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Stories and Viewpoints on FaithWould you deny your family, friends, and significant other? If not, why would you deny God by saying your relationship is a private matter? Would he say, “we have a private relationship?” I don't think so
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Feeling Sorry for Yourself Will Not Get You Into Heaven
It seems as though we live in a culture where a growing majority of people are feeling sorry for themselves. You don't have to look any further than your TV. There always seems to be an excuse for why someone cannot succeed in life. People blame failure on their...
Being a Positive Influence in Others Lives
As a parent, I believe that one of the most important jobs in your kid's lives is to be a positive influence. Children see how their parents act and replicate the behavior. It is amazing just to people watch. When you see kids misbehaving, it is often a result of...
Things Always Happen for a Reason
I had a conversation with my daughter today about things always happen for a reason. Everything in life happens because God made it happen or because he allows it to happen. So what does that mean for us? I believe that things always happen for a reason because...
We Often Take Things for Granted
We take things for granted all of the time. Living the busy lives that we now live, it is often easy to overlook the simple things in life. Sometimes we over look things like your health for example. Do you ever feel like you take things for granted like your...
How do we Take Criticism From Others?
How do you take criticism from others? Are you humble to accept others input or do become instantly defensive? One thing is for sure, we all get criticized, and we all are guilty of criticizing others. It is not easy being put on the spot by others. Depending on...
Restore the Old Being Made New in Christ
I have a barn on my property that is being made new. We bought the acreage several years ago and with the property came several old farm buildings. Our office for our business is a converted corn crib. When we were working on restoring the building, we had to get...
What is Important in Life?
If I told you to make a list of five things that are important in life, what would you pick? Would you start your list with your family, your home and your job? How many of you put God down for the first thing that is important in life? If you are reading this blog,...
Prayer that I say everyday – getting personal
There is a prayer that I say everyday that is a part of the Celebrate Recovery program. That prayer focuses on my failures, my willingness to turn my life over to God, and a desire to think less about myself and my willpower. I ask for direction and wisdom. I want to...
Showing Kindness to People that we Disagree with.
It seems like showing kindness is beginning to be a thing of the past. I remember as a child helping our neighbors and being neighborly to them. If your neighbor needed something, you were there to help them out. As a child, I remember shoveling snow and mowing...
Being Encouraging to Others is Important
Being encouraging to others is more important than you think. You may be the only positive influence that someone has in their life. When you are encouraging to others, you let God's light shine through you. As a kid, I remember my grandmother always being...
We Have a Responsibility to be Christ-Like.
With being a Christian comes responsibility. When you cross the line of faith, you secure your place in heaven. Upon becoming a believer, you now have a new responsibility in your life. Your responsibility is to share the gospel with others. This task might scare...
Does Your Pastor Have Sermons With Meat?
Sermons with meat make congregations think. Instead of being bobble heads, we need to be challenged. Many people are longing for leaders who preach sermons with meat. What do I mean by sermons with meat? Sermons that are not afraid to talk about tough topics found...
Five Tips to Help You With Your Bible Study
Having time set aside each day for Bible study is essential for your spiritual growth. If you have never opened up a Bible before, you don't know what you are missing. On the other hand, if you have tip-toed around in the Bible, you are still missing out on a lot as...
Dealing with Disappointment in Life.
Dealing with disappointment is a challenge for everyone. There are times where we want to win, but end up losing. Failures are a big part of living life here on earth. Finding and following Biblical solutions to life's disappointments is a challenging. I guess the...
How do we Balance Family Life and Work?
Balancing family life and work is important. To be successful at work and home, there must be a balance between both worlds. One thing I hear quite a few people saying is that they work a lot to take care of their family. While that is commendable, there still...
Are we Watching Movies that Honor God?
Most of us love watching movies. Watching movies gives us a chance to relax and unwind from the world. But what kind of movies are we filling our minds with? I guess when I was younger, I watched just about anything that seemed interesting to me. As I have grown...
Budgeting Your Money Will Reduce Stress
Budgeting your money may seem like a foreign language to some of you. I have been in the same boat as many of you for most of my adult life. God has always blessed our family so that our basic needs were always taken care of. Sometimes money gets tight, and...
Making Excuses Gets You Nowhere.
We are all good at making excuses. No matter what happens, it is sometimes hard to accept responsibility for our actions. Excuses try to justify our actions when we are wrong in what we have done. Young to old and everyone in between gets caught up in making...
Accepting Gods Challenges in our Life
How are we at accepting Gods challenges? Do we embrace them and welcome them with open arms or do we fight against them? Growing up as a child, I always wondered why God let things happen the way he did. I was young and did not understand Gods plan for my life....
How to Please Your Wife in a Loving Way.
I had writer's block today, so I thought that an easy topic to write about would be how to please your wife. I have been married for over twelve years, so I have had the pleasure to learn quite a bit about my wife. Marriage to me has been quite different than what I...
How do we motivate others in a Godly Way?
If you haven't noticed, it is hard to motivate others. We live in a culture where you can be who and what you want to be. If you don't feel like doing something, then it is ok to be a free spirit. Moving back into your parent's basement after graduating college is...
Organizing Your Life for God's Kingdom
Organizing your life is sometimes hard to do. Chaotic schedules with work, family, chores, friends, and hobbies consume a lot of our time. It seems like everyone is trying to squeeze one more thing into their already busy schedule. When you stop and think about...
We Must Focus on Today not Tomorrow.
Rarely do you hear a motivational speaker talk about putting your focus on today not tomorrow. Business and financial guru's are always talking about planning for tomorrow. There is nothing wrong with having long term goals for your life. But what happens if there...
What does the Bible say About Competing in Sports?
Competing in sports is a fun way to challenge others. Most adults have memories of competing in sports when they were kids. Other than having good sportsman like conduct, I bet most of you did not realize that the Bible talks about competing as well. Several...
Do you Find Yourself with a Hidden Agenda?
Having a hidden agenda doesn't do anything to further God's Kingdom. In fact having a hidden agenda draws you away from the Lord in your spiritual journey. Having ulterior motives leads to lies and deceit which is a sin in its self. Sometimes we do not even realize...
Take a Chill Pill and See God's Blessings
Have you ever heard the expression "take a chill pill?" All too often we get overwhelmed by our crazy lives and do not take the time to relax. When we are always wound up, and on high alert, we don't take the time to notice the simple things in life. Many God...
Using Your Finances in a Biblically Way
Are you Biblically using your finances? Most of us live outside of our means and do not follow what the Bible tells us to do with our finances. So where do we start when it comes to spending our money? I am sure that most of you have heard of Dave Ramsey. Dave...
Believing Without Seeing Takes Faith
Believing without seeing is the biggest step that you have to take to start your spiritual journey. No doubt, it is hard to believe in something that you cannot see with your own eyes. Our society tells us that we don't need faith in our lives. They say that there...
Making the Best out of Situations
Sometimes we are dealt anything but ideal situations in our life. Everyone deals with trials in different ways. The trials in our lives do not make us stronger. The way we handle our trials is what builds character and brings us closer to God. No one says that it...
What does the Bible say About Work Ethic?
It seems as though the work ethic in our culture is declining as quickly as morals. Every where you look, employers, are struggling to fill positions with quality workers. Is there a correlation between morals and work ethic? I wanted to know, so I dug into...
OJ Simpson to be Released from Prision
OJ Simpson will be released from prison in October after serving nine years in prison. Most of you remember the OJ Simpson trial where he was found not guilty of murder in 1994. There was a combination of outrage and cheers that separated the country over the...
Do you Find Fulfillment in God?
Do I find fulfillment in God? What makes me happy in life? I am sure that each of us has asked ourselves both of these questions at one point in time. I was thinking the other day about whether or not I find fulfillment in God. At this stage in my life, I can say...
His house is for the broken ones
God's house is not for the holier than thou, but for the broken ones. The people who are the do-no-wrong type have just as much baggage like everyone else. But, the individuals who are the do-no-wrong types face a greater challenge to finding their way into heaven. We...
Being a Conservative Christian in our Culture
I'm a conservative Christian by nature. Growing up as a child, I was not allowed to be conservative. I grew up in a union house hold where both of my parents were strong union supporters. Back in the early 90's, my family proudly displayed their Clinton-Gore yard...
The First Step to Being Saved
What is the first step to becoming saved? I never thought about that question growing up. As a child, I was just told believe in Jesus, and you will be saved. Now that I am an adult, I realize there is more to being saved then to just believing that Jesus existed....
Being Rude Doesn't Make you Look Good
Being rude seems to be the new norm nowadays. It seems like every where you go; people just have a chip on their shoulder. I don't know what their specific issues are, but it is fair to assume that they do not have the joy of the Lord in their heart. My family...
Are you Going to Church this Sunday
So you say you are going to church this Sunday. It is time to get your fill of the holy spirit, and you have not been to church for a long time. You are so convinced that you will go that you also decide your children will attend as well. When you tell your kids you...
Good Christians? Jesus tells us only one is good
Jesus teaches us that there are no "good Christians". Why is it that so many people think they are a "good person," or even a good Christian? There is only one who is good. Knowing this to be true opens the door for us to start changing our life. “And Jesus said...
What is the Blue Whale Suicide Challenge?
Reading my news feed on Facebook today, I came across a story on the Blue Whale suicide challenge. At first, I thought that the story was about suicide prevention. After digging into the article, I found out the grim and sinister facts of the story. Apparently, the...
Using your God Given Gifts and Talents
No matter who you are or where you are at in your life, you have gifts and talents. I am not trying to be a motivational speaker when I talk about gifts and talents. I just want you to realize that there is something unique that makes you different and better than...
Should we Mix Religion and Politics?
I have heard numerous arguments for and against mixing religion and politics. As far as I am concerned, there is only one thing that we should focus on. We should put our energy into following Christ. The way I look at the situation of mixing religion and politics...
10,000 likes on Facebook Fan Page
GodinMe will have 10,000 plus likes on Facebook by the time you are reading this post. The GodinMe project started in December of 2016 and features nearly 300 posts, and our Facebook fan page launched in the first quarter of 2017. Having GodinMe is a blessing for us,...
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
What does it mean to keep the main thing the main thing in our spiritual lives? Does it mean being a good parent, spouse, friend? Does it mean attending Church every week without skipping a beat? If your main thing is anything other than following Christ's example...
Living in an Overly Sensitive Culture
I cannot help but think that we are living in an overly sensitive culture Too many people are easily offended by peoples actions and words. Instead of letting other people live their life, the overly sensitive culture tells you that you must conform. If you have...
Are you a Christian in Name Only?
What does it mean to be a Christian in name only? If you follow politics, I am sure that you are familiar with the term "RINO" which stands for Republican in name only. The term RINO was coined to label liberal or moderate Republicans. The more conservative wing of...
Road rage remedies for Christians
Road Rage is increasing everywhere even outside of the automobile. People are seemingly even more intense and not just behind the wheel. We will stick to road rage in the automobile for this post, as we all can relate to this topic. Drivers are more aggressive causing...
President Trump Weighs in on Charlie Gard
President Trump weighed in on the Charlie Gard situation yesterday. If you are unfamiliar with Charlie Gard, he is the ten-month-old British child born with a critical illness. Charlie was born with a rare genetic disease called infantile onset encephalomyopathy...
Does Your Relationship with God Cause Fireworks?
How is your relationship with God? Do you find your relationship with God as a convenience tool or friendship? As you can see, there are two paths that you can take your relationship down. When you choose a path of friendship, you may find some turmoil when dealing...
Christians get Jealous of God's Success with Others
Do Christians get jealous of God's success in other people's lives? I have seen it first hand. Admitting that Christians get jealous is not easy to do. How could a believer in Christ, be jealous of a fellow brother or sister's success? Jealousy comes when we lack...
Ex-Redskins Star Clinton Portis Broke and Bankrupt.
I saw a story recently about ex-Redskins star Clinton Portis being broke and bankrupt. Portis amassed an income of over $43 million dollars during his nine-year career in the NFL. Recently it was reported that Portis was filing for bankruptcy protection....
Trust in God
Faith is our master key to unlocking undetected potential inside each and every one of us.
The Trinity
As Christians we believe in The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.