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Every day people around us are watching our actions and they are listening to our words. Each day, people watch what we put on display in our lives. Thankfulness is one of the things that people notice.  Paul was a prisoner on board a ship to Rome on his way to stand trial before Caesar for his faith in Jesus Christ. After only a day or so on the ship, a great storm arose upon the sea. God wi...

Let’s be thankful. Right now we have the opportunity to show gratitude to others. We shouldn't wait or delay showing gratitude. When we are thankful continually, our lives are lifted and our life is changed. A thankful heart will change how you look at everything in life. Paul and Silas were arrested, beaten, imprisoned, and placed in chains for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, but at midnigh...

The time of the year is Thanksgiving. We're in a season of showing gratitude for every blessing God has bestowed on us. We have all been blessed by God, in both the biggest and smallest things. Many times we can get caught in looking at someone else’s treasure, but there are great treasures in your own life. In the story of ten lepers in Luke 17, we see the gratitude of one lone leper. We can all...

Do you ever feel like you're sinking, drowning, overwhelmed by life's problems? Life preservers help save people's life when they are drowning. For us, Jesus Christ is like a life preserver for our life. His saving grace is sufficient to carry us through.   Subscribe to Our Channel!     New to LifeRock? https://www.liferockchurch.org/get-connected   To support this ministr...

Today, we have a lot of schemes vying for our attention and our money. We get phony emails from people in foreign lands who want to give us millions of dollars because some how they found out that we are nice people. We get friend requests from people whom nobody knows because they just want to be our friend. People say, “Have faith in me and my message and I will make your life better than you ev...

The path to eternal life is constant. Through the Grace of God, we have salvation but our total surrender is personal. Total surrender means: I’ve accepted Christ as my savior” and "I’m working and moving with God.” We have to dive into all that God has for us. A waist-deep experience leads to failure and regret. Many of us can get comfortable with only having waist-deep faith, but there is so muc...

Life can be like a raging river. When the water is shallow, we are in control. We can safely navigate all by ourselves, but as things begin to intensify, as the problems of life become greater, the water becomes deeper, we reach a place that life can be like a raging river. We reach a place where we must swim or drown. Do you feel like you are swimming or drowning?  We need the awesome power...

God makes it possible to have a deeper relationship with Him. Recently we have said God wants us to move us from the wading pool to the swimming pool. We see teaching on this from the book of James. James was not written by James, the brother of John who was both famous disciples of Christ. You know the dynamic trio: Peter, James, and John. The book of James wasn’t written by that guy.  The b...

Initially, Jesus’s brothers doubted Jesus. His own brothers mocked Jesus and told him that he should go to the festival of shelters and perform some miracles so he could be famous. Jesus told his brothers that he wasn’t going, so they went to the festival without Jesus. Later, when the time was right, Jesus went secretly to the festival. At the festival, Jesus went to the temple and started teachi...

Ezekiel saw a vision of a flowing river. Ezekiel noticed that the waters started flowing from under the door of the temple. He was led to a place where the water was so deep that he could not walk through it. The only way to get through the water was to leap into the water and either swim or drown.   God is calling us to be swimmers, not waders. God has made it possible for us to live, dwell...

Many times, we depend on that one person in our life. We have that one person that we depend on to make everything right. When Jesus lived, He was the “go to person." If you needed a miracle, you came to Jesus. If you needed to calm the storm, you called on Jesus. Everybody wants to make a difference and it's easier than you might think. You can make a difference by seeing a need and then filling...

Everybody wants to make a difference. It is easier said than done. Everyone can make a difference by seeing a need and then filling it. In the story in John 5, we see a man who had been sick for 38 years. For 38 years, this man had gone to the pool of Bethesda, hoping to get healed. Many sick people came to the Pool of Bethesda hoping for their miracle. For 38 years, hundreds of people passed by t...

When you are very young time passes so slowly. Sometimes time seemed to stand still when we were very young. Time is the most valuable commodity on Earth. You might be bankrupt, but you can always make more money. Super rich people are bound by the parameters of time that God has placed on them. We have all had missed opportunities where we can never go back. We have to realize that each moment of...

The nation of Israel had been in Egyptian bondage for 430 years. God called Moses from a burning bush and sent him to lead the people out of bondage. God performed many miracles for the Israelites. But just after one month, they forgot the miracle. All of the people began to complain that God was going to let them starve to death.  We must receive our daily bread and God on a daily basis. God...

Daniel was an important person in Babylon. The king had elevated Daniel to the second highest position in the whole kingdom of Persia. Other leaders became jealous and tried to find fault in Daniel. Daniel left his daily responsibilities and he went to his house to get alone with God, three times each day.  We must continue to build ourselves up in the Holy Spirit. As we walk in daily devotio...

Every one of us has some type of daily routine. We have things that we like to do every day. We hae things that we devote ourselves to every single day. It could be checking and scrolling through Facebook as soon as you wake up. Maybe it’s posting on Instagram. Maybe it’s checking out crazy TikTok videos. Maybe it’s a more serious goal of reaching 10,000 steps in a day. Maybe it’s exercising 30 mi...

We all need friendship. God created us to enjoy social connection and interaction. Mark 2 is a story about faith and connections. There was a paralyzed man in Capernaum that needed to get to Jesus. The paralyzed man had four great friends who lifted his faith. They carried the man to meet Jesus. We need to connect with people who lift our own faith.   Subscribe to Our Channel!   &nb...

Have you ever had to return to face an old situation in your life? Have you ever had to return to deal with a circumstance that you knew would one day need to be addressed in your life? Unfinished business can interfere with our pursuit of God. Habits and lifestyle choices can interfere with our ability to fully engage with the Lord.   Subscribe to Our Channel!     New to LifeR...

In Matthew 7, we see Jesus telling a parable of two men. One man built his house on the sand. The storms of life destroyed his house. The other man built upon the rock. It was a difficult task, but he and his family were secure and their house was not shaken. So today we ask ourselves this question, "What are you building your life on?"   Subscribe to Our Channel! New to LifeRock? liferockchu...

Last week we talked about Cruise Control Christianity. We can’t live on cruise control in our marriage or in our relationship with Jesus Christ. Samson was a powerful man. Winning was easy for him. Samson was anointed by God from his birth, but Samson never built an altar. Samson never had a personal relationship with God. He didn’t have an active prayer life or daily devotion to God. Where is you...

Cruise control is a great feature of an automobile. But you and I can’t live on cruise control. Samson had all of the talents, but cruise control living brought his life to a premature conclusion. Your marriage won’t flourish on cruise control. We can’t parent on cruise control. You can’t excel on cruise control. Thank God for talent, for youth, for strength, for wealth, and for power but we need...

There was a time when many of us thought that our dads could do anything.  We thought our dads were invincible.  We thought our dads were superheroes. During those innocent years, at least they were heroes to us. Great fathers are imperfect men who sacrifice it all for their families. Jesus’s earthly father was no superhero. But fatherhood is more than a title.  Subscribe to Our Cha...

In the beginning, God created all things. We were created in the image and likeness of God, but as people we are not perfect. With the introduction of sin in Genesis, we can find ourselves slipping from authentic Christianity. If we aren't careful we can let a life of compromises control us. In our relationship with God we have to evaluate where we are and be honest with Him. Subscribe to Our Chan...

We value people based on many things; their appearance, their beauty, their family, etc. Sometimes we can overlook the true value of a person. The externals can be deceiving for us. Through God each person has value, no matter who you are. Bringing people to Jesus should be our top priority. When you realize your value in Christ you can change your world.​​​​​​ Subscribe to Our Channel!  New...

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