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Do you feel left behind? Is God moving all around you, but not in you? I felt the same way a week ago, but I’ve come to realize what my heart knew all along…

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2″Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3″that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Ephesians 6:1-3

W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00 . . .

It seems so hard to try to interpret the Will of God when we can’t find direct instructions in Scripture for making certain choices in life. But imagine, what if . . . what if God specifically TOLD you what to do, AND . . . God TOLD you that you would be unsuccessful at it? How would you react?

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might…

This blog includes a documented short interview with Rick Warren, author of “Purpose Driven Life” and pastor of the very well known large “Saddleback Church” in California.

People ask me what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is . . .

If we don’t forgive, then God won’t forgive us!

Let’s just assume that Jesus could just stop by and visit you on any single day. He just casually walked up to your front door and rang the bell. Or He just happened to walk up the stairs of your house and knocked on your bedroom door. You respond by opening the door, and then what?

John and Jane were not a very religious couple but tried their best; they only went to church once a year. As they were leaving the church, the minister said, “John, it sure would be nice to see you and Jane here more than once a year” “I know,” replied John, “But, we’re very busy people, leading active lives but at least we keep the Ten Commandments”.

Today, as I attempted to get my stuff done, I asked God what I should blog about. The answer? Are you getting “the right” stuff done?