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Encountering the Sauls in Our Lives
“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” -1 Samuel 23:17 Have you ever had a dream or goal that someone in your life was jealous over? This could…
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Encountering the Sauls in Our Lives
“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” -1 Samuel 23:17 Have you ever had a dream or goal that someone in your life was jealous over? This could…
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Thriving vs. Striving
“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?” -Ecclesiastes 2:22 I remember being in grade school trying to beat all 6 of my classmates (small school is an understatement) by getting through my coursework quicker. We were working through our phonics books, and it was…
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Thriving vs. Striving
“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?” -Ecclesiastes 2:22 I remember being in grade school trying to beat all 6 of my classmates (small school is an understatement) by getting through my coursework quicker. We were working through our phonics books, and it was…
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Overcoming Negative Circumstances
“Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.” -Psalms 143:7&8 Sometimes life is hard. When we go through difficult…
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Overcoming Negative Circumstances
“Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.” -Psalms 143:7&8 Sometimes life is hard. When we go through difficult…
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How to Stay the Course
“David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” -1 Samuel 30:6 In the time of Israel when David was fleeing from Saul, David and his men lived…
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How to Stay the Course
“David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” -1 Samuel 30:6 In the time of Israel when David was fleeing from Saul, David and his men lived…
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Resiliency
“‘All right, you may test him,’ the Lord said to Satan. ‘Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.’ So Satan left the Lord’s presence.” -Job 1:12 I wonder if God and Satan ever have the above conversation about you and I. Often things happen to us over which we…
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Resiliency
“‘All right, you may test him,’ the Lord said to Satan. ‘Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.’ So Satan left the Lord’s presence.” -Job 1:12 I wonder if God and Satan ever have the above conversation about you and I. Often things happen to us over which we…




