Category: Faith & Spirituality

Physical, mental, and moral fitness To be physically fit, we must dedicate ourselves to setting aside time, or as a close friend says, “carve out” time, to work hard, sweat a little, and challenge our bodies. We also must eat properly the foods that are best for our bodies. Everything we put in our “pie…

Gifts This word can mean something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation. It can also be an act or a talent. “Gift” is mentioned in scripture at least 74 times. There are good gifts, gifts that precede or follow, gifts that are prepared, gifts of service, gifts that are brought, gifts of silver and…

Being Intentional What are you intentional about? Collecting the most possessions? Gathering wealth? Reaching the summit of Everest or the corporate ladder? At the end of the day, you can’t take any of those things with you. You’ll never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer! You could also be intentional at keeping your feelings,…

Thanks! A good friend in Christ Jesus, (I hope you have at least a few of your own!) said something that made an impact on me regarding prayer. He said that when he prays, he doesn’t submit a long list of needs for others or himself. He doesn’t pray to tell God something He already…

Nothing The word nothing can be defined as no thing, not anything, no part, no portion, of no consequence, significance, or interest. Nothing would appear to be the opposite of something, but it is actually the opposite of everything, which can mean all relevant matters or the most important. The need to be relevant All…

Control Yourself For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Romans 13:6 What would the world be like if all the rulers, leaders, and people in government were servants of God first and foremost? Think on that scene for a moment. Every single…

Spiritual Practice has multiple forms When someone asks me about my spiritual practice, I answer that my spiritual practice is music. Playing an instrument and singing is one of the easiest ways for me to get out of my head and to be open to the Divine. I have other practices such as prayer, contemplation,…

Perspective What is your perspective of and in life, death, how you became, and how you should behave? Where will you go eternally, and what does that look like to you? If you have earthly or fleshly responses, those responses are false. They are false truths of a false world and not of the creator…

Fountain of Youth This was a fictional term used all over the world and centuries ago. It was thought to be in many places wherever the rumor was adopted. Ponce de Leon was accused of saying it first, and others after him continued on with this fictional term until it became widely believed to have…

The righteous one will live by faith. This powerful guiding statement is mentioned three times in scripture, “Behold, as for the impudent one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous one will live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as…