Faith: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This is a definition found in Hebrews 11 used many times to describe what faith is. Read it here.
Faith is the belief in something you can’t see. Some people call this belief in the impossible. But all things are possible to them that believe. So in essence faith can be called something that turns the impossible possible.
“Everybody’s doing it. You don’t want to be the only one left out do you? Come on, just this once. You’ll miss out!”
The above lines are only a small percentage of what we hear when trapped in the middle of a decision aided by the weight of peer pressure.
Suicide is one subject that weights heavily on my heart. For someone to say, “there is no way out,” means they feel trapped in a corner and there are no possible solutions to any of the problems they are facing. And that simply isn’t true.
You know as I was walking around Publix yesterday thinking about all the foods I can’t eat while I’m on my diet. I began to look around and take notice to all the different people around me. And the more I noticed them the more I began to think about them.
A teacher shot by an Ohio high school student last week said he had never seen such hatred in the face of a child before.Fourteen-year-old Asa Coon shot teacher Michael Grassie and three others at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio, last Wednesday. Coon then turned one of his guns on himself (more…)
Communication is the foundation for anything. Whether it be a business, friendship, marriage, and family. Without proper communication, any relationship will fall apart guaranteed. How good would you say you are at communicating with the people around you?
A long time ago I learned a valuable lesson. A word can have a different definition to many different people. If I posed the question, “Are you committed to your church?” Out of the people who answered yes, some might be at church everyday of the week working and/or cleaning. Others might just might have been there every Sunday for the past 10 years. And yet others say yes because they go there once a month and give offerings at that church.
All of these people say they are committed. Are they lying? Of course not. They all just have a different meaning of the word commitment. And I submit to you it goes the same for the word greatness.
“It is often said that ‘the reactions of a person result as a byproduct of their environment.’ The origin of environment, beyond the textbook meaning, is the family. ” said H.L. Belton Jr. I couldn’t agree more with that.
In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus said that you are the salt and light of this world.
You are called to do something great with your life. There is a reason why you are here, to be the salt and the light of this world. Sadly enough, many of us aren’t living up to this. Even worse, it has nothing to do with not having the potential to.
In part one of this series we talked about the definition of significance. We talked about what real significance means. This time I want to talk about how you can find your significance.
You have a gift inside of you. You have something special about you that no one else does.
It’s something that separates who you are. But what is it? (more…)
