Have you ever heard the saying, “here today and gone tomorrow”?  That is the way this kind of soil is.  They start good but end poorly.  True Christianity is not about feelings but about faith.   Faith that endures.

Have you ever hardened your heart?  A hardened heart is like being held in prison.  It limits us from being able to process information properly.  It closes us off from being able to interact with the world around us in a productive way.  God tells us to guard our heart…

We need to continually grow in our relationship with the Lord.  A problem arises when we choose to stop growing and just get by with our current growth level.  When we get the “I have arrived” attitude we are heading for trouble.  One thing I have learned in 40 yrs.…

We were created for connection.  God made us in such a way that we not only need Him, but also, we need each other.  Some call it community.  Community is being a part of something that is bigger than ourselves.  I don’t believe we can fully mature as a Christian…

Sometimes we can get into a funk where we feel lazy about everything.  It is dangerous when we get into a funk about the things of God. Sometimes it is a spiritual attack.  That is what I think has been going on this last summer. Some have fallen victim to…