IMPACTING LIVES

As a Christian, the most important aspect of my life is my relationship with God.  My life is all about Jesus. He is my identity, my passion. When Debbie and I read and discuss the Word together, we are sharing the most important facet of our lives.  We are connecting in a profound, powerful way. We are moving together toward the same horizon – experiencing the presence of God together in our life and marriage. This promotes spiritual oneness, communion with God and unity with each other. When you participate in a weekly Bible study with a group of men or ladies where everyone is studying the same passages and each person discusses what God has personally shown them and how it has impacted their lives, a deep bond develops.  You become concerned about what is going on in the lives of all of the other people in the group.  Your care and love for each person in the group increases.  Your desire to pray for each participant grows.  When you have a bible study with your husband or wife

When I minister in churches, couples often ask, “How can I raise Godly children”?  I sense these parents are longing for me to give them a formula in which to input their offspring so that children who love and respect the Lord will pop out. However, as most seasoned parents understand, this cannot be reduced to a formula, but requires a great amount of wisdom gleaned from biblical principles. Therefore, please understand these ten keys are not meant to be an all inclusive parenting manual, but rather major biblical points of consideration that God has shown Debbie and me over the last thirty years as we raised our four sons. We readily admit that we made mistakes along the way, but our God was gracious to confirm what we did right and to gently teach us through our mistakes. Hopefully you can benefit from all He has shown us. 1)     Develop a Passionate Relationship with God In Deuteronomy 6:5-6, God instructs parents: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and w

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his b

Text: John 15:4-6 Key verse: "Abide in me, even as I abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit in its own strength, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me." ( John 15:4 ). The advanced learner’s English dictionary defines abide as “Something that continues for a long time and is not likely to change”. This depicts something like a long lasting bond such as in a relationship. Abide signifies a continuous uninterrupted relationship (Jesus said for you to be fruitful, you must abide in Him and without Him, you can do nothing. Let us look at it in a simple way by taking a human analogy. Assume that a person is by himself a weak person. Assume he has actually fallen to temptation and has made a mess of things and is fast sinking further and further into a degenerated state of mind, heart and body. Now suppose that this person has a friend who has a strong, lovely and loving nature; and suppose this strong friend rescues

       Dealing with depression Depression is a deep emotional/mental state of helplessness and panic. That could either make you turn violent or withdrawn. We all go through periods of depression but what makes tu different from one individual to another is how we handle it. I had to intentionally pay attention, so i can find out what triggers me and cut off the sources.         The first thing i discovered was that certain scenario and events, tends to trigger me off. Especially when i watch some movies, read certain stories and listen to certain people or see certain people been mistreated. I paid attention to the kind of movies i watch, stories i read and people i listened to. Movies portraying violence against women, children and vulnerable people was top on the list, same with the stories. People who are verbally and emotional abusive was another source that triggered me off. At this point i sorted for solutions and how to deal with my depressive thoughts and feelings. It was a l