Getting Out Of Stuck

Have any of you ever felt that you’ve reached a period in your life where you just feel stuck? You know that you’re not moving backwards, but just don’t see yourself making forward progress in your life goals. To me, stuck feels like: frustration, rejection, bitterness, emptiness. We may feel defeated, and be experiencing a…

The Smells Of The Stable

A stable? What a place to give birth to the Messiah! The smells and sounds of a barnyard were our Savior’s first human experience. Like other babies, He may have cried at the sounds of the animals and the strangers parading around His temporary crib. If so, they would have been the first of many…

The Birth Of Christmas

Luke 1:26-27; 2:10 When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and then to shepherds with good news for the world, was it good news to this teenage girl? May be Mary was thinking: 1. How do I explain my pregnancy to my family? 2. Will Joseph call off the betrothal? 3. What will the townspeople…

My Life Of Faith

1. Life in Christ. Jesus’ identity is the foundation to who I am. 2. People find different ways to define their lives. Family gives my life meaning; work gives my life purpose; Life is whatever I make it to be. 3. The truth is that you and I only have a real and lasting meaning…

Pushed Past Your Limit

Here’s another encouraging post by my former coworker, Chikera. With all of the attacks we have to face from the devil, I know we all have those moments where we say if he were a flesh and bone person, we’d like to wrap our hands around his neck and just choke him out. We get…