YOUR HEART IS NOT A DUMPSTER “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life” (Proverbs 4:23 NLT). Recently last week, I had the opportunity to talk with someone who had their heart full of bitterness, and after speaking with her I felt mentally and emotionally worn out. Inevitably, each conversation…
WISDOM DELIVERS YOU FROM PAIN Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding” (Proverbs 2:2 NLT). Wisdom will open doors for success, but it will also help you avoid unnecessary pain. Being wise means to fear God and to obey His commandments. Many times, people suffer in life because they turn to the left…
REST “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a change to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest”” (Mark 6:31 NIV) Our Lord Jesus Christ took time to rest, yet we do not rest. Sometimes resting is the…
WHY SHOULD YOU BE MOTIVATED TO OBEY? “Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20 NLT). At Eagles, we have the mission to win souls and make disciples. The Lord also…
WE GROW IN OUR FAMILY BY SETTING THE EXAMPLE “So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.” (Matthew 23:3 NLT) One of the best ways to grow and mature in the family is by example. One doesn’t transmit what they say, but what…
GOD IS JUST “And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way” (Matthew 20:4 KJV). Some people set conditions with God before serving Him (they ask Him for something in return) but, there are others who simply trust the Lord and…
DO YOU WANT TO BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH OR GET TO THE POINT? 17 When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle,…
THE POWER OF FAVOR When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. Genesis 39:3-4 Favor…
PUTTING OUR FAITH IN GOD For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore…
THE LORD’S CHARGE Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. 1 Peter…