Category: Holy Spirit

Daily focalPOINT – Inside Out

“Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings…It’s something we make inside ourselves.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom If you are one to seek happiness from the world I guarantee at some point you will be disappointed.  Our society is a society that is very much of surface instead of substance these days.  Instead of getting in…

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Daily focalPOINT – Ultimate Connection

“When we are powerless and unable to do anything, it is great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom I was talking with my college basketball coach the other day after hearing of the sudden passing of his wife. We talked about a lot of things.  Coach was…

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Daily focalPOINT – Distressed-Depressed-At Rest

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed.  If you look within, you’ll be depressed.  If you look at God you’ll be at rest.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom I lived the first two sentences of this quote for a good part of my life.  I was always caught up in the world and what was…

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Daily focalPOINT – Eternal Peace

Colossians 3:2, “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” I know; easier said than done. When things are really challenging and intense in your life a great way to “escape” is to take your thoughts to eternity and heaven. I know for me personally, I often catch…

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Daily focalPOINT – My Source

I’m only as good as the last time I spent time with my Maker… I often write about the importance of having mentors and assume you all know who my number one mentor is but if you don’t it is God. God truly possesses infinite wisdom…I am a fool who writes from experience.  A habit…

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Daily focalPOINT – Take a look at yourself…

“The day I stop sinning is the day I have the right to judge and help others to stop sinning…and this will happen when hell freezes over.” “Sin is not the metric we use to measure others’ lives but instead the metric we use to measure our own lives.” “The less my focus on recognizing…

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Daily focalPOINT – Seek AND Listen

When life seems much too complicated and overwhelming…chances are you forgot to include God in on what you are doing or else you included Him and you just aren’t listening… Including God in on everything you do is a great solution to all problems but the solution is worthless if you don’t listen to what…

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Daily focalPOINT- Pretty Pumped

My oldest son Jason is getting married to his college sweetheart Ashley Taylor this evening. Genesis 2:24, “This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.” Please keep them in your prayers as they begin their new life as one…pretty cool and this old…

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