Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.  Psalm 103:2 You know what is so great about this scripture?  Notice that it says “benefits”, not “benefit”.  God didn’t only provide forgiveness for our sins; He provides so much more for us – if we choose to receive it all.  The best part of God’s benefits is that they are FREE, and you don’t have to wait 90 days before they kick in...

Everywhere I turn, I am seeing good and godly people struggling just to hold on.  Friends are in dire straits financially.  Strong Christians are sick and not getting better.  Panic and fear are gripping those who should know better. This causes two things to happen:  One, anger rises up in the core of my being – anger that I still don’t have enough victory myself to be able to help them all; anger that the devil is having a field...

It is a fact that when I get off-track by spending too much time listening to the news, the gloom and doom, the economic horror stories, and the tales of woe, I can end up working myself into a tizzy.  I hear stories of people I know and love who are going through hell with their finances.  They are losing their houses.  They are doing all they know to do and it is not getting any better.  There is no relief in sight.  It grieves me.  There are...

How do I know that God is Good? Because the Bible tells me so! No one is good but One, that is God.  Luke 18:19b Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!  Psalm 34:8 Once you know – without a doubt – that God is good, you can approach Him in all confidence, knowing He won’t hurt you, won’t bring suffering to you, will never leave you or let you down.  He is always there in time of...

One day, years ago, I was working in my home office and I heard God’s still small voice whisper to me, “Get up and make cornbread muffins for Larry and take them to him.” I was busy with my work and argued, “But Lord, not now, I am so busy.” A few minutes later, the voice spoke again, “Tina, get up and make cornbread muffins for Larry and take them to him NOW!” Again I argued, “Lord, I don’t have all the ingredients and will have to go to the...

When you are walking in God’s will you become an open target for the enemy.  He sees you, in spite of all your fears and other obstacles, still doing what God has led you to do.  It doesn’t make him happy – in fact, it riles him up and the intensity of his attacks on you increases.   For example: You have stepped out and faith and started that business God showed you was His will for you and almost immediately you are...

Every day in life we make choices – lots of choices. Some choices are big, some are small, some very important, and some fairly trivial. God is so cool! He gives us the choice to choose life or death. He even tells us which to choose (sort of like a cheat sheet!) We are to choose life! I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and...