Growing Up in Church I grew up in church. My mom or dad would drop my sister and me off at church from a young age, and we loved it. It took years before my parents started coming. Once they did, they fully committed themselves to Christ. They ended up being great examples to both my sister and me of Read More
God’s Purpose for Your Life: Understanding Why You Were Created
Understanding God’s Plan for Humanity We are all predestined for a certain purpose. God has appointed or ordained our future for us. Destiny is what God has predetermined for us to be and become in His divine will. Ephesians 1:11 through 12 “in him also we have received an inheritance, a destiny- we were claimed by God as his own, having been Read More
Making God a Priority: Choosing Him Above Distractions
Hey friends. With our busy lives—work, children, spouses, hobbies—it can be easy to lose sight of what matters most. Remember, making God our top priority is essential. The first of the Ten Commandments reminds us to worship only the one true God: Exodus 20:3 NKJV, “You shall have no other gods before Me,” and Deuteronomy 5:8-9 warns against creating idols Read More
The Jesus I Thought I Knew
The first Jesus I knew was framed in stained glass—forever smiling, forever gentle, forever safe. It would take years before I discovered the real Jesus, the One the images of my childhood could not contain. I was first introduced to Jesus in the First United Methodist Church in my hometown of Nowata, Oklahoma. I remember as a child sitting with Read More
This is Only a Test: Trusting God through Trials and Tribulations
Trusting that God Works All Things Together for Good We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are fitting into a plan for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. — Romans 8:28 (Amplified) This is one of the first Read More