Walking Together Towards God

  Happy New Year to all our Readers! We took a hiatus to focus on us, our marriage and family. We had to make some major adjustments, relocate some family members and pray through more medical issues. Yet, the Lord has continued to bless our marriage through it all. Today, let's share about interruptions. Life starts off pretty good at the start of a New Year, but then your plans, agenda and calendar may take an alternate path than what you intended. You and your spouse together need to be prepared. When life gets interrupted from your usual marriage routine, you have to do three things that we have found to be helpful. We have to acknowledge the change, see what scripture has to say about about it and then decide together what our next course of action will be. Most any decision can be made that way. Acknowledge the Change Some changes are very obvious while others are barely noticeable. It is when the changes begin to encroach on life that we identify them. Ignoring them is never...

What is your destiny? Where are you headed? People tell us that we should set goals, deadlines, benchmarks. Like water, what you decide to do today, will ripple through eternity. It never stops. Every action today has a reaction tomorrow, so it is wise to heed their advice. What about your spiritual life? People set goals for their physical life like exercising, eating healthy and losing weight. We set financial goals like getting out of debt and saving for retirement. We even set goals for our children, business and ministry, but what about our spirit? Are your spiritual goals just to get through this life without harm? Just to connect with God daily? If so, you aim too low, you are too short-sighted. The spiritual goals you set for yourself should have eternal gains. For example, the goal is not just to read the bible daily, but to study it and be able to teach it to others who can then teach others. Our God is big. Set bigger goals. Aim higher. Reach further. Think broader. Et...