Faith without Works

My wife and I were talking early Sunday morning about school. She had clinical this weekend as she makes her way through the nursing program. While we were talking she mentioned how she needed to rely more on her faith to make it through.

Her words paraphrased,"I know I have my part in this, but I need to know that God will be there to get me through it."

This brings us a great topic for the week, "Faith without Works is Dead." What does this mean and how do we apply to our lives?

We will discuss this week starting with the scripture James 2:14,20 and 26 (NKJV). Read through the second chapter of James and think about how you can relate this to your everyday walk with God as well as you everyday life.

God Bless!

Friday Morning

Got up to blog this morning and as per the theme of this winter I had to remove snow from my driveway instead. In essence I am reaping what I've sown. We moved to an area that receives significant snowfall and we have to deal with it. It is better than mowing and weed-eating Bermuda grass three times a week though!

Have a blessed Weekend and continue your tenacious walk with God.

66 Love Letters

A brief post this morning in between shoveling and trying to get to work.

Click on the link below and subscribe to this daily emailing of 6 love letters from God. Truly amazing way to start the day.


66 Love letters

Have a Blessed day and may you have a Tenacious walk with God!

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7-10 happens to be one of my favorite passages from the bible. The reason is because you can apply the teaching to any situation in your life. When you really think about it, you are constantly sowing and reaping each moment of each day.

What happens to you in the future has a direct correlation of what you did in the past. This applies in all things. Your future is shaped by the things and decisions you already made. You will sow what you reap.

I am a believer in Jesus Christ. He is my Lord and Savior. I am not a bible scholar so please be easy on me here. This is how I interpret this passage.

God will make sure that all things sown in the flesh will reap bad seeds. All things sown in the spirit will reap great harvest. I think I already said this numerous times. But its a fact.

Here is the part that often gets left out. It will take time to see the fruits of your work. Do not stop sowing good seeds because there is not a quick harvest. All things happen on God's time, not when we want them too. Hang in there and continue to do the right things in life, you will receive the blessing.

There will also be times when you sow good seeds and bad things happen. Once again, hang in there and continue to do good. As the passage says, God will not be mocked, you will reap what you sow. But only on God's time.

God Bless.

Sowing and Reaping

Have you ever heard. "what goes around comes around" or "you get what you deserve". These cliches are merely stating a biblical truth, you will reap what you sow. There are several bible verses covering this in detail.

Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23
Mark 4:1-9, 13-21
Galatians 6:7-10

The basic premise of reaping what you sow is quite simple. The seeds you plant (sow) will come to harvest (reap). The type of harvest you cultivate will depend on the type of seeds you planted. If you plant bad seeds, for example, you talk bad about, cheat or deceive and/ or, take advantage of others. Eventually you will have to pay the prices for these actions.

However, if you spent your time treating others with respect, playing by the rules, living with integrity; sowing good seeds. You will reap the reward for these actions. This is a Biblical and universal truth and there are no exceptions to this rule.

Over the next few days we'll discuss the verses shown above and how to apply these truths in you daily life. God Bless!

Leaders are Readers

Reading is the foundation to learning.

Pick any book and start reading today. Get in the habit of reading at least 15 minutes each day.

I love to read first thing in the morning and right before bed. These times work best for me, but your time may be different. The only way you'll know is to start.

What will you gain from reading positive material every day?

A positive mental attitude.

Discipline.

Knowledge.

Understanding others.

A huge advantage over those who don't read.

Next Week we will discuss sowing and reaping and my favorite bible verse, Galatians 6:7-10.

Have a blessed weekend and may God grant your every prayer.

Living Life in the Zone by Kyle Rote Jr and Dr Joe Pettigrew

I will admit when requesting this book I was a little apprehensive. In the past I have not been a big fan of these types of books. Usually midway through I lose interest in them and don't finish the complete program. However, this one caught my attention because it had a sports theme to it.

As I started reading through the introduction I started to get excited about the idea. After the first few chapters I could not put it down and ended up finishing the book in about 4 days.

Now I am going through each day when I wake up and look forward to reading and doing the exercises at the ends of the chapters.

I am really impressed with the diversity of the stories for each day and how the authors blend the scripture in with todays challenges.

This is a must read for all men. I will be recommending this book to everyone that I know. It is that good!



Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”