Its payday, and I’m staring at the screen on the ATM machine in the bank, looking at the amount that was just deposited into my checking account.

I was about 9 nine years old and full of youthful exuberance and zeal; surrounded by neighbors who were like family, friends to play with within walking distance, and house that felt like the size of a football field.

I Don’t Fit In — This phrase has become common to a full-out, on-fire-for-Christ, picking-up-their-cross-and-leaving-the-rest-behind-believer, like myself!

I often wondered what’s in a fast. Starve myself and feel uncomfortable all for what? This act called fasting must be in The Ten Commandments, The Beatitudes perhaps, or even be a part of the Lords prayer; surprisingly, none of the aforementioned comment on fasting in any form.

Do we accept as truth the words spoken by King David in Psalm 139:14, that I am “fearfully and wonderfully made”? Or have these words become another meaningless cliché?

Perhaps God has forgotten I exist. Sure I want to be successful, but the truth is I’m feeling sad and like a failure. Everybody else is getting his or her blessing, but mine? It keeps passing me by. Will my time ever come?

On numerous occasions I’ve had encounters with someone who at a point and time desired to understand and learn more about Christianity, but decided that maybe, just maybe this religion (for lack of a better word) and the pursuit of a relationship with Jesus Christ was not worth following;

Well that was quick! It seems like just yesterday the world was preparing for”Y2K” and here we are at the start of a new decade. Typically, most of us are planning our new year and reflecting on the last.

It’s a Friday night, and you remember the days when you used to party like its 1999. Realizing that those days are now over because you’re saved and no longer partake in certain practices, you wonder what to do? Does life automatically become boring when you become a Christian? Of course not! There are many alternatives to enjoy yourself where you’re not compromising your faith or placing yourself in the position to do so. Need help? Here are some ideas below:

Jesus described the path of sin as “wide” and appealing to many who enter it (Matthew 7:13). Have you ever wondered how a drug addict came to make the choice to become one? Have you ever questioned why a Christian brother or sister would begin an extramarital affair?

There’s a myriad of reasons why people are happy, and a plethora of reasons why people are sad. I’ve come to the conclusion that being happy is predicated on the things that one has, and sadness comes from the lack there of.

What’s your earliest childhood memory? The earliest memory I have is when as a toddler between the ages of three and four years old, in a yellow and white dress with white ankle socks and black shoes with straps, there I was, in the center of the room, smiling and looking around, as all eyes were fixed on me.

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Its been proven, that anything you hear over and over again, you will eventually start to believe. And whatever you believe, eventually shows up in your life. Do you know why affirmations are written down and then said aloud every day? Because faith comes by hearing…

Boy, don’t I understand those words all too well. It’s been quite a year for me.
As an independent business owner, artist, and more, those words reside deep.

“How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” (Psalm 133:1)
As part of our Christian walk with Jesus he requires that we his children, his followers, his believers, participate in regular worship. In doing so we are to be more than simply spectators but full participants in worship.

God is so far past our own comprehension and understanding. God may not always act in ways our finite minds will understand because his ways are not our ways.

According to the Oxford American Dictionary, hypocrisy is defined as the “practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform.” In simpler terms hypocrisy is the act of making untrue things appear to be true.

Have you ever used water to dilute a certain beverage of choice, but ended up using so much water that you forgot what you were drinking?