells us, “Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins”...
4 Jun 2024 0 Comment

Responsible People Make the Most of Life

You and I have a variety of great abilities. For some of us it’s the ability to do math; for others it’s the ability to fix computers or to sew. We all have abilities—even if at times we need others to point them out to us. But do...
3 Jun 2024 0 Comment

What You Believe Shapes Your Life

What we believe about the world around us shapes everything about our lives. Why? Because what you believe determines your behavior. Your behavior then determines what you become, and that has a direct effect on the direction of your...
2 Jun 2024 0 Comment

Share Your Experiences

The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:11, “Encourage one another and help one another” (GNT). God wants you to use your own experiences to build up, motivate, and inspire other people. How do you do that? You can do it three ways:...
1 Jun 2024 0 Comment

Two Ways to Examine Your Experiences

An unexamined experience is worthless. There are people who are 50 years old who haven’t lived 50 years. They’ve lived one year 50 times. They’re still making the same mistakes because they never stop and extract the lessons. They...
31 May 2024 0 Comment

Embrace Your Past Experiences—Good and Bad

Do you want God to use your past for good? Then you have to embrace the experiences of your life—the good ones, the bad ones, the shameful ones, the right ones, the wrong ones, the happy ones, and the sad ones—and stop running from...
30 May 2024 0 Comment

Love God With Your Strength

Jesus said the greatest commandment is to “love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (Mark 12:30 NLT). As we’ve learned, God expects every one of us to mature in all of...
29 May 2024 0 Comment

If You Know It, Then Do It

Yesterday, we looked at Mark 12:30: “You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (NLT). One way to look at this verse is to focus on loving God with all your talk, all...