The Winning Walk with Dr. Ed Young - Daily Radio

Partial obedience to the will of God will take us in the wrong direction. If, instead, we invite God to run our lives, we will discover that the path of obedience is also the path of joy and purpose – without exception!

When we try to run our own lives, we will get in trouble every time! How much better it is to trust God and believe that He is fully capable of replacing our selfish dreams and expectations with something infinitely better.

We need worship in order to focus on those things that are most important so that our work will have validity and power. In other words, the time we spend on the mountain with God equips us to become more effective for the work He calls us to do.

When we are confronted with the big issues of life, it is not the strength of our faith that will matter, but the object of that faith. Because Jesus has the power and the authority to meet every need in our lives, we can confidently place our faith in Him.

Everything good happens at the feet of Jesus! That is where healing, and restoration, and forgiveness begin. Spend time at the feet of Jesus and you will begin to see yourself, and the world around you, in a way you have never seen them before.

God desires to be with us, to touch us, and to be relevant in our lives. The Bible tells us that God is nearer than any of us can imagine or understand. We can trust Him to be present and available to His children in every circumstance of life.

We have all experienced how circumstances can change in an instant, and mountain top experiences may be followed by moments of despair. Fortunately, when we learn to turn to God in our brokenness and pain, He can turn even our lowest moments physically into our highest moments of spiritual power and strength.

The hidden childhood years of Jesus reveal an important principle for effective parenting. If you want to help your children determine their life purpose and realize all that God wants to build into their lives, provide opportunities for them to spend time with their Heavenly Father.

When a nation or culture experiences division, disagreement, and partisanship, there is a solution instead of yielding to passivity or anxiety. God has provided a practical and workable outline for restoring relationships and pointing people to the healing message of the Cross of Christ.

When we become members of God’s family, He gives us the Holy Spirit to be our counselor, our helper, and our healer. The Spirit operates like a floodlight in our lives, pointing us to the things of Christ, giving us a new mindset, and redirecting us to become the people God wants us to be.

How should individuals, and how should the church, respond to all the problems besetting our country today? Instead of becoming defeated by the challenges all around us, the answer is that we remember, and cling to, the foundational truths that define our identity, our purpose, and our ultimate destination.

At some point during your lifetime, you will most likely experience a thorn – a problem or situation you perceive not only as a weakness, but as something that limits your effectiveness. How God wants you to respond is one of the most critical principles you will learn in your walk with Christ.

When we really pray, we begin with worship as we recognize that all of life is sacred. We acknowledge who God is and who we are, and we come into God’s presence in wonder, awe, and humility. We meet with God as He meets with us.

God has placed boundaries in our lives to protect us and those we love, but today’s culture is intent on tearing down those boundaries and destroying our marriages and our families. Only when we live within the boundaries God has given us for our good will we have lives filled with joy, peace, and blessing.

The fabric of America is delicate, but it is also strong. Today, as never before, this fabric is being stretched, and the very foundations upon which America was founded are in danger of crumbling. We must never forget the price that was paid, and continues to be paid, to preserve this nation as the land of the free and the home of the brave.

As we interact with contemporary culture, we need to exercise discernment with everything we see and hear. As the culture redefines and reinterprets truth to fit their worldview, we need to seek a biblical perspective – and distinguish between truth and nontruth - – about socialism, capitalism, and the church.

In today’s culture, the biblical definition of marriage and family is under severe attack.  It is increasingly evident that the family, like a house, needs a firm foundation if it is to survive the storms that threaten its stability. Only a firm foundation will enable the family to be strong, to grow, and to become all that it can and should be.

There are injustices in our society, and we know that racial animosity has led to wars, discrimination, and oppression for centuries. The church has a responsibility to advocate for the poor, the sick, and the marginalized, but to also remember that God is no respecter of persons. Only at the cross do we see what true reconciliation looks like.

A dangerous and ungodly challenge to a biblical worldview has infiltrated our schools and the institutions that serve families. Jesus issued a particularly stern warning that is still relevant today to anyone who would place a stumbling block in the path of a child and thereby corrupt the innocence of childhood.