fear

It is dangerous to ignore our car’s check engine light flashing its plea for attention on the dashboard. Of course it is. Our car may keep running, but eventually it will break down and we never know when it will happen. The worse part about this scenario is that if we keep ignoring the lights, […]

  When I lived a fast-paced and stressful existence on life’s roller coaster as a CEO in my mid-thirties, I was constantly battling anxiety, emotional confusion, temptations, and anger. I failed to deal with the issues early before a negative pattern developed. With each new wave of anxiety my mind locked onto the wrong things

Endurance is persevering even when the pressure is extreme.    Endurance is the ability to withstand life’s toughest challenges.    Endurance is winning the day-to-day battles under God’s protection.    God promises us perseverance, and he assures us we will prevail. We can know with absolute certainty that we are on the right path and

“You talk too much” has been the hook of many songs through the years from rock’n’roll parody group Sha-Na-Na to Run DMC to George Thorogood to The Strokes—just to name a few. Then there’s a line you are no doubt very familiar with: “Open mouth, insert foot” which evolved from the original phrase “to put

Some people take verses like Luke 11:9-10 and try to twist God’s protection promise around to mean that Christians should never suffer in life and that everything will be perfect and everyone will be wealthy if they only believe. They believe God wants everyone to have spiritual, physical, emotional, and material blessings, prosperity in all

Most of us want to be remembered for something of significance beyond what the world defines as success. That is certainly true for me.    I don’t want to be remembered as someone who didn’t know the difference between earning a great deal of money and being truly rich in life.    I don’t want

I’m trapped!    Have you ever felt like that in the midst of life’s challenges? I certainly have.    The sobering reality is that committing to God’s “Protection Promise” is extremely difficult in the midst of fear and doubt. It runs counter to our human nature.    It’s like being trapped in a flood. Even

Our phones are definitely getting smarter, but our knowledge of God’s Word has become more like a “Dumb Phone.”    We have become biblically illiterate Christians because many of us have marginalized Scripture in favor of singing contemporary songs, attending fellowship barbeques, and taking superficial topical study classes.    We are experiencing a famine—a famine

Instead of panic when fear and worry intrude into our lives, we should pray. That may sound simplistic, but why should it? After all, God’s truth and promises haven’t changed just because a war threat is mounting on one of life’s borders. The issue isn’t whether or not the storms will chase us—they will—but whether

An integral part of the faith process is being strong against adversity!    Faith is moving against your fears and worries. God says, “If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!” (Proverbs 24:10). When we don’t turn our doubts over to God, we will fan those embers and they will