God hears your prayers and wants to honor them, AND He wants to heal your broken-heartedness...but ONLY if you submit yourself before Him and seek His face in humility!

We live in a time where "feel good" preaching is being used as a tool to herd in the masses....because people love to hear that God is going to do something good for them if they just show up on Sundays. But how are you gonna act when you're NOT getting everything you ask of Him? Will you STILL make Him ruler over all?

We often receive "grace periods" from creditors, but eventually your account comes due and owing. The same is true of God's kingdom...one day soon, His grace period will run out and humanity will be judged accordingly. Is YOUR account in good standing?

As Believers, we should never tie our happiness to what our CIRCUMSTANCES look like, because we're always going to find things to be unhappy about. Instead, tie your happiness SOLELY to your faith in Christ!

As Believers, trusting God in all our circumstances - whether good or bad - leaves us with no excuses for having doubts, fears or trepidations about anything we may face in our lives!

Even though we may grow in holiness as we walk with Christ throughout our lives, John 1:8 tells us that "if we claim to have no sin, we have deceived ourselves and the truth is not in us". This is why confession (or admission of sin) is so paramount to the followers of Christ!

The world may try to harden our hearts towards our fellow men and women, but as followers of Christ we should let the Word of God dictate how we deal with others, and that's with kindness and loving compassion. Won't YOU try a little tenderness towards those you encounter this week?

Seeking Christ often requires us to go "out on a limb"; that is, doing whatever is necessary and/or taking risks in order to ensure that we do what is right, which is obeying the will of God for our lives.

Jesus commanded Lazarus - who had been dead for four days - to come out of his tomb and "take off the grave clothes" (John 11:43-44)...and He commands us to do the same TODAY!

Getting to know God for yourself is our greatest weapon in our fight against spiritual warfare!