I have found that the answers to my questions, and tools to face life’s struggles are no farther away than my Bible.
I like to ride my motorcycle around country roads in Platte County in the evening, I call it “chasing sunsets”. On a long ride alone, I am reminded that at the end of the day, it is just me and God. There are lots of things that are important in this life, but the most important is my relationship with God. How does the long ride remind me of that? Simply there is nothing else going on and there are all kinds of reminders of Him all around me.
It is not His intention for us to get stirred up about a whole lot of impossible things.
Instead, we need to give them to Him, because for God, nothing is impossible. Get still, sit still, enjoy God’s quiet, it’s pretty nice. Well, the bike is not still, and it’s not real quiet, but I am not moving very fast, and it was just what I need.
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Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak
Let God Make the Schedule
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
We Are All a Work in Progress
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice
Rejoice in the Lord Always!
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
What the Future Holds
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
Have a Peaceful Day
The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Working Through Pain
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
My Grace is Sufficient for You
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Ask and You Will Receive
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
God Has a Purpose
So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
November 2019
In Everything Give Thanks
Make Someone’s Day
and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
Confident In God
Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Appreciate Them
For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Tell Your Little Girls How Much you Love Them
29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Renewal With God
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Do it With All of Your Might
Choose Our Wars Wisely
24 The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
A Life Conviction
22 The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
Show Kindness and Compassion
32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Thank You God for True Friends
9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
We Really Do Have a Choice
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
October 2019
Humility is a Tough Lesson
6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Stage of Life
So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
Faith is About Coming to God
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Intentional Unselfishness Uplifts
Everybody
4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
God Has it Covered
8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Every Habit Begins with Doing Something the First Time
27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.
Tension is not Necessarily a Bad Thing
27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Immovable Convictions
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
We Need to Tell God it Hurts
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
The Good We Seek May Be Found Through Adversity
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Sometimes God Uses Timing and Experiences
3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
Take Time for Your Heart
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
September 2019
The Truth Will Make You Free
32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
Cast Our Anxieties on God
7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
We Are A Work In Progress
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
A Quiet Prayer to God for Help
2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
Love is not Provoked
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
Sometimes I Just Enjoy the Question
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.“
God Thrives on Things that are Impossible
20 And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
Goals are the Ones God Wants
Do Not Worry About Tomorrow
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Choose to be Unselfish
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Do the Right Thing
16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
To the Glory of God
23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
Proverbs 22:29 (NASB)
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.
August 2019
A Clear Conscience
15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
God is in Control
16 The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Stay out of God’s Way
8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Life Does Hurt
8 You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
With God All Things are Possible
11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
We Resent it if it is US Who Needs to Change
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Respect and Kindness
29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Talk to God Like One Talks to a Friend
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 And it came about, whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent.9 Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses. 10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. 11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Only God Can Solve Everybody’s Problems
Bear One Another’s Burdens
6 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
God Does Not See Things the Way We See Things
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Putting God Back in Focus
24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Patience is a Real Virtue
32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Take Ownership of Your Feelings
15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
Give Your Burden to God
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Made in God’s Image
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
We Need Not Fear to do What God Calls
8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;
A Spirit of Gentleness
Bear One Another’s Burdens
6 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
If Our Spiritual Heart is Healthy, What Comes Out of Our Mouth Will Be Healthy Too!
34 You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
God Notices
3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
Get the Important Stuff Done
Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
July 2019
What Really Matters is Our Heart
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
We Are Called to Forgive
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
One of the Coolest Things we can do is NOTICE!
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Attack Your Own Selfishness
33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.
Thank God for Your Spouse
Value Simple, Honest Effort
Keep Short Accounts
God Will Help You
The Glory of God
Deal With Our Attitude
God Puts Our Tears in a Bottle
Think of Something Really Special
Contentment is a Phenomenal Life Lesson
Ask for What Seems Impossible
What CAN We Do Today
Don’t Let Circumstances Dictate Our Happiness
We Can’t Allow Our Souls to be Savaged by Comparisons
They Just Need to Know You Care
God Loves us Unconditionally
Let our Words Build Up
Love One Another
June 2019
Take Time to Pray
The “Golden Rule”
Contentment Has to be Learned
Give Thanks in Everything
God’s Grace is Sufficient
Truth and Patience
Choose to be Happy
What is Usual is Not Always Best
God Always Accomplishes His Purpose
Gentle and Humble in Heart
Be a Servant
God Might Turn That Bad Thing into Something Good
It’s Not About Me
It’s Not All Riding On Us
Fail Forward
Why is Praying Our Last Resort?
“Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”
Time With God Refills My Tank
Lead Based on Character, Not Position
May 2019
God is Just Getting Started
The Promise is Peace
Nothing is Impossible for God
God Made You the Way He Wanted You
Become the Tool God Uses
Refuse Ignorant Speculations
Call on God to Fight Your Giant
Ask God First
God Gives Us Strength
There is Nothing God Can’t Handle
With God All Things Are Possible
Oh Lord, This Hurts
Rest for Your Soul
Don’t Be Careless With Words
Learn to Be Content
A Humble Servant
Find Contentment With Reality
Lord Give Me Wisdom
Yes, You Can Make It
