Weekly Wisdom

No deposit, no return

October 16, 2015

    No deposit, no return John 12:24 Have you ever gone to the bank and tried to withdraw more money than you put in? This is what it seems like every time we ask God to bless us, and we haven’t done our part. We expect a harvest, yet we never plant. Everything in

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Focus

October 16, 2015

Focus 1 Corinthians 15:33 Too many times, we are focused on people’s intentions. At some point, we should stop focusing on WHY people do what they do, and just focus on what they do. A friend that accidentally brings you your favorite piece of cake that has Ecoli, is no different than a perceived enemy,

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Burn Out

October 16, 2015

Burn Out Exodus 34:21 We all stress the importance of hard work and giving life your 100%. But, how important is it to rest? Or, better yet, how much should you rest. Loke a lot of things, the bible addresses this subject with a formula…6 days labor, one day of rest. It seems that nowadays

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Partnerships

October 16, 2015

Partnerships Proverbs 27:17 Typically, when we speak about relationships, we tend to focus on the romantic aspect or the lighthearted friendships that cause for great memories, or even those “ride or die” people in our lives that have been there through thick and thin. All of these things are great. But, what if we added

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Being Grateful

October 16, 2015

  Being Grateful Psalm 100: 4 and 5 Have you ever given someone a present, or have done them a huge favor, and they never say thank you? We all know that it is better to give than to receive, and I am sure that we all practice that. However…it doesn’t make you that enthusiastic

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Life in the Present

September 25, 2015

Life In The Present Isaiah 43 18-21 As time goes on, things happen in life that we aren’t always proud of. The interesting thing about this is that these unfortunate circumstances, lapse in judgments, and/or bad decisions tend to stick around in our mind for a long time…longer than they should. Most of the time,

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The Mirror Effect

September 25, 2015

The Mirror Effect Proverbs 13:20 Did you know that most behavior is learned behavior? Sometimes, in life’s frustrations, we have all asked ourselves “Why did I do that?”. The easiest and most common response to this question is often, “I’m just like that” or “That’s how I am” or “I’m just doing me”. All of

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Procrastination (Keep it moving)

September 25, 2015

Proverbs 15:19 Procrastination (Keep it moving) Someone once said, “The only way to change tomorrow, is to start today.” If you are starting to notice that yesterday looked like today, and last week looked like this week, and last year looked like this year…you’ve been caught up in the wave of procrastination. It’s subtle, but

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Grow From Within

September 25, 2015

2 Peter 1:1-11 Grow From Within No matter who you are or where you are in life, we are all striving to get from point A to point B. This is often referred to as a breakthrough. We just want to get to the other side or to break through that glass ceiling. During these

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Inspiration

September 25, 2015

I Kings 19:11-13 Inspiration No matter where you live, the world can be a noisy place. Classes, traffic, co-workers, television, radio, laptop, cell phone, ipad, etc.. The list goes on and on. A lot of times, we can get confused or off track in our endeavors and tasks and it can become a bit overwhelming.

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