How we handle our deep levels of disappointment is a critical decision point on the person we are to become. Being faithful is a trained behavior! It doesn’t happen by accident, and you must learn to train it daily.

We need to examine our lives to make sure that we are serving properly and not sitting back waiting to be served!

Rejoicing is a choice that we each must make moment by moment because of our faith, not in consideration of our circumstances!

As a Christian, you are not who you once were (Point A) and you are not yet who God desires you to be (Point B), you are sailing to the destination, on the journey of life. Along the way there are calm waters and there are stormy seas, and in every circumstance, we must train ourselves to keep control of the rudder of our lives.

Walk in the Spirit, not in the flesh. Be slow to anger and you will reflect God in how you conduct yourself, even when you are experiencing the very real emotion of anger, just like Jesus Christ did in very real situations.

One person can make a difference by being a hope-bearer! It’s contagious.

In time of war a false report easily leads to confusion, friendly fire, and even death. The same is true within the Church of Jesus Christ in our mission to seek and to save the lost.

Jesus can be found in every verse of Jonah 1.

I believe there are mission priorities that every good soldier of Jesus Christ must know and train themselves to identify and engage successfully, first, regardless of the stressful conditions. You are defined by that which you prioritize so be wise and discerning in what you put first in your heart.

It was not for lack of wisdom that Solomon fell, it was from his disobedience to God’s ways in the most intimate places of his life – he didn’t watch over his heart with all diligence!