We don’t always get it right! No, I’m serious! How many of you have been to a church before, or have at least heard of a ministry…that was practicing…weird, or unbiblical practices alongside its “Christian” ministry efforts? And instead of love these people, we’re tempted to shame, blame, and condemn their leaders for allowing this confusion to enter their ministry?

Y’know, a lot of folks across cultures, social classes, and nationalities share this common goal: to someday never have to work again...

Ever have a struggle, or a trial in your life, that just kept coming back? It’s like no matter how hard you try, this thing, or this problem, keeps resurfacing, whether it’s through people, repeated events, or an uncanny coincidence that seems to keep occurring. Sometimes the struggle can be with other people, sometime’s it can be with ourselves…but if we’re keen enough to watch, we’ll see one common denominator...

When you’re getting ready to leave from somewhere, you tend to worry less about what happens after you’re gone. You tend to look forward instead, to wherever it is you’re going...it’s just our natural tendency as human beings!

Contentment can be an elusive thing, for the believer who doesn’t know God. I mean sure, many of us know who God is, but do we have a relationship with Him? Or are we just accepting Him…to fulfill some sort of standard in our lives?

Why in this world, when we have the Creator of the Universe, living our souls—those of us who have accepted Jesus Christ—do we still clamor for riches, success, and fame? If we only knew the depth and breadth—the magnitude of the true gift living within our souls right now, we wouldn’t want for another thing on this earth. 

Some of us may scoff at a small gesture, such as saying “God bless you” to the cashier at McDonald’s, or offering to pray with a homeless man on the street—thinking, “Oh, what use will something so small as that be?

Fear…is a tricky thing to master in this life. Fear of the dark, fear of the unknown…but what about practical fears? Like fear of the future? Or fear of financial downfall? There are a myriad of fears in this world that one may be tempted to elevate above God…but the only way to master each and every one of these fears is to obtain a new fear, that surpasses all of these fears…the fear of the Lord.

Put me on display! Has anyone ever said that for something they really cared about? I’ll go and fight! I’ll speak up! I’ll stand up, for what’s right...the Bible teaches us to stand up for our faith, in a way that counters world culture.

Don’t reject Him, folks! Who is this Helper? Could He be the one whispering over your shoulder, giving you wise counsel in the midst of a trial…could He be the One who drew you to faith in the very first place? Could He be the very One holding the earth together, restraining it from descending into chaos at this very moment?