When we hit dark periods in our life it often gets darker before we see any light. In this season think back to Mary and Joseph fleeing the country with a baby on the way and then finding no place to deliver except in a barn. It had to get really dark for them before the brightest star in the night shone its light on them and the infant Jesus. Continue reading “The Darkness Getting Darker Before the Light”
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Halloween’s Over But the Devil is Still Here
The little red devils trick-or-treating may be gone but the real devil is still around. He’s very much at work in this world but he doesn’t go announcing himself door to door. In fact, he doesn’t want anyone to know that he really exists because he does his best work totally unnoticed.
If you’re like me, you have big doubts about Continue reading “Halloween’s Over But the Devil is Still Here”
I Have No Time for God
That obviously must be true because I didn’t make much time, if any, for God last week in my busy life. I was involved in crisis management and God took Continue reading “I Have No Time for God”
Is Satan Real? Ask God.
Yes. Satan is real. He’s not some red devil, cute or otherwise. He’s not the invention of Hollywood. Satan is real. He’s evil incarnate—the exact opposite of God’s love.
What you need to know is Continue reading “Is Satan Real? Ask God.”
What are the Real Secrets to Life?
LISTEN, READ, LOVE, FIGHT, BELIEVE, LIVE & PRAY. Simple. But I have to remind myself of these all the time, so I thought it was worth sharing with you. When I live my life by these 7 Secrets to Life I am Continue reading “What are the Real Secrets to Life?”
“He is a liar”
Jesus not only acknowledged the reality of the devil but he painted this picture of him…
“He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” John 8:44
Here’s a new flash for you: Continue reading ““He is a liar””
As We Ponder the Horror of 9/11, Why Does God Let Evil Exist?
9/11. A little child is found beaten to death and left in a dumpster. A 75-year-old woman is brutally murdered.
How can God let evil like this exist?
The coexistence of God, the Supreme Being, and Satan, the root and personification of evil, is one of the Continue reading “As We Ponder the Horror of 9/11, Why Does God Let Evil Exist?”
Satan Wants Your Happiness!
No, Satan is not some religious creation made up to scare you to lead a straight and narrow life. He is real, working behind the scenes to steal your happiness, peace, and fulfillment for eternity. He tempted Jesus unsuccessfully, but tempted Judas successfully to hand over Jesus to die.
So when he had dipped the piece of bread he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Do quickly what you are going to do.” John 13:27
Look around you. Do you think that acts of terrorism and school shootings are the acts of God? What motivates people to commit acts of violence?
Look inside yourself—honestly. Are you Continue reading “Satan Wants Your Happiness!”
The devil made me do it!
News flash—the devil is real. And he wants you to doubt his very existence, as you are likely doing right now. He works best behind the scenes, loving the fact that people don’t even believe he exists.
The devil doesn’t Continue reading “The devil made me do it!”
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