It does not matter how my affirmations and biblical scriptures you quote, if we do not physically work on facing your challenges, it will be highly unlikely that we will be successful in facing it. I use the word “unlikely” because there is always that rare chance that we will be successful without preparing ourselves, …
Category Archives: focus
Renewed
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV I want to apologize to the ones that originally followed this blog site. I created it to inspire and to hopefully improve someone’s life. Instead, my blogs have been all over the place. They have been unfocused …
The Lord’s Counsel
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thine ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 In the Bible, it describes how the people of Gibeon deceived Joshua and the Israelites. They heard what Joshua did to the towns of Jericho and …
Temptation and Suffering
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. Hebrews 2:18 The above scripture is referring to Jesus Christ. It lets us know that he understands what we go through when we are being tempted by negative influences, because he was tempted and suffered while he …
Destiny
For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Jeremiah 29:11 AMP There are things in life we are destined to do or become. One person is destined to be …
Power of the Spirit
Anyone that knows the story of Samson knows that he was blessed with incredible strength. This was first revealed in the book of Judges when Samson and his parents went to Timnah to meet a girl that he wanted as his wife. In the vineyards of Timnah, he was confronted by a young lion. Judges …
Quid Pro Quo
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. -2 Peter 2:3 There has been alot of talk on the news today about quid pro quo. What is it exactly, and is it a bad thing? Quid pro …
Running the Race
In 1 Corinthian 9:24, Paul said, “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.” Basically, what Paul is saying is that we should never …
Losing Focus
It was a Thursday night when I got off from work. I was thinking about how much I was going to get done and how much I was going to enjoy my three days off from work. That Friday, instead of getting anything significant done, I played my Playstation 2 (yeah, I’m too cheap to …