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Loving Jesus VS Being a Christian

I woke up with this on my mind and it really was a message to me. But I decided to write it because I know it will impact many others that call themselves Christians. When I was 13 I gave my life to Jesus and started to call myself a Christian. I would pick up…

Why give up your life?

You jump on a plane that leads you to a plane that will get you to another plane. This plane jumping continues for about 30 hours, mainly in the air just to reach your final destination. When you get to the African mission field everything changes and your norms are no longer normal. Everything you…

Life as a Missionary

I really wish I could sit here and tell you that living a life as a missionary is pretty simple, but the reality of it is that not everybody can do this. Not everybody is willing to give up their comforts of life and walk by faith into the unknown, having to fully trust God…

You Are Worth It!

Living in the shadows of somebody who never sees you as being good enough really can take a toll on how you live your life. It can be manageable at first but then it gets harder to put up with. Before you know it, you are down, emotionally drained and want to give up on…

The Center of Gain

It’s funny the things we do when we want something. People will react in different ways according to how they learned to get what they wanted when they were growing up. If you are use to getting your way and something stops you from doing that, we all resort back to finding a way to…

Words Came out!

Recently God has been showing me the power of speaking words and how they really can effect people. So many times I have been talking with somebody and all of a sudden words start coming out of my mouth and I can’t stop them!! Sometimes they have been really wise and totally from the Lord,…

He only wanted ONE thing.

Life began to get really busy and work started to take priority in his life. He had the entire family relying on him to make money so that they could eat and have a roof over their heads. But as work required more from him, his time became less and less with his family and…

The look that led to Destruction

It started with just one look as his eyes gravitated to another woman. That look turned into a stare, and from that stare the thought of “what if” permeated his mind. As he began to entertain those thoughts he would position himself in a place to test the waters and see how much he could…

I love you because I do!

If you were asked to fill in the blanks to this question, how would you answer it? I love my __________ because __________________________. (Take a minute and think about it.) Now if you are married you might want to say, I love my spouse because… and then list a bunch of reason why you love…

2015 was extremely tough!

Just to forewarn you this is one of the realist blogs I have written. Real experiences and real thoughts. Please don’t read it unless you read the whole thing! 2015 has been an extremely tough year. There has been countless times where I would go home, sit in bed and just want to give up…