What’s your TQ–your Trust Quotient?

Why do you read your Bible?

Charlton Heston and the 23rd Psalm

Meekness is not weakness

Step In The Water

Oh, Ye Of Little Faith

How Dry Ground Speaks To Me

Preparing For His Calling — Your Appointed Mission

By Author Amanda Beth
Guest Blogger

Preparing For Your Calling — Be Strong And Courageous

By Author Amanda Beth

In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

—2 Timothy 2:20

This is the seventh message in my series on preparing for your calling. Follow this link to read previous posts in this series. Last week, we saw that Joshua spent time

Road To Emmaus–Heart Burn

Author’s Note: For the next two Tuesdays we will continue our look at our relationship with Jesus. As a reference we will study how two men responded to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. We will walk with them as they return from Jerusalem to their home in a small town seven miles away. On the Road to Emmaus Jesus encounters them and changes their lives.  Somewhere along the road you will see yourself. You can evaluate where you are in your own walk with Jesus. You can decide whether you like where you are and whether you want to change how you respond to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.

I attended the second Promise Keeper weekend conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. More than 70,000 men gathered in the old RCA Dome stadium

What’s Your Excuse?

So, you think God can’t use you.

You think God can’t use you because ________________?

What’s your excuse?  You think God doesn’t want you to be

What Is That In Your Hand?

Most people could admit to serving up an excuse or two now and again.

What if you offered similar excuses for not going to a championship football game as you did for not going to church?  Such as . . .

• They always ask for your money
• The people I sit next to aren’t very friendly
• The seats are too hard and uncomfortable

Truth is, we can usually think up pretty good excuses for not doing something, especially if we think we’re not qualified.

Moses was just like us. The story, and Moses’ excuses, pick up in Exodus 3.

Are You Ready?

When we prepare for a family vacation, getting ready becomes a major project. Then once we drive off we spend part of the trip asking ourselves, “Did we forget anything?” That uneasiness haunts us most of the trip. Often it’s not until we arrive at our vacation destination and unpack that we discover we left something behind.

That question, “Are we ready?” is an important one to ask when we face challenges or opportunities in our calling and our walk with Christ.

Is Anything Blocking Your Vision?

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

One of Sarah Young’s thoughts in Jesus Calling today seemed appropriate to one of my most aggravating dilemmas.  “The curse of this world,” she said, “is over-stimulation of the senses, which blocks our awareness of the unseen world.”

I detest following a semi or an SUV on the road. Both of them block my sight so I can’t see what’s ahead of me. I’m not trying to be the first car. I just want to see the road signs ahead of me. And every time I park at Wal-Mart, I park by little cars. I avoid parking by big trucks or SUV’s. Invariably, when I leave, some big truck or 24-passenger SUV has parked right beside me. I have to crane my neck and back out cautiously and blindly to avoid smashing into someone.