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Paralyzed Woman Helps the World

Joni Eareckson Tada could have given up when she became paralyzed at 18 years old due to a diving accident. Now in her 70s, a totally devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, she has decades behind her of being used by God to help people literally all over the world. Not only does she help the world know about and follow Jesus, but she through her organization helps people worldwide have wheelchairs that otherwise would not be able have them.

If you have seen her sing and speak in person or on...

You May Love This But –

You may absolutely love something and can’t imagine taking another breath or step in your life without it, but if it goes against God’s will for you then you need to turn away from it. You need to let it go. You need to say goodbye. And you need to choose the will of God for your life instead.

The Lord Jesus Christ will give you the strength to let go if you cry out to Him. Cry out to the Lord with all your might for any and all help you need in letting it go. Read the Bible and find strength an...

A Very Serious Warning

I was extremely excited as I began to listen to some preaching online by a preacher I had never heard of. He was preaching on the strength of God which was exactly what I needed to an exceeding degree. He used Bible verses as he preached and all seemed well.

Then I heard a voice. “Be careful,” the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart. Then I essentially heard Him give me a very serious warning about what the preacher was about to preach.

Was God really speaking to me? Everything seemed fine with the pr...

My Prayer for OUR MOUTHS!

When you open your mouth, what comes out? Do your words please God? Does your mouth praise Him? Do your sing what blesses God? Does your mouth proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ to others? Do your words show love toward and help others? Do you use your mouth to glorify God?

Oh God, forgive us all the wrong ways in which we have used our mouths! Please God teach each and every one of us to use our mouths to love, praise, bless, thank, and glorify you and to show your love Lord to others and to tell t...

CHOOSE to BE THANKFUL!

I am facing some super had stuff as I write this message and am reminded of a beautiful lesson God has taught me over the years.

No matter what is going on in our lives, whether easy or hard, good or bad, happy or sad, etc., we can and should CHOOSE to BE THANKFUL even as we face what we face!

Thankful for what? For the Lord, for His love, grace, mercy, peace, forgiveness, joy, goodness, provision, strength, protection, help, wisdom, direction, etc. and for all His endless blessings He bestows u...

Return to God!

Have you turned away from God? Have you started wandering away? Have you run away? Are you living in disobedience? In rebellion against the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you stopped praying? Stopped reading the Bible? Stopped assembling with other Jesus followers in church or a Bible study or prayer group or house church etc.? Or have you not stopped any or all of this but simply really diminished your dedication and devotion to Jesus? Have you stopped spending time alone with God praying, praising Hi...

When It Is Time to Leave

When you are clear God has called you to leave somewhere, or something, or someone, to say goodbye, to end something, to part ways, to move on, to move forward, etc., please understand simply just leaving DOES NOT mean we are obeying God. We need to leave ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD. How so?

Finish what God wanted us to do in that season of our lives.Seek His forgiveness concerning any way in which we fell short.Get rid of anything in our hearts and lives that is sin against God including a ...

#1 Way to Help People

When we see people in need, no matter who they are, whether we know them or not, whether they are nearby or all across the world, no matter their situation, no matter their needs, I believe the #1 way to help people in need is this.

PRAY for them, PRAY for God’s will concerning how to help them, DO whatever God tells and leads us to do to help them, and DO NOT DO what God DOES NOT want us to do and what God TELLS US NOT TO DO.

Unfortunately I believe many of us have a tendency when we desire to ...

I Hate New Year’s Resolutions!

I hate New Year’s resolutions because I believe we set high expectations, set ourselves up for disappointment and even possible failure, because we put pressure on ourselves, because we tend to forget them or give up on them not long after we make them, because I believe many of us leave God out of them, and most of all for this single reason.

To be a totally devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be a true believer in God, we should be focused on Jesus today, on loving and serving the Lo...

Blessings Still Exist!

There is so much hard stuff and bad news and suffering in this world right now and even in so many of our own lives that it can seem virtually impossible to see past it to all the blessings and good news that because of the Lord Jesus Christ still exist each and every day.

Would you join me in committing to try every day to see, acknowledge, appreciate, experience, enjoy, and thank and praise the Lord for all the blessings and good news that still exist?

“Every good gift and every perfect gift i...