Runners, even some with great skill, are disqualified if they break the fundamental rules of their competition. How closely am I paying attention to the guidelines God has given me for living this life?

Soldiers live for one purpose: to please their commanding officer. Do we have that kind of single-minded purpose, or are we entangled again in civilian affairs?

LBC Elder, Reid Clark, shares a message entitled, "God Is Not What We Expect, and He Is Better than We Would Imagine."

We spend our days seeking relational fulfillment through multiple shallow friendships, never really being real with anyone we know we can trust. "There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother." One is in heaven. Have I found the one that is here on earth?

Everything we could need was bought for us at the cross, including the chance to work together with God in our own sanctification. What specific traits will I develop as I apply all diligence toward growing in grace?

Everything we could need was bought for us at the cross, so why are all Christians not mature and excelling in grace? It may be because we are waiting for God to do something we must do ourselves.

Empty vessels can go on saying they are not empty, or they can admit their emptiness and receive a filling from God. If we will choose to seek, what might we receive? Maybe the fullness of God Himself.

Seeing Meaning in the Mundane--
We were made by God to work, even before there was sin, and it is a means by which God forms our character, but all work is not equal. How can I find the heavenly meaning in the menial tasks before me, and receive enjoyment in it as a gift from God?

Useless to Useful--We were made by God to work, even before there was sin, and it is a means by which God forms our character, but all work is not equal. Can I find the heavenly meaning in the menial tasks before me, and receive enjoyment in it as a gift from God?

"Your Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a light unto my Path." David wrote these words as a testament to the ability of the Word of God to give hope in desperate times. We need that hope more than ever today.