Perhaps it is hard to think about the end times as being something wonderful because the American church is comfortable. As people were bowing in front of our beautiful building one Sunday morning my mind took a little trip. I thought about how my hands were cold and how my feet hurt in those particular [...]
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During my time in high school and college I took several psychology classes. One of the most interesting things I learned was if someone smiles they trick their brain into thinking that they really are happy. A physical action has an internal reaction. This is common in many areas of life, but today we will talk about joy. [...]
Have you ever seen a rut? You know, a warn down path in the road where too many people have traveled down the same place over and over again. When you try to ride a bike in a rut it is hard to get out, you are stuck going wherever the rut is going. If [...]
My brother left his cat Sophie for me when he moved. So I have had to learn all her ways. One thing I have noticed is she is food focused. She knows where I store the food, what the yellow food scoop means, and where the good goes when it is time for her to [...]
In discipleship a couple weeks ago we talked about school and if we knew anyone in school like Daniel. Honestly, I didn’t know anyone like Daniel. All I could think of is how Christians in general were treated. In high school Christians were seen as “the nice girl” or a “goodie-goodie.” The worst thing I [...]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548221,00.html Above is a link to the Fox News World article about the terrible flood that happened two weeks ago in Istanbul, Turkey…where my sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephew live. As I read the article my heart began to break, not only for the fear that must have occurred as the 20-30 people died [...]
I was reading last night about Mattie, a slave girl in Lake Providence, Louisiana during the 1860s. She and her family all lived on one plantation and were the slaves to quite a mean slave owner. He would whip one slave in front of everyone if the slave owner felt the slave did something wrong. [...]
I have been thinking over the past few weeks about who God is. I came up with a long list of who or what God is…love, holy, eternal, etc. When thinking of love I was drawn to I Corinthians 13:4-8. It says that love is patient, kind, does not envy (is not jealous), does not [...]
I prayed a couple weeks ago that God would open my eyes to what He wanted me to see in His Word. The same word began to pop out at me, and still does. Heart. Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” [...]
Over the years, and especially over the past three days, I have learned the value of living a pure Christian life. I am in no way saying I am perfect, because I make plenty of mistakes. But being an abnormal Christian, the kind that people don’t expect is a good thing. You may be wondering [...]
Have you ever been assigned to do a speech on a controversial subject? I remember doing one in eleventh grade English. It felt so uncomfortable to talk about corporal punishment. These subjects made me cringe, but what made people mad in high school were posers. If that term isn’t used any more, posers are people [...]
I have been reading this book called Under God. It has different stories about different important figures throughout American history. The past couple stories have been about people who were on a quest to inform others about slavery, and reveal how slavery goes against the Bible. Theodore Weld and his wife Angelina Grimke’ were warriors [...]
I was thinking about some of the shows and movies that I have watched in the past that do not align to the ways of God. Some include Two and a Half Men, Ted Bundy Movie, CSI, and even Taken. In the case of Two and a Half Men, this show promotes having casual sex. [...]
Have you ever played the “what if” game? What if I take the job with Chic-fil-a instead of Best Buy? What if I join a band with the guys from school? What if I transfer from Godby to FAMU High? Okay, you get the point. Well, I was playing the “what if” game a week [...]
