Live in His Word

  God is in control. I hear people say that all the time. I know that it is meant to make us feel better, but the way it is used sometimes makes me cringe a little. People say it so flippantly I wonder if they really stop to think about it and if they really mean it when they say it, and what it implies to people who want to believe in God, but aren't sure if they do. I want to challenge us to dig a little deeper into this thought of God being in control by asking a few questions. Is God in control of your life? REALLY in control? Is He in control of everything you do? Do you have free will, or does he make you do the things He wants you to do? Is God in control of everything you watch on t.v.? Would you be watching everything you watch if you thought of the fact that God sees you and is in control? Would He have turned it to that show? Is He in control of everything you put in your mouth? (ouch, just stepped on my own toes). Is He in control of everything that comes OUT of your mo...

  Facebook memories can be such an interesting thing. It can help you to see things that have been important to you over time.  So many of my memories that have popped up from the last several years have been about wisdom. Verses about wisdom, talking about my desire for wisdom, etc. The older I have gotten and the more I have been around various people, the more I have realized how much I do not know. I want wisdom to know how to handle the situations we are facing, how to handle the people I encounter- and disagree with at times and to know how to be the best me I can be. The book of James has much to say about wisdom. In chapter 1 verse 5 it says that if we need wisdom we should ask our generous God. He wants to give us wisdom. All too often we think that whatever our point of view is or what we believe is what wisdom is. We assume because we are Christians we must be right.  We believe that we know it all and we don’t have anything to learn, and if we do have somethin...