“Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with a purpose in every…
Category: Holy Spirit
Beliefs
Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV) In my years of helping others I have found that a person’s beliefs will eventually make or break them. From our beliefs we…
Integrity to self…
1 Chronicles 29:17 “I know my God that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.” (NIV) Have you ever heard this phrase; “It is better to have an enemy who keeps his word than a friend who does not?” Ever since I got sober I’ve tried my best to have solid integrity. There…
Choose Greatness by Choosing GOD instead of the World
John 16:33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” This Friday I will be speaking to a hundred or so Covington 5th and 6th graders and high school students at the Annual Covington…
Eternal Freedom
“Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV) I can remember many years ago when I was immersed in my life as an alcoholic and addict. I would have these brief moments where I knew what I was doing was wrong and…
the MOMENT
On the final night when Jesus was betrayed and taken to be put to death he knew he had all the power he needed in order to stop what was about to happen but he didn’t. He said to his father, “Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father save me from…
“Those who sow in tears…
will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy carrying sheaves with him.” (Psalm 126:5-6). Sometimes the saddest things that happen to us in our life end up creating the most joy. Letting go is a physical thing, letting God is a spiritual…
The Final Step…Productive Effort
Ephesians 6:5-8; “Slaves obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were…
Choosing God over the world…
James 4:1-10 (NIV); “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask,…
“Bound” to continue…
“Proverbs 25:28; “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.” (This is a continuation from my previous blog about the two steps in achieving a new goal; start and continue. The next several posts will deal with what it takes to continue.) Has the following scenario ever happened to…