It is challenging and yet liberating to cease from trying to be perfect. Truth is, there is no one who is perfect but God, so there is no reason to keep trying. Take a deep breath, give up on perfection, and let God perfectly lead you into being your marvelous self. It is time to begin the work with God in being yourself. By being yourself, you are now available to be all that God created you to be. Read more

Do not fear the darkness that looms before the light of a new day approaches. The recipe for peace in the midst of the storm is to seek, pray, and rest in your God. He will provide overflowing peace as you yield your ways and strife to the fullness of His presence. You can live in the fullness and strength of His joy even while storm clouds swirl around you. Obedience, persistence, and prayer birth a soulful harvest. Read more

It is easy to love the humble and brokenhearted, and sometimes difficult to love the proud, or those who operate in control and manipulation. Move in His love and trust in the power of His presence in your own life. As you operate in His love and wisdom, miraculous changes can take place in others through love, prayer, and the receiving of the grace that only God can give. Love the unlovely, and watch what God does. Read more

In the results of a recent survey by George Barna, he states that only about 5% of Christians believe their church does anything to hold them behaviorally accountable. There is general “bemoaning” of these results. Indeed, they are sad, but not for the reason most would expect. I think part of the problem is in the wording of the question:  Does the “church” do anything to hold you accountable? The question is based on some faulty presuppositions. I don’t think ... Read more

Whatever has happened along life’s journey has brought you to today. Do not remain stuck in yesterday’s experiences, or where you find yourself now. Today is a new day to seek, to find, and to know, that God is with you in building a brighter tomorrow. We cannot go back to our beginning to make a brand new start, but we can start now to make the changes necessary to adjust our course for a victorious future. Read more

Loving people requires the desire to see the living Christ among them. This is true in our love for the poor, the oppressed, and the forgotten ones, as well as leaders, the proud, and the popular. This love doesn’t mean agreeing with or liking everyone’s ideas or behavior. On occasion, it even means confronting the attitudes and actions of others. The attitudes of our own hearts, and choosing love matters much. Read more

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Saturday, November 27, 2010 Loving God’s Family by Robert Ricciardelli Loving Church as an organization often seems close to impossible. Still, we must remind ourselves of all the people within them that God loves and has called us to love and seek to become one with. They are all part of God’s family and He dwells within them regardless of whether they are known, unknown, liberal, or conservative. Drawing people to God’s love begins with our love for Him, and... Read more

Acts 6 contains the intriguing story of the selection of “seven men, of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom”  to care for the Hellenistic widows in the daily distribution of food. Stephen appears for the first time in scripture and is described as a man “full of faith and the Holy Spirit.”  Abruptly, we discover that even as Stephen is signing up as a waiter, men are preparing for his execution. The Rolling Stones made famous the... Read more

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. (Ruth 4:13)  Look at the instructions Naomi gave Ruth for approaching Boaz, her future husband, and you’ll see that there’s a certain protocol involved in walking with God. Once you understand it, the things you’ve been waiting for begin to happen. So: 1) Be sure it’s God’s will for you. Ruth wasn’t looking for just any man, she had a specific one in mind. And because Naomi had done her homework,... Read more