His Teachings

If you are reading this, I do not believe it was by accident or happenstance. My prayer is that this blog would be a conduit for the Lord to minister, renew, educate, equip, and bless us all. Recently, while praying with a friend on the telephone, she was ending the prayer and said" Lord, we pray in the name of Jehovah, Jah, Allah..." I was shocked. I know we live in a politically correct society where people will not use Jesus in public, on Facebook, or just in case it offends someone else. But what about Jesus? Don't you think it's offensive to die for someone who is embarassed to use your name? God is such a generic term, Jesus sets believers apart from the world. I did not know how to approach the situation at the time but decided to do a study in the Word about the name of Jesus. Why do we use this name and what is the big deal? In short, because He told us to but there's more. More than a song, there is truly something about the name of Jesus. T

It takes endurance to grow up in life and in the faith. We go through seasons, we have ups and downs, and our perspective is constantly changing based on our knowledge and experiences. It is enlightening when we start to compare spiritual and natural things in our lives. Though we are natural beings living as flesh, Christianity requires us to "set our affections on things above (Colossians 3:2)" as opposed to the world which follows after the "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (1 John 2:16)." When we become born-again, we forget that we are newly born babes in Christ and often forget the stages of a baby. This can give us unrealistic expectations of ourselves and others. Would you be upset with an infant for not going to the bathroom on their own, or not telling you when they want to eat instead of crying to get your attention? Of course not. This is completely age appropriate behavior for an infant. But when the child