Add your special blend of spices to the world around you.

We need to avoid spiritual danger.

Find something fun to do to find some emotional relief from the stress.

The COVID-19 virus is serious, but we don't need to panic. The right thing to do is to wash our hands frequently, avoid crowded places, and seek God in prayer.

God's word is a code we can download into the browser of our heart and mind.

We must watch out for spiritual danger.

Life is complex and sometimes complicated. We can better live our lives when we take time to allow God to speak to us from his word.

Mick Jagger's song Can't Get No Satisfaction is not true if you have faith in Jesus. Jesus gives us happiness and fulfillment in this life and the next.

You can be successful in 2020 by planning and setting goals.

The holidays can be a stressful time. You want to make everything picture-perfect, but time is limited. Just when you need to go faster, holiday traffic and long lines at the checkout slows you down. Fortunately, the happy holiday music helps to keep you in a good mood, but it's the Christmas carols you enjoy the most because they help you remember the true 'reason for the season'. So, when you're stuck in traffic or at the end of a long line at the department store or in a rush to decorate the house or cook Christmas dinner, slow down, take a deep breath, and remind yourself what the fuss is really all about. As the Christmas carol says, "God rest ye merry gentleman, let nothing you dismay. Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas day." You may feel like you don't have enough time to get everything done, but you have all the time you need for the most important things about Christmas. This Christmas let me suggest that you take time to reflect on the awesome reality of God coming to our world in the form of a little baby—Jesus our Lord and Savior.