It’s time to lose weight!   The writer of Hebrews says it is imperative to success! Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down….   As I interact with society around me and look [...]

“Applications are being accepted!”   Chris Smucker did an outstanding job ministering at New Life Church yesterday. He said something that really caught my attention. He was speaking on leadership and said something to this effect. You know that sometimes when people go to a place to apply for a job and the response is [...]

April 1st. The one day of the year where you need to really be on guard. It is on this day that around the world people try and pull jokes on others and sometimes cruel jokes at that. But the cruelest of all jokesters is the devil himself when he tricks people into thinking that [...]

Don’t judge me! How often have we heard that statement said. My friend Jeremy said it best when he said, “People say don’t judge me but in reality, people are always wanting us to judge them. Some people buy certain clothes, purchase the latest cell phone, go on certain vacations, etc., all in hopes that [...]

Sometime in Nov or Dec of 1956, depending on who has the final word on this, the phrase was uttered into a microphone, “Elvis has left the building” signifying the show is over and there is nothing else to be seen here.  From that point on, the phrase …….”left the building!” has been a cultural [...]

  I bought a floor lamp online from the local big box store, entered my cc information, “transaction complete, pick up at your convenience” was the reply. Next day I went to the store, showed my cell phone with the bar code receipt to the customer service personnel, parcel was handed right to me. No [...]

Click bait – we are so aware of it in our daily lives of internet use. Stories blown out of proportion or stated in such a way that causes us to want to know more but when we get there we realize it isn’t near what we were expecting. “1.3 million cars lost every year” [...]

  Having trouble believing that Father God will take care of you and supply all you needs? I invite you to consider what Paul says in Romans 8: 31-32. He writes, “What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he [...]

  Everything is framed in perspective! I was driving down the road a saw a young men standing beside his car talking on his cell phone. He was staring at his flat front tire. Thinking he probably didn’t have a clue on what to do, I swung my truck around and pulled in beside him [...]

  The call on the life of Jesus was to help others. Dale Mast writes, “Jesus did not leave heaven to help himself, but to help us.” In the same way the call that the Lord has on your life is not primarily for you, it is for others. It is for their gain, not [...]