I have a keen ear for listening to how others sound. Their tone, their attitude behind their words, and sometimes lack of words.  But I'm not as sharp with listening to the way I sound! Our words say so much about the condition of our heart. Our words also show others "good fruit or bad fruit" living inside us.  Let's have a sound check!!!

We are wrapping up the Book of Jude! But I encourage you to periodically read this powerful book again and again. We are living in unsettling times, yet exciting times. Amazing how we can function in such polar opposite times! Looks like Bible stuff to me! As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to remain faithful to Him, no matter what! And make no mistake, Holy Spirit is there to help us, equip us, and strengthen us, as we walk out this battle. Hang in there!!!

As we continue in the book of Jude, we read some pretty hard stuff to process.  As believers of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are called to a higher standard, and also called to "defend the faith." What does that exactly mean?  Join me as we get into the nitty, gritty stuff in the one chapter book of Jude!

The Book of Jude is one chapter! Just One! And only 26 verses! But boy is it power packed with relevant advice for right now! Let's see what revelation we can receive from Jude and how we can walk in mercy, peace and love ...in ABUNDANCE! 

Waiting on God to answer our prayers can be frustrating, tiring, and even make us doubt that He WILL answer our prayers at all. Yet we know that unless He does something, then things will not change. While we are waiting, could it be that God is doing something in us! Waiting produces things in us like pity, anxiety, negativity, impatience, and complaining. And oh, how God wants to work those thing out of us!

In the Gospels, Jesus says so many wonderful things. The way He teaches by using parables is incredible. But Jesus also says some pretty sobering things.  The kind of stuff that feels like someone threw ice water in your face! Yet we need that too! Throughout our walk and relationship with Him, we need to be realigned and take a look at what He means by the term "true disciple." 

All, Everything, Anything...these kind of words leave no exceptions! In Colossians 1:15-23, we look at why the Apostle Paul called Jesus, "Christ is Supreme."  Let's read and talk about why understanding these verses is so important and how it can encourage us to be in the Father's presence.

One of the hardest disciplines as a believer is to sit in silence with the Lord. We will tackle a new devotional, commit to a reading plan, and listen to Christian teaching. But practicing sitting alone with God, and by faith allowing Him to transform us is not easy. Yet Jesus did it all the time! He knew the importance and benefits of silent time with the Father. If Jesus practiced alone time and communion with God, we should too! It's a beautiful thing!

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived daily with courage? Walking by faith, quoting scripture, singing praises, and defeating every demon that would look our way! Well, that's not my story, and I doubt it's yours either. We all go through times of discouragement. The good news is we are in good company with some mighty believers in the Bible. Let's look at Elijah and how he went from a confident prophet to tired and discouraged and how the Lord cared for him and refocused him. I bet the Lord will do the same for us!

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Psalm 90:14-17, teaches us so much about satisfaction, approval and success. We all want these things in abundance in our lives. But do we understand God's perspective on achieving these? Let's look at three passages of scripture in Psalm 90 to understand more! His way is SO much better...and sooo satisfying!

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