Jeff Mitchell

“Failure is not an option.” This is a phrase attributed to the NASA Space Program portrayed in the movie Apollo 13. Our own strength is not enough On our own strength, failure is not only an option, it is inevitable! Even though we may have a high regard for ourselves, our abilities, our strengths, and […]

Pay attention to The Truth The devil wants you to pay attention to your feeling. Jesus wants you to pay attention to His truth.” Dr. Tony Evans preached so well on marriage recently, and that statement jumped out at me. The word “feeling” is mentioned in the bible just 3 times, while “feel” is mentioned […]

Failure in not an option “Failure is not an option.” This is a phrase attributed to the NASA Space Program portrayed in the movie Apollo 13. On our own strength, failure is not only an option, it is inevitable! Even though we may have a high regard for ourselves, our abilities, our strengths, and the […]

Rest in Him Sunday is the day of rest. Why? Because He rested. As difficult as it may be for us to understand that He created the heavens, the earth, and every living thing in them in seven days (He is God!), He rested on the seventh day. He saw that His work was good […]

Faith is the foundation What brings us closer to God? What draws us to Him? What enables us to have close fellowship with God? What is it that we must have in order to receive His blessed assurance, His hope, His strength, power, patience, and wisdom? Faith. Faith in who He is. Faith in what […]

Our plans versus His plans The best laid plans” is a term coined by Robert Burns in 1785. It was referring to how things can go awry, despite the best laid plans. In our youth, we may have had some firm idea of what we wanted to be or whom. That initial plan does work […]