The difference between Christianity and other religions can be summarized like these: Christianity: What God did to bring us salvation. All other religions: What man does to bring salvation upon himself In other words, the religions of this world emphasize works, what...
A great way to be an encouragement to someone is through our actions. Through our actions we can show we care for others or that we don't care for them. Too often I fall in the trap of the latter! Only if I let Jesus be my guide and I yield my all to Jesus can I...
Last Friday I was meeting with two of my colleagues after work. They had had a tough day with seemingly little support from management, and they felt discouraged. As I was listening to what they went through, I also became upset at management. Why couldn't these...
Word, words, words. They are only effective when spoken out. With them we can build someone up, or tear him down. With words we can be of encouragement to someone, or of discouragement. With them we can bring life or destruction. The choice is really ours. I just came...
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." (James 1:22 NKJV) Last Sunday God talked to me in an amazing way. I had ordered an audio CD about a terrific sermon two weeks before, only to discover that instead of having just 1 sound track, it...
Mat 27:14 "Jesus kept silence--not a word from his mouth. The governor was impressed, really impressed." (The Message) Today's message may seem contradictory to what you've always believed. Most of us need to actually "say" something to be encouraging. But I'd like to...
"Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." (James 3:18 NKJV) Have you ever been irritated? Or should I rephrase this question and ask: have you ever had a day without any irritations? Wouldn't we be very patient if we had no...
Are you bombarded sometimes with discouragement, self-doubt and huge trials? To tell you the truth, I have never met anyone who never experienced any of these! Why? Jesus made us aware that we have a "prince of this world" (John 12:31) NIV who is not acting to our own...
Last Thursday I had a tough day at work. Problems arose one after another, and when I reached home I felt completely exhausted (Had any days like that lately?) When I checked the weather forecast it predicted heavy rain from Friday on that was supposed to last...
How often do you find yourself depressed after a day's work? Sometimes our days seem to be filled with worthless activities, which seem to be of no value to anyone. Does anyone even notice what we are doing? The answer is yes, there is someone who notices your every...