Someone shared this with me. Wish I would have had it in time for my message Sunday.

My 17 year old son Nate (www.nateedmondson.com) works with our church’s youth group. Recently a 6th grader came to him with some questions.  He was struggling to understand two main questions.  1) How can God hear everyone’s prayers at one time?  And; 2) Why does God allow the suffering that has happened in his family?  My [...]

Sometimes life throws curves at us that take the wind from our sail.  If we aren’t careful we can allow the injury to haunt us for life; never regaining what we have lost.  Have you lost a job recently?  Have you had a business failure?  Did you suffer from divorce?  Has the person you trusted [...]

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 1 John 4:4 NLT  
 
Of what are you afraid? Why has the world shaken your trust? Don’t you know that you [...]

“announce now to the people, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.”” so twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained. Judges 7:3 NIV  
  
I can almost hear Gideon now, approaching the people with this one:  
” Okay now, listen up men, if any of you are just too afraid to do [...]

I’m a fairly even keel guy.  My moods don’t go up and down a lot.  I just pretty much stay the same.  I frequently get asked, what gets me excited in life?  What fuels me?  Here are a few things.  Feel free to add your own list.
 
1.      Helping people get excited about their Jesus [...]

Don’t be intimidated by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself. Philippians 1:28 NLT
 

Of all the great promises in the Bible from God, probably one of the most repeated and clearly worded [...]

God’s word encourages planning. Consider “Plans fail for lack of counsel” (Proverbs 15:22) and “In his heart a man plans his course” (Proverbs 16:9).  Yet two things that are equally true are that change is all around us and ultimately God is in control.  Because of the lack of control most of us have over [...]

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. Isaiah 7:9b NIV
I’m tired of the economic news of the day.  Are you?  I’m ready for the Dow ticker to be green on my iGoogle home page!   Still, the greater concern for me has been watching how people respond to [...]

Figuring out who to trust these days is tough.  Years ago, while I was going through a difficult trial, I wrote these words really as a reminder to me of where to place my trust.  Seems like I need to read them again.   
 
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do [...]