In every race, you have to decide what order all of the participants will start in. In auto racing, this involves a race before the race. Sometimes this is determined by "Heat Races", which is just a qualifying race to determine the starting order for the main race. The heat race is a shorter event than the main race.

Other times, the Pole Position is determined by time trials, the pole position is typically given to the vehicle and driver with the best qualifying time in the trials before the race. This number-one qualifying driver is referred to as the pole-sitter.

The term pole position has its origins in horse racing. Where the fastest qualifying horse would be placed on the inside part of the track, which would be next to the pole. The Apostle Paul likens your life to a race:

Who gets to lead you in your race?

Did you know that there was a journal of Happiness studies? People are always searching for happiness and for different ways to achieve that happiness. If you Google "how to be happy:" you will get 4.4 BILLION results. In fact the afore mention journal (the journal of happiness studies) has an article on the Top 10 ways to be happy, but the Lord has the secret drilled down to Four easy steps..

Sometimes things happen that just do not make any since, and it looks like the Lord is just siting back without concern, and we too, like Habakkuk, can get frustrated and confused. Today we are going to look at the steps that the Christian should take when this happens:

Saul had substituted saying for doing (1 Samuel 15:13)

Excuses for confessions (1 Samuel 15:15 and 21)

Sacrifice for obedience (1 Samuel 15:22)

It is clear in the scriptures that God wants and expects us to pray daily. However, most Christians have not incorporated a time of prayer into their daily schedule. Here are 5 ways to get serious about prayer.

Just as the child is quick to hear his parent's voice, and the mother to hear her baby’s smallest cry, so the believer should be quick to hear what God has to say.

David wrote this song while hiding in a cave from King Saul, who was trying to kill him because David had been anointed future king of Israel, and Saul was jealous of David. So Saul chased David all across the land in an attempt to kill him. In short, everything has gone wrong for David, but he did not lose hope, because he trusted the Lord and he trusted that there was a purpose for what he was experiencing as he hid in a cave from Saul

The five ingredient recipe for success:

a. Fret Not

b. Trust in the Lord

c. Delight in the Lord

d. Commit to the Lord

e. Rest in the Lord

And you will experience success in your Christian walk.

If your desire is to experience the presence of God in your life

• the answer is fairly simple

• Just respond to the Holy Spirit today

• and be obedient to whichever “C” he has employed towards you today

Have you prepared yourself for personal and/or corporate revival?

Does your spiritual life need a defibrillator today?