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Life Happens
As a young Christian, one of the biggest challenges I had was understanding that God knows my circumstances, no matter how big or small. He is always with me. He isn’t surprised by my getting sick, getting in a car accident or losing a job. God knows that “Life Happens.” Matthew chapter 8 gives us
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Getting to know HIM
What do you do when you want to get to know someone? Spending time, a lot of time with a person. Go out to lunch. Get to know someone by asking questions about their values, family, interests, goals, background, experiences, etc. Talk about your dreams, etc. Getting to know someone is just talking to them.
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He will Not Twist Your Arm
Have you ever had someone make you do something you didn’t want to do, they “twisted your arm?” Life is full of choices. At times we get to choose what we want, other times we do things because we “have to”, and still other times we get to choose. What career, whether to marry, having
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Mini Me
Back in December 1990, I was very sick; I had several days where I could not keep food down and was out of work for about a week. My body was at the point where even a drink of water would send me into the bathroom and violently expel it from my body. Every time
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Delayed
I am sitting here at the airport, flying home after visiting my sister. And guess what happened? My connecting flight is delayed. Not just a few minutes but THREE hours! I like to have a schedule. I schedule almost everything. My family thinks that I am weird. I have schedules for bills, for work, and
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Why Study the Word of God?
As I began preparing to write this post, I had to think back and ask myself, “Why did I want to study the Word of God? At age 18, I learned IN THE BIBLE that God loved me and sent His son Jesus to die on the cross to make a way for me to
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Keeping your Heart
What is the condition of your Heart? We have an example in the Old Testament—King Amaziah, 2 Chronicles 25, where we learn three things from his story. 2 Chronicles 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. When your heart is not fully
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Do the Obvious
When I was first starting in Bible college. I was given some beginner courses to help me as I began to learn about the Word of God and having a Christian Walk. – This was pretty foreign to me as I was raised going to Church maybe once a year, and we never read out
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Friends
God made us to be social – we all need other people in our life. God did is this so that we can have a relationship with Him, but also so you can have encouragement and support you throughout your Christian walk. We need Godly friends. Let us consider Job. Job had 3 friends who
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Drawing a Blank
As I began looking for another Stepping Stone to share with you this week. I would start one then just not be able to finish it. Then begin another and still didn’t come together the way I wanted. So, I took a few days and just did my normal devotions and prayer time and just