Choosing What Really Matters

Choosing What Really Matters

  For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. Philippians 1:10 (NLT) By: Melissa Bell I love when God opens our eyes to new themes in Scripture. Recently, while reading...
Practical Ways to Establish the Discipline of Prayer

Practical Ways to Establish the Discipline of Prayer

I love the Lord, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2 Do you struggle with prayer? Be disciplined to make prayer a priority Make a list Assign it a day of the week...
3 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed

3 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed

Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3 Make a prayer list Pray with thanksgiving Experience God’s peace and trust Him Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,...
Beware of Being Trapped in Groupthink

Beware of Being Trapped in Groupthink

Groupthink is defined: the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be...
12 Ways to Pray for our Nation

12 Ways to Pray for our Nation

Blessed is the nation who’s God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12 A few years ago, I had a unique opportunity to take a “Spiritual Heritage Tour” at the US Capitol. It moved me such in a way that I will never forget.  Standing in the Capitol’s rotunda and listening to...
Determining Factors of What Makes a Great Nation

Determining Factors of What Makes a Great Nation

“God-devotion makes a country strong; God-avoidance leaves people weak.” Proverbs 14:34 (MSG) Have you ever thought about the idea that long before our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence on that fateful July 4th day in 1776, God knew that...