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God would NEVER work like that!! I wonder how many times we’ve said or thought that very thing when something happened that we just didn’t understand? Let me tell you a story. In Exodus there was a mother who had a child and she named him Moses. She knew that Pharaoh had threatened to kill all the baby boys. In Exodus 2:3, it says: “But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.” Pretend you’re standing on the bank of the Nile River and you see a baby either go floating by or staying wedged in the reeds in a homemade basket being escorted by crocodiles and who knows what else! And to make matters worse, he’s about to be discovered by the daughter of the guy who put a “hit” out on the life of every newborn Hebrew baby boy! Don’t tell me you wouldn’t say “Oh no! That can’t be God. You know that God doesn’t work like that!” You know what? We would…

Stop thinking so much. Your head might explode. It’s alright not to know all the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it like manna from heaven. When you need it, the answer will be there.

The world is full of people who can manage their surroundings but they can’t manage their lives. The Bible tells us that God has to be the center of everything we do! There’s a reason for that. When God created you and me, He created us with a place that only HE can fill. We can spend years without understanding what that means. We’re like a giant jigsaw puzzle with a piece missing. Without it we will never be able to show the world who we were really created to be. Let’s face it folks, we need the “God” piece right smack in the middle where it belongs. The world has a lot of fake pieces to offer us. We see people every day who are miserable and fill their lives with drugs and alcohol and all kinds of ungodly behavior. We can have all the things that money can buy, win awards for all of our successes and enjoy the praises of man but at the same time, our lives can be spinning out of control. The emptiness inside can never be filled by “things” not even the best things that money can buy. We all know people who…

Don’t compare your life to others, wishing you were them instead of you. No matter how good they may look on the outside, you can’t see their problems, their bank account, their doubts and fears, their hours spent maintaining their lifestyle or their addictions and hang-ups. You may just find that you are way better off than you thought!

In 1 Peter 2:9, it tells us an important truth “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”. If we belong to Jesus, we carry the presence of the living God with us every day of our lives. We don’t have to feel anointed to be anointed! The enemy will always try to get us to go by our feelings. To do that, he hits us with thoughts of inadequacy, fear, and doubt. I’m sure you could add a lot of others to that list of crazy thoughts. He will use anything he can to keep us from realizing who we are in Christ Jesus. Every time we step into the grocery store, into the work place, the school house or our living room, we carry the presence of God. The Bible tells us in Ephesians 3:20 that “He will do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think according to the power that works in us.” The word for power in the Greek is dunamis and it means Holy Spirit driven power.…

What others think of you is none of your business. It can only lead one of two places. If they think you’re great, it’s “big head city” for you, my friend. Pride isn’t too attractive. And if they think you’re awful, you can fall into a deep, dark depression. Neither place is meant for you. Never depend on the world to tell you who you are!