Matt and Tracey

   Do you know when God's presence is missing? Can you tell the difference in your day to day life if God's Spirit is with you and when it is not?  Many people can honestly not tell the difference.  This is a great devotional going over the importance of having God's presence in your every day life.  

     I don't know about you, but I love the feeling of when I have finally arrived at a destination.  Many times we have the same feeling trying to get to the next thing in our lives, we like to believe that once we get past this last storm or pile of problems that there won't be any more!  That we will have arrived at the destination where everything is smooth s...

    Many of us love to make plans and then get really bent out of shape when they don't go according to what we were thinking.  God has a plan for that always goes according to the way He wants it to go, which is always the best way. Listen to find out how to roll with God's plan for your life.  

    We need to be aware of what people are saying, preaching and teaching because sometimes they can be very subtle in their manipulation of the scripture.  They could have you believing a lie that is the complete opposite of what the Bible says, but because you haven't done your due diligence you will just believe what they say and count it as truth.  Listen to this...

   In life we get to choose what we want to do, the decision is ours to make. However, the consequences of those decisions is not our choice.  We don't get to decide what the consequence will be if we sin, or decide not to obey God.  When we decide to sin in what seems like a very insignificant way, we will find that sometimes those decisions can have long lasting conseque...

   Many of us like to have a detailed agenda in life including the "how's" and "why's" of each thing. However, that is not how God works. The majority of the time God will be teaching us a lesson and then He prompts us to put into practice that which He just taught us.  This devotional is a great example of what happens when we throw all of our logic out the window and simple o...

   We have all ignored the voice of God at one time or another in our lives, but most don't like to admit it.  There is an example in the Bible of one person who wanted to ignore God but he found out that God was not going to allow it.  The person that Matt is talking about in this devotional is not who you might think it is. In fact, you may be surprised who it is, and yo...

    We all face terrible storms throughout life, both physically and figuratively. What we do to get through that storm says a lot about who we are and where we put our trust.  Most people put a whole lot of trust in their own abilities, but there are times when those abilities aren't enough, so where do they look next?  Think outside the box to a not so obvious answe...

     Most have heard that we should spread the gospel of Jesus Christ so others can hear and be saved. But what about those people who are blinded and just argue with you?  Should you ask God to destroy them? God's ways our not our ways. Listen to how we should deal with those who don't seem to agree that Jesus is the Way.   

    There are only a few times in our life when God will literally give us a second chance at life. We plead for God to save us, and then miraculously He does. However, what comes next is extremely important.  How we respond to the second chance WITH our life is equally as important as how we lived our lives up until that point.  Listen to this very sobering message a...

   No one likes to suffer; however, it is needed in each one of our lives.  Watch this devotional on why suffering is necessary and how we can respond with the right attitude and make it through that trying time.  

     We may not like the truth sometimes, but it is the only thing that can help us see clearly.  

  The Blind Leading the Blind is a figurative statement meaning that someone who is clueless or unqualified is leading a group of people who are even less qualified.  When it comes to Christianity many people feel that they are suddenly qualified experts to jump into a leading position simply because they are a Christian!  Matt uses a great story about himself to demonstrate th...

   There are times when we do not question what God has said because we heard Him. Sometimes the problem lies with us actually listening to what it was that God said. We heard it but we do not want to do it.  We can have selective hearing at times, where we don't even want to acknowledge that it was God who spoke the word.  It's easier for us to just dismiss it and then ac...

   When you say Big, you think one way; however, when God says BIG is a whole different matter!  When God tells you to enlarge your tent pegs, He means that you need to get ready for a huge blessing!

    There are times that God has given us a great dream, but then we seem to wait and wait.  Sometimes that wait is so long that it takes decades!  What do we do while we are waiting for the elongated waiting season?  There really are things that we can do and not waste that time of waiting.  

    Do you know someone who always gets the job done?  You know that if they start something that they will keep going until that job is done.  Jesus is that type of person but amplified!  Jesus will do what He said He will do in your life. If God made a promise to you then you can bank on Him fulfilling that promise. God will not leave you hanging out to dry, He...

    We all have regrets, pains, hurts, and horrible things that have happened to us in life but the difference is how we process those things. Do we allow it to ruin our lives, or do we look to God and ask Him to help us learn from these things in the past.  When God saves us there were things that we were doing that were not glorifying to God, sometimes our life style was...

   When you come up against obstacles, opposition, and difficulty in your life what do you do?  Do you look around at all of your resources to figure out how to take down the problem, do you panic and become paralyzed with fear, or do you to God and see things from His perspective?!  Here is a great reminder of the strength of God and how that can make a difference in our...

    When we look at the book of Hosea we can't believe that he would marry a prostitute and then forgive her when she would run off on him! We just don't understand how Hosea could be so forgiving of a woman who just didn't love him the same way he loved her.  We don't understand until we realize that this is how God sees us. We are Gomer, the prostitute wife, and God is H...

   When we bring glory to god in our lives, God shows up! We can't even begin to imagine what that could possibly mean to us in so many different ways.  Listen to find out why this whole concept could make such a positive difference in our lives.

      When we feel betrayed or back stabbed by someone, one of our first instincts is to get revenge!  We want to get even and then some!  However, God says that vengeance is His, and He will repay.  Listen to this devotional to learn how God's wrath is far superior to anything that you could even think of doing.  The catch is that you have to rele...

     It is extremely difficult for most people to forgive a person that seriously hurt them. Yet, they are quick to plead with God to forgive them of their sins against Him.  How do we forgive, should we forgive, and if so then why should we forgive?   Matt addresses these questions in this episode.  

    Step by Step. We all know what that means, except when it comes to life in general.  We like to have God's agenda for our lives up front, we want to know the where, when and how's of life ahead of time.  We like our prayers answered in our timely manner, which couldn't be soon enough for us!  As you wonder what the next step is for your life and how long you...

   The Israelites crossed the Jordan River to go into their Promised Land, but God didn't want them to forget this miraculous event. Why did He want this? Because when things got tough He wanted them to remember what He has done in the past.  Listen to this great devotional on how we can remember those past things that God has done in our own life.