MESSAGES

“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”Proverbs 25:28 (KJV) THE DANGER OF A LIFE WITHOUT PAUSE Some dangers shout, like poison in a cup. Others are silent and gradual. Thoughtlessness belongs to the silent kind. It is…

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”Galatians 1:10 (KJV) Growth is not only a matter of moving forward, it is a matter of expanding inwardly until the opinions…

WISDOM IS SELECTIVE ATTENTION “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”Ephesians 5:15–16 (KJV) Wisdom is not merely the ability to know many things. It is the discipline of knowing what to pay attention to and what to…

“We remember the former things, those of long ago; for I am God, and there is no other.”Isaiah 46:9 THE PARADOX OF FAMILIAR PAIN There is a quiet paradox that governs much of human behavior: we often cling to what hurts us simply because it is familiar. The known pain…