Give Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving holiday from CBT Publications Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! Psalm 100:4
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Praying Not Begging
Recently, I listened to myself praying. I was stopped in my tracks when I really gave weight to the words I was saying and the attitude that I was projecting. I was actually begging God, pestering Him to provide me with an answer to something I desperately wanted from Him. “Importunity” in prayer means “persistent and urgent requests, demands, or solicitations, often to the point of being troublesome or annoying.” It implies tireless pleading for something, resulting in shameless persistence….
Handy Man
Why is it so difficult for someone to take my advice? If I know the truth, then why don’t they hear? I desire to help them so their life can be fixed. And how do I know the appropriate things to say to them? Giving advice is all based on one’s own private experiences. Even the Spiritual Journey may differ because of individual belief systems and internal thoughts and prejudices. That is what drives behavior. God has already determined who…
Shalom Shalom
In celebration of the signed Israel Peace Plan, and in honor of our Jewish friends, please see what these important holidays mean during this season: Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year) occurred September 22 – 24 – read here Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) occurred October 1 – 2 – read here Sukkot (The Festival of Tabernacles) takes place October 6 – 13 – read here Shalom Shalom.
Magnify Your Office
Have you ever paused to reflect on the unique gift within you that you might have overlooked? It could be a remarkable ability that has accompanied you throughout your life—something you’ve taken for granted and yet holds great significance. These gifts, often referred to as abilities or talents, are inherently yours. God bestowed something in you at birth, while other abilities are awakened when you experience spiritual rebirth or are filled with the Spirit. As you journey through spiritual maturity,…
Enduring Strength Is From The Heart
Enduring strength is from the heart; our enemies overthrown, but a head that bows in silent prayer; a mystery still unknown.
It Ain’t About The Dog…
My friend recently told me she and her husband had been arguing. It escalated to a level of saying ungodly things, stomping, slamming, and finally silence for days. I asked her what started it, and she couldn’t really remember exactly. But what she did know was that it had something to do with the dog… Anger is displayed when a person is not satisfied with where they are, what they are doing, and they can’t do anything about it. It…
What’s The Plan?
Anyone who watches football has seen this play a hundred times: the quarterback falls back, throws the perfect pass, and there is no one there to catch the ball. We watch the ball hit the turf and roll away with no player in the vicinity. Anyone who understands football knows that when the quarterback throws the football—it’s NOT to a person—but to where the person is supposed to BE. When we see a pass fail, it’s because the receiver didn’t…
The Lord’s Prayer
Almost everyone knows “The Lord’s Prayer” that Jesus taught in the Gospels of Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4). Did Jesus really teach them this prayer so they could recite it repeatedly? Asserting something over and over again verbatim is not what Jesus taught. That is what the Bible refers to as vain repetitions. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, they wanted to emulate how Jesus abided in the Father, not the exact words He used….
Who’s your King?
Christian author O.S. Hawkins writes in one of his books, “more than any other book in the Bible, Judges describes the times in which we are living in today. The last line of this book speaks volumes about their situation…and ours: ‘Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.’” The theme of the book of Judges is that when there is no king in our life, there is no standard to live by, and we use our own desires…