The Abundant Life

The Bible is authored by the Holy Spirit so wisdom and instruction come from it; you are wise to read it and even wiser to digest it. It is superior to other books as the Rocky Mountains are grander than a pebble. It is the moral compass of the soul; it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Live it, love it, and keep it in your heart!

Do you have confidence in God? Do you have confidence in yourself? A lack of confidence can assassinate every good thing that is coming to you. You will never be able to conquer your divine destiny until you crucify the insecurity that haunts you night and day as you begin to declare, "Even then, I'll be confident!"

Do you need to be reminded that God is with you wherever you go? Experience today a divine confidence that allows you to experience everything God has given you. Be confident in God and believe in Him! Believe in yourself and embrace the divine confidence that comes from God!

Imagine you followed Jesus and, turning, He looked you in the eye and asked, "What are you looking for?" How would you answer? Do you know what you’re looking for? Whatever it might be, He is the answer. With Him, you can look into the future and know that everything is going to be alright because God is on your side. There is no other answer except for that which comes through Jesus Christ. Whatever it is that you are looking for, God has the answer. Seek Him!

The other day I was listening to the morning news while getting ready for the routine run down of I-10 to drop the kids off at school and then off to the office. There was the typical series of sensation that filled the first fifteen minutes of the hour; you know, local crime, global chaos… all the uplifting stuff.

Many people are totally controlled by what happened to them in the past. They fear that they will never be as good at something as they were in the past, or that because they were so bad they will never be able to move forward. But whether your past was awful, or your past represents your "glory days" you must move beyond your past.

The Son of God came from Heaven to earth in the form of a divine person, then He went back to Heaven with His ministry complete. In His place, another divine Person in the form of the Holy Spirit came to live within us and complete the ministry that Jesus had begun.

Sometimes problems can be so large that the very magnitude of those problems drives the peace of God from you. If you don't have peace in your life, it could be because you've never surrendered your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Cast your burdens, your worries, your cares on the living God and trust Him to take care of them. 

In the Bible, every generation faced a severe crisis. In America today, we are experiencing a crisis of moral decline. Mass shootings, anti-Semitism, sexual confusion, and more plague our nation. God isn't sitting in Heaven wringing His hands and wondering the outcome of this crisis. He knew from the genesis of time that this chaos was coming to America and the world. God is raising up a righteous army to drive back the darkness by turning on the light of truth to make His glory known over all the earth.

Everyone from time to time feels depressed, but it's staying depressed that's the issue. Joy is a decision. It's a decision to discipline your thought life. Make the decision to give God total control of your life and trust that everything is going to be alright!