Posts from February 2022

Posts from February 2022

Back to the Basics

“Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!” – Nehemiah 8:10c [NASB] When we start to stray from the basics of our faith, the tell-tale sign is that we lose our joy. During a troubling time with his team, the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi, the famous American football coach, decided he needed to go back to the basics. He held up a football in a team meeting and said, “gentlemen, this is a football.” One…

The Enemy of My Enemy

“But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.” – Exodus 23:22 [ESV] Again, I’m reading through the Bible for the entire year, and I suppose I’m going to take you along for the ride! The Word of Almighty God is filled with so many truth gems that it requires constant digging to unearth it and appreciate it. I’m grateful for…
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Avoid Toxic Energy

“Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.” – Proverbs 17:1 [NIV] Toxic environments are the one thing Satan will use to throw us off track. When you’re in a place that is filled with negative energy, it will quickly bring you down. I remember living in New York City for my freshman year of college. New York City is known for being stressful. I remember living in the projects, and it…

God Wants to Take Us Out of Our Comfort Zone

I was talking to a friend on Discord and we were talking about living on your own in your twenties. I’m 25 and she’s 27, but she never lived on her own before. She stated the reason why she never really pushed herself was that she always had the comfort of her parents’ support. I told her had my mother never passed away I probably wouldn’t be as ambitious as I have been. God takes away things that are convenient…
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We Don’t Have To Be Victims

I watched a video on Youtube from a doctor who was homeless during his teenage years. He talked about how he had to sleep outside in a tent in the middle of Winter in Buffalo, New York. What makes his story even more inspiring is that he said he didn’t want to rely on the government or foster care (he was homeless due to his parents splitting up). He was able to pull his bootstraps and get through nine years…
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Testing Is Good

I just had my first Zoom meeting for my sales job. One of the guys talked about the course we have to take and what purpose it serves. He said we only have to know 10 percent of the course, but the test serves as a way to weed out those who are motivated and those who are not. God does the same thing to us. God puts through tests and trials that may seem pointless, but it’s worthwhile in…
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This Promise is Contingent!

David said in Psalm 27:13, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” I imagine this anointed king writing this as he reflected over his childhood, enduring the rejection from his family, notably his father and brothers. I see him penning this as he muses about the struggles of fighting giants, being betrayed by the king, and finally running for his life. He writes from a place of…