How To Enter More Rest
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday – with people cheering and celebrating their own ideas of the coming Messiah. The whole picture of “your King coming to you on a donkey’s colt” is a symbol of humility and gentleness – the virtues of our LORD’s heart toward HIS people – the qualities our Bridegroom is […]
More Rest – Less Stressed
Matthew 11:29 – Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me for I AM gentle and humble in heart. And you will find rest for your souls. A yoke is something that joins two animals together. The point of this verse is to be joined with CHRIST. Learn to do life HIS way. Why? […]
Trade in Self-Improvement for Real Transformation
Matthew 4:4 – People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of GOD. This life is a journey of growth and understanding. The Word is what brings the growth AND the understanding. We are talking about a Word that is more than words on our pages or […]
Resisting Busyness for Real Purpose
Psalm 46:10a – Cease striving and know that I am GOD We are very distractable creatures living in a very distracting world. Learning to be attentive to GOD in the same way HE is attentive to us takes great intention and mindfulness. Often, the busyness of our lives robs us of the ability to be […]
Aleph and Tav
Revelation 1:8 – JESUS said, “I AM the Aleph and the Tav, the beginning and the end.” The Great I AM reminds us that HE is the Author and Finisher of our stories, from beginning to end. The significance of the Aleph (the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet) goes beyond being the first letter. […]
Responsibility Vs. Respondability
Galatians 1:13-15 – By now you have heard stories of how severely I harassed and persecuted Christians and did my best to systematically destroy God’s church, all because of my radical devotion to the Jewish religion. My zeal and passion for the doctrines of Judaism distinguished me from my people, for I was far more […]
The Winning Spirit
by Derin Carmack The Winning Spirit:1) Does not allow circumstances to dominate your attitude or spiritual mind set; doesn’t obsess on the problem but confesses the answer! “The mind set on the flesh is death, the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 2) Takes on challenges as conquerable and temporary – a winner’s […]
Don’t Let Your Cain Kill Your Abel
Genesis 4:1-8 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD.” Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the […]
You Can Experience True Rest – TODAY
Hebrews 3:7-11 – Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, as in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, and saw My works for forty years. Therefore, I was angry with this generation, and said, ‘They always go astray […]
A Good Opinion of GOD
Mark 11:22-24 Jesus replied, “Have faith in GOD [constantly]. 23 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!’ and does not doubt in his heart [in GOD’s unlimited power], but believes [be in agreement] that what he says is going to take place, it will be done for […]