Confidence After We Fail

We often take matters into our own hands. WE MAKE MISTAKES. EVEN MORE, WE SIN AGAINST GOD. The world may label us as failures, but not God. Regardless of what we’ve done, we are never beyond the love and grace of God When we turn to God and trust Him, He brings us into an…

Seek To Please God Above All Else: Part 2

This is the second part of a message that was written by my uncle, Minister David Boyd. Making the right choice requires staying in communication with God. We cannot communicate with God unless we know His voice. Consistent communication is required, and NOT just when we want something and then we stop talking and listening…

Seek To Please God Above All Else: Part 1

This is the first part of a message that was written by my uncle, Minister David Boyd. Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me…

God-Centered Living Brings Peace

Instead of seeing ourselves as the center of existence, we need to turn to God and make Him our central purpose in life. Without God as our center, we fall easy prey to petty worries, self-pity, fears, and anxiety. With God in the center, every area of our life will reach out from the “hub”…

Addressing The Sin Nature: Part 3

Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin(acts of sin), because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Sin in this verse is a verb. It speaks of acts of sin and it is not pertaining to the sin nature.) “What then?” Paul is going back to the first question he asked…

Addressing The Sin Nature: Part 2

Romans 6:12 Let not sin[sin nature] therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (Speaks of the sin nature not being dead) a. Shows the sin nature is not dead and it is still there. The sin nature can once again rule in the Believer’s heart, if he…

Addressing The Sin Nature: Part 1

Sin Nature is the polluted nature of man as a result of the “Fall.” It speaks of the tending to sin, to do wrong, to go in the wrong direction, to disobey God, to do that which is immoral, to do that which is evil. It is the cause of all the problems in the…

Confronting A Sinning Believer

This post was inspired by a question that was posed to me from a fellow believer, who felt led to confront some family members about their sins. Matthew 18:15-17 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou…

Comfort In Suffering

II Corinthians 1:3-4 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of…

Overcoming Infirmities

I was born with an eye condition called, retinitis pigmentosa, which diminishes a person’s vision over time to the point of total blindness. As a youngster, I was bullied and ridiculed by a few immature kids, because of my infirmity. Before I received Christ, and occasionally afterwards, various preachers have anointed me with oil and…