| SCRIPTURE | TOPIC | DATE | THEME |
| Mt 14:20b | Abundance | 02.12.08 | "Left OVER" is a term that aptly applies to Jesus' miracle of feeding the five thousand. |
| Ecc 2:4b | Accomplishments | 08.24.08 |
It's possible to have all the world's pleasures and still be below poverty level in the family of God. |
| Prov 1:16 | Actions | 07.13.08 | Expediency is measured by how something is done, not how fast. |
| Ecc 2:3 | Addiction | 08.10.08 | Experimentation in questionable activities is fine - if you're willing to accept the lifetime of addiction that may go with it. |
| Ps 2:7 | Adoption | 06.13.08 | God loved us so much He was willing to take us just the way we were when no one else cared. |
| Gen 37:15 | Answers | 09.03.08 | We should look for answers where the Light is better. |
| Ps 4:1a | Answers | 07.21.08 | Why should we expect God to answer us if we don't answer when He calls? |
| Ps 4:6a | Answers | 07.29.08 | People looking for answers don't always ask the right question. |
| Ecc 1:13a | Arrogance | 06.30.08 | Self esteem is good, but too much of it can lead someone to think far too much of themselves. |
| Prov 2b-3 | Asking | 05.21.08 | If we can't discern truth, understand God's will or act according to a strong moral compass, it's likely we never saw the need to ask for it. |
| Ps 1:1 | Association | 05.13.08 | Look at the wrong crowd long enough and you'll eventually hang with them, agree with them, do what they do and wind up being miserable like them. |
| Gen 34:1 | Association | 02.15.08 | Wrong company not only corrupts but often leads to quick and undesirable consequences. |
| Gen 38:1 | Associations | 10.20.08 | When you are friends with the wrong crowd, expect to make decisions they'd approve. |
| Mt 14:14 | Attention | 01.19.08 | It's good to close your eyes in prayer, but how can you see what God is doing if you never open them to see what He sees? |
| Mt 16:19a | Authority | 10.07.08 | Responsibility without authority is a passport to failure. |
| Mt 14:28 | Authority | 03.01.08 | Authority, no matter how potent, is rendered meaningless unless it is put into play. |
| Ps 2:12b | Blessed | 06.18.08 | Being blessed is having all you need to honor God with grateful thanks-living. |
| Gen 32:29 | Blessing | 01.20.08 | There are blessings in store for us when we approach God in prayer. |
| Mt 14:20a | Blessing | 02.10.08 | We'll freely accept showers of blessing from the Blesser, yet never, seldom if ever, bless Him in return. |
| Mt 16:17 | Blessing | 09.23.08 | There's no greater blessing for a believer than knowing you're family. |
| Mt 14:19 | Blessing, Missed | 02.04.08 | I'm afraid sometime we're so busy doing what we think God wants us to do, we run right past him and miss the blessing. |
| Ps 3:7a | Blessings | 07.09.08 | Someday we'll learn our richest blessings went largely unnoticed. |
| Ps 2:8 | Blessings | 06.14.08 | Blessings are as permanent as the One who owns them and transfers to you. |
| Gen 37:31 | Blood | 10.01.08 | Since creation, shed blood has been the mark and the price of redemption. |
| Mt 14:5 | Boldness | 01.05.08 | If we knew how many people wished us harm as a Christian but were afraid of what God would do to them, we'd probably be more bold in our witness. |
| Mt 14:4 | Boldness | 01.03.08 | We're not a faithful witness unless we welcome the consequences of speaking the truth to someone with power to harm us. |
| Gen 34:10 | Character | 02.29.08 | The value of someone's character is determined by how little it takes for him to give up godly conviction. |
| Ecc 1:2 | Character | 05.27.08 | Character is measured by what you do when your feelings contradict your faith. |
| Gen 33:5 | Children | 01.30.08 | As Christian parents, we should have resolute conviction to not only raise our kids right, but also pray for them. |
| Gen 34:30 | Children | 03.16.08 | Trouble comes back to the parents who plant and grow it in the hearts of their children. |
| Ps 1:5 | Christ, Dead in | 05.20.08 | Without God in your life and his Word in your heart; you're like a magnet with schizophrenia; you have little to no attraction for God and you feel inclined to push Christians away the closer they get. |
| Ps 1:4 | Christ, Alive in | 05.19.08 | If you're a believer, why does it sometime require close examination to reveal how you're different from a person still dead in his sin? |
| Mt 14:14 | Compassion | 01.21.08 | When we see a need we should be compassionate, but as a child of God we're called to do something about it rather than express pity. |
| Mt 16:6 | Compromise | 08.21.08 | Continually keeping the company of cunning crafters of circumcisionism leads to compromise. |
| Gen 34:9 | Compromise | 02.27.08 | Loss of godly conviction starts when we lower God's standard to avoid offending the world. |
| Mt 14:12 | Confession | 01.13.08 | We needn't be afraid to tell Jesus what he already knows, but we should be afraid to keep from Him what we don't want Him to know. |
| Gen 34:24 | Confirmation | 03.10.08 | Majority opinion doesn't make it the right decision. |
| Gen 34:2 | Consequences | 02.17.08 | No amount of liberty or privilege should lead us to conclude we have the right to sin without consequence. |
| Ecc 1:5 | Consistency | 05.31.08 | The sun will rise every morning even if storm clouds block its light and we can't see it. |
| Ecc 2:14 | Contentment | 09.28.08 | A wise man learns to bloom where he's planted, but a fool looks for a better place to take root. |
| Mt 16:17b | Control | 09.25.08 | There's a heavenly transfer of control from us to the Holy Spirit when we surrender to the Lordship of Christ. |
| Prov 1:11a | Counsel | 06.22.08 | Just because we feel right about something, doesn't mean it's right. |
| Ecc 2:4 | Credit | 08.17.08 |
Is their a discernable difference in what we have done and what God wanted to do? |
| Gen 37:35 | Death | 10.13.08 | Death doesn't mark the end of our heavenly journey, but merely a change in the route we take. |
| Gen 38:6 | Death, Premature | 10.29.08 | If left uncheked, sin converts personal choice to imprisionment that in God's timing may lead to premature death. |
| Gen 37:32 | Deception | 10.06.08 | Deception is leading someone to believe something you know to be untrue. |
| Ps 3:1 | Defeat | 07.03.08 | The natural man evaluates potential on the basis of opposition. |
| Mt 14:22 | Dependence | 02.16.08 | For those times it seems God's not around, we should take comfort He's got a special plan for us and will be there when we need Him most. |
| Mt 14:13 | Desire | 01.17.08 | If the world thought they could spend personal time with Jesus, they'd do whatever it took to go to Him, but will we, His children, do the same? |
| Mt 15:37 | Desire | 08.07.08 | God's desire is to meet or exceed my desire when my desire is consistent with His desire. |
| Ecc 2:17 | Despair | 10.12.08 | Despair is but one breath away from hope when we lose sight of Divine providence. |
| Gen 34:15 | Determination | 03.04.08 | Conditions are seldom considered a deal breaker when you've already decided to have something. |
| Mt 16:18a | Determination | 09.30.08 | As the church, let us pray that our hardness is holy determination and not obstinance. |
| Gen 32:10b | Direction | 01.02.08 | It's more important to remember where we came from than where we're going |
| Gen 33:18a | Directions | 02.11.08 | If you can't see where you're going, you need either a map that shows the Way, a good Compass whose magnet goes the Way, or a faithful Companion who knows the Way. |
| Gen 34:7c | Disappointment | 02.25.08 | Disappointments come, but it's how we respond that reveals whether we're winners or losers. |
| Mt 16:11 | Discernment | 09.04.08 | The only way to tell the difference between good and bad teaching is to know the difference. |
| Gen 33:10b | Discernment | 02.03.08 | The same way the indwelling Holy Spirit confirms our salvation, seeing Him at work in other people lets us know how to pray for them. |
| Mt 14:2b | Discernment | 01.01.08 | We can't understand God in the context of our experience and see Him for who He truly is. |
| Mt 16:24 | Discipleship | 11.04.08 | Discipleship requires checking personal preference at the door. |
| Ps 6:1 | Discipline | 10.31.08 | Mistakes and discipline mark the path of spiritual growth. |
| Prov 1:8a | Discipline | 06.19.08 | It is most often through words that we're taught, but discipline may first be required to get our attention. |
| Gen 33:8 | Disobedience | 02.01.08 | If anything, unsolicited email has taught us not everything you see or read is authentic and without malice or hidden motive. |
| Mt 14:33 | Doubt | 03.13.08 | How many miracles will it take to prove Jesus is who he says he is? |
| y family and I Gen 34:30b | Doubt | 03.20.08 | When you compare the enemy's strength to your own, you forget who is the only One who can defeat him. |
| Ecc 2:25 | Emptiness | 11.15.08 | Nothing fills the God-shaped hole in our life but the Holy Spirit. |
| Ecc 2:2 | Enjoyment | 08.03.08 | It's impossible to compare myself to another human and be totally happy. |
| Ps 5:4 | Evil | 08.29.08 | When evil is invited into our home, it tends to take up residence. |
| Ecc 1:7b | Example | 06.03.08 | Anyone who follows godless men are in danger of going right down the drain with them when life flushes the toliet. |
| Prov 1:15 | Example, Bad | 07.12.08 | The phrase "Monkey see, monkey do" demotes animals to the level of sinful man. |
| Gen 34:7b | Examples, Godly | 02.23.08 | Why do bad things happen to bad people usually at the hands of good people? |
| Mt 14:15 | Excuses | 01.25.08 | When it comes to praying, taking notice of what's wrong exposes our lack of faith and the fact we don't have a teachable spirit. |
| Gen 37:27b | Excuses | 09.24.08 | We can try to defend our actions, but consequences may rise up to testify against us. |
| Mt 14:26b | Expectation | 02.26.08 | We should not be surprised when God acts in a way that is contrary to our expectation. |
| Ps 5:3 | Expectations | 08.22.08 | False expectations lead to praying for the wrong thing. |
| Gen 34:4 | Expectations | 02.21.08 | Expectations placed in anything or anyone other than God are a disappointment waiting to happen. |
| Pr 1:25 | Experience | 08.30.08 | Experience doesn't matter when someone has a teachable spirit, knows right from wrong, speaks the truth without contradiction or use of a teleprompter, and surrounds himself with the right kind of counsel. |
| Ecc 2:12 | Experience | 09.21.08 | The good and bad of what we experience influences those around us. |
| Mt 14:30a | Failure | 03.05.08 | Concentrate on failure long enough and you'll do whatever it takes to get there. |
| Mt 16:23b | Failures | 10.30.08 | Failures are built upon a human's opinion plus God's. |
| Mt 14:31 | Faith | 03.09.08 | Faith must be exercised if we want to see what God can do. |
| Gen 33:4 | Family | 01.28.08 | God has placed within us a love and loyalty for family above everything else. Would that we, the family of God, would demonstrate such toward each other. |
| Ps 3:5 | Favor, God's | 07.07.08 | If God is on our side, what else matters? |
| Gen 37:3 | Favoritism | 08.11.08 | If you diminish someone's significance, don't expect God to always agree with you. |
| Mt 14:27 | Fear | 02.28.08 | Fear may create a knee-jerk reaction, but shouldn't restrict our confidence in God to help us. |
| Gen 33:3 | Fear | 01.26.08 | Respect and fear seem similar until you realize one is earned and the other is not. |
| Ps 6:2b | Fear | 11.13.08 | It takes a little mind to create a little god. |
| Gen 32:11 | Fear | 01.06.08 | Which comes first, fear of the unknown or not knowing Who to fear? |
| Mt 14:29 | Fellowship | 03.03.08 | If we're not close to God right now, it wasn't him that moved. |
| Ps 5:9 | Flattery | 10.03.08 | Praise and flattery seem similar, but one is overflow from the heart and the other calculation from the head. |
| Prov 1:7b | Fool | 05.26.08 | Even fools have a religion; they hold views opposing Scripture, reject any opinion not held by other fools and do it with great pride and obstinance. |
| Gen 37:18 | Friends | 09.10.08 | You're safe thinking the world is your friend as long as you don't turn your back on it. |
| Ps 1:3a | Fruit Bearing | 05.17.08 | Fruit-bearing depends on good soil and sustenance while fruit sharing depends on being picked and eaten. |
| Ps 1:5 | Future | 06.04.08 | Generally speaking, we should care more for what has longevity than what doesn't. |
| Gen 33:11 | Giving | 02.05.08 | A person with a grateful spirit gives thanks to the Giver and gives to others in the same spirit. |
| Gen 38:11 | God, Avoiding | 11.09.08 | It's impossible to out-manuver God. |
| Gen 38:7 | God, Blame | 11.03.08 | It's can be a short game when we swap licks with God. |
| Ps 2:5a | God, Fear of | 06.09.08 | Forget respect, when anger is directed at us by someone with power to end our life, a fearful dread is my natural reaction. |
| Ps 2:4 | God, Fear of | 06.08.08 | New-age religionists should tremble because the only time we know God laughed was when He mocked people just like them. |
| Mt 14:26 | God, Fear of | 02.24.08 | Most believers won't have a fear of God until they stand in front on him on Judgment Day. |
| Ps 4:4a | God, Fear of | 07.26.08 | Let me get this straight; is it fear or reverential respect that causes me to shake in my boots? |
| Gen 17:11 | God, Limiting | 08.27.08 | With God in the equation, all things are possible. |
| Prov 1:18 | God, Listening to | 07.15.08 | Refusal to listen to God sets into motion a gradual self-destruction. |
| Pro 1:26 | God, Offending | 09.06.08 | It's not mother nature whom we should fear offending. |
| Gen 38:14 | God, Pleasing | 11.11.08 | We'll never be what God wants until we stop trying to be a people-pleaser. |
| Mt 14:25 | God, Presence of | 02.22.08 | There is no more sustaining thought than the fact we do not have to look for Jesus, as He is always with us, revealing Himself to us when we need to be reminded he's always with us. |
| Gen 38:10 | God, Provoking | 11.05.08 | It may not be nice to provoke mother nature, but it can prove deadly to do it to God. |
| Gen 34:31 | God, Questioning | 03.22.08 | There's nothing wrong with questioning God up to the point you ask, "Is that your final answer?" |
| Mt 16:22 | God, Questioning | 10.23.08 | It's ok to question God, but don't try to change His mind unless you've earned the right. |
| Ps 2:3b | God, Rejecting | 06.07.08 | When it comes to relating to God, resistance is not only futile, it's down right stupid. |
| Gen 32:29 | Gratitude | 01.18.08 | It's amazing that after receiving a fabulous gift or favor, we're content to receive it and keep it without knowing who gave it and why. |
| Prov 1:19 | Greed | 07.16.08 | If greed is the opposite of a giving spirit, then greed must be a losing spirit. |
| Gen 37:34 | Grief | 10.08.08 | How much mourning is for our loss and how much is for show? |
| Prov 1:4 | Gullible | 05.22.08 | If we don't have knowledge of his Word, will and way when we're young, then we'll be gullible when we're old. |
| Gen 37:20 | Hate | 09.15.08 | The bitter hate within one person can turn into bold action when others agree with his hate and then expect him to lead their mob. |
| Mt 14:36b | Healing | 03.19.08 | When we need help and call out for Jesus, there's nothing left to do but stay close enough to receive healing. |
| Gen 37:8b | Hearing | 08.20.08 | Just hearing something doesn't mean you're listening. |
| Gen 33:17 | Heaven | 02.09.08 | When we make our resting place close to God, we're more prone to think of heaven as our home and this life as the time afforded to know Him before taking up permanent residence with Him. |
| Gen 35:1 | Heaven | 03.24.08 | Heaven is not only sanctuary, but the place we can literally begin to follow Jesus. |
| Ecc 1:15 | History | 07.02.08 | To rewrite history, all you have to do is get gullible people to listen to your nonsense, include it as plausible in textbooks, and wait while you endure the protest of sensible people. |
| Ecc 1:6 | Holy Spirit | 06.01.08 | We may not see, feel or understand it, but the Holy Spirit is always working to make us like Jesus. |
| Ps 2:12a | Homage | 06.17.08 | Paying homage to God isn't mandatory in this life, but it's compulsary in the next, so why not get used to it down here? |
| Gen 37:1 | Home | 08.04.08 | Where we choose to live is irrevelant, it's who we choose to live with that's important. |
| Gen 37:2 | Honesty | 08.06.08 | Don't think that being honest is without consequence. |
| Prov 1:14 | Honesty | 06.26.08 | I don't know about honor among thieves, but at least they admit who they are and what they do. |
| Gen 34:19b | Honor | 03.06.08 | As a person who keeps his word, you will be afforded opportunities most people will never know. |
| Mt 15:2 | Idolatry | 03.23.08 | When tradition keeps us believing God is still at work, we make tradition a golden idol. |
| Pr 1:32 | Indifference | 10.04.08 | Apathy is like watching termites eat the bark off your life. |
| Ecc 1:9a | Inevitability | 06.28.08 | Habits are like rabbits; if you leave 'em alone, they'll make more. |
| Ps 3:8b | Inheritance | 07.11.08 | While its true God has no grand-children, it's also true they will likely inherit their parents' blessing as well as the consequences of their sin. |
| Pr 2:3a | Insight | 11.01.08 | Prayer is not only the door to knowledge, it also the key to unlocking divine perspective. |
| Ps 1:2 | Instruction | 05.16.08 | It's impossible to do what's expected if you haven't listened to instruction. |
| Prov 1:17 | Intentions | 07.14.08 | Actions usually speak for themselves whereas intentions require explanation. |
| Gen 37:36 | Intercession | 10.15.08 | God is working in our life, even while we wallow in the mud of self-pity and doubt. |
| Mt 14:18 | Intercession | 02.02.08 | Prayer is spending time with God and intercession is prayer with feet. |
| Gen 32:28 | Intimacy | 01.16.08 | Someone who struggles with God has to be close enough to reach Him or its like losing a bout of shadow boxing. |
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Intimidation | 07.08.08 | Intimidation is what I feel when I'm made to feel worthless by someone just like me. |
| Ps 4:7 | Joy | 07.31.08 | Joy, unlike happiness, finds you and not the other way around; one lasts and the other doesn't. |
| Ps 5:10 | Justice | 10.10.08 | Sometime the best reward for wickedness is having to live with the consequences. |
| Ecc 1:18 | Justice | 07.20.08 | How do you pray for someone caught in the intersection of rebellion and justice? |
| Prov 1:7a | Knowledge | 05.25.08 | Without a healthy respect for God, gaining knowledge is like applying suntan lotion to a corpse. |
| Ecc 1:16b | Knowledge | 07.18.08 | Knowing what to do is good, but doing something with what you know is better. |
| Ps 2:10 | Leaders, Civic | 06.16.08 | Change is bad when "improvements" move us farther from God. |
| Prov 1:5 | Learn, Failure to | 05.23.08 | A fool will not listen and therefore will never believe anything that contradicts his false assumptions. |
| Ecc 2:16 | Legacy | 10.05.08 | It's funny how a reputation can change when a person's dead. |
| Ps 5:6 | Liars | 09.12.08 | I wonder how many politicians and media personalities will be standing tomorrow if today is payday for those who tell lies? |
| Ecc 1:2 | Life | 05.28.08 | Work is like fishing in that you can evaluate your investment by what you've gained and lost at the end of the day. |
| Ecc 1:4 | Life | 05.30.08 | No one has control over their birth and few have control over death, but everyone decides what to put between those bookends. |
| Ps 4:6b | Light | 07.30.08 | Light exposes both good and bad to those who are paying attention. |
| Ps 2:5c | Lordship of Christ | 06.11.08 | "Mine, yours and ours" is a oxymoron created by morons who refuse to accept the Lordship of Christ - it's all His, His and His! |
| Mt 16:26 | Loser | 11.12.08 | The Biggest Loser is the one who wins every game but the one that counts for eternity. |
| Ps 2:1 | Loser | 06.05.08 | The moment we leave God out of the equation, we join the losing team. |
| Mt 16:25 | Losing | 11.10.08 | In the race of life, losing is not just important, it's the only thing! |
| Gen 34:29 | Loss | 03.14.08 | Losing everything only affects those without any heavenly possessions. |
| Mt 16:9 | Love | 09.02.08 | The greatest demonstration of love might be patience. |
| Mt 14:6-7 | Lust | 01.07.08 | If love is blind, then lust exposes a person's ignorance. |
| Gen 32:16 | Masking | 01.10.08 | When we do something to impress someone, we'd better be ready to explain to the discerning person what we're trying to hide. |
| Ecc 2:19a | Maturity | 10.26.08 | Sometime parents are more childlike and less responsible than their children. |
| Ps 4:5 | Maturity | 07.28.08 | There's a reason training wheels are not made for adult-sized bikes. |
| Ps 4:4b | Meditation | 07.27.08 | Meditation is no more difficult than limiting distractions and thinking about God. |
| Gen 33:11b | Meekness | 02.07.08 | Receiving is not that different from giving; both involve the free transfer of things that don't belong to us. |
| Gen 32:12 | Memory | 01.08.08 | I guess sometime we need to remind God what He said (tongue in cheek). |
| Pr 2:1 | Memory | 10.18.08 | Our mind will focus on whatever we commit to memory and flush whatever we don't. |
| Mt 14:16 | Ministry | 01.29.08 | It's obvious Jesus would rather work through us to minister to others rather than do it Himself via a miracle. |
| Mt 14:15 | Ministry | 01.27.08 | Obstinate -n Someone who fails to recognize God's call to minister, even though He's already done far more than enough to inspire them. |
| Mt 14:19c | Ministry | 02.08.08 | Ministry is a process: God uses you to minister to others through personal intercession that leads to presenting the Gospel and ultimately the making of a disciple whom God uses to minister... |
| Mt 16:1 | Miracles | 08.12.08 | If all you think you need is one miracle in order to believe in God, don't waste your time or His. |
| Pro 1:30 | Mistakes | 09.20.08 | Anyone can make a mistake, but doing it when you know the consequences is not so bright. |
| Mt 16:7 | Needs | 08.26.08 | When we empty ourselves in service to the Lord, we won't have to worry about our needs. |
| Gen 37:13b | Obedience | 09.01.08 | True obedience is 10% willingness and 90% eagerness. |
| Mt 14:24 | Obedience | 02.20.08 | Obedience to God, more times than not, requires going in a direction opposite to common public opinion and facing resistance along the way. |
| Pr 1:33 | Obedience | 10.11.08 | Obedience begins with hearing, is followed by listening and proven by resolve. |
| Ps 6:4 | Obligation | 11.20.08 | Obligation should come from appreciation, not subjugation. |
| Ecc 1:11 | Past | 06.29.08 | You need not remember the past unless you want to avoid making the same mistakes in the future. |
| Mt 16:27 | Patience | 11.19.08 | Patience is knowing God has the last word. |
| Ps 4:8 | Peace | 08.01.08 | Peace is possible because someone is willing to sacrifice their life to defend it. |
| Mt 16:13 | Perception | 09.11.08 | The place where the World Trade Centers once stood should serve to remind us ignoring the obvious can be dangerous if not fatal. |
| Gen 32:26 | Persistence | 01.14.08 | If we mean business when ask God for something, we won't do it one time and we won't stop looking for an answer. |
| Gen 37:30 | Planning | 09.29.08 | No amount of calculation or head scratching can replace spending a few moments with God. |
| Ps 4:2b | Politics | 07.23.08 | I understand politicans, it's the voters that give me concern. |
| Ecc 2:18 | Possessions | 10.19.08 | You can have a death grip on your stuff, but when you're gone, so is your stuff. |
| Ecc 2:19b | Possessions | 11.02.08 | If you don't want other people playing with your toys after you're gone, get rid of them now. |
| Ecc 2:11 | Possessions | 09.14.08 | Possessions pass from owner to beneficiary to legal heir, to nowhere and finally thin air. |
| Prov 1:13 | Possessions | 06.25.08 | Possessions are marked by three variables: who bought it, who has it and how long it takes for the first two to account for nothing. |
| Mt 14:36 | Power | 03.17.08 | Just being in the proximity of Jesus can prove to be more powerful than anything you've ever experienced. |
| Mt 16:18b | Power | 10.02.08 | Nothing has power that God didn't give and no one access that He doesn't grant. |
| Pr 2:2 | Pray, How to | 10.25.08 | Knowing how to pray is as simple as filling your mind with Scripture and asking God to reveal it. |
| Mt 14:15 | Pray, When to | 01.23.08 | While there's no best time to pray, the evening proves to be the best time to review the day and prepare for the next. |
| Ps 4:3b | Prayer | 07.25.08 | Are you praying yourself or expecting someone else to do it for you? |
| Pro 1:28 | Prayer, Answered | 09.13.08 | Don't think because prayer is an option today, it will be tommorrow. |
| Pr 2:3b | Prayer, Audible | 11.07.08 | The difference between silent and audible prayer is the degree of our desperation or need. |
| Mt 14:30b | Prayer, Effective | 03.07.08 | Prayer is proven to be most effective when paired with spontaneous desperation and least effective when performed like a ritual. |
| Ps 4:3a | Prayer, Group | 07.24.08 | Prayer is not a group activity. |
| Ps 3:4 | Prayer, Manner of | 07.06.08 | When it comes to praying, the way we do it is not nearly as important as the frequency we do it. |
| Mt 14:23a | Prayer, Private | 02.18.08 | We need not ask what Jesus would do because in most every situation He'd be praying which requires spending time alone with the Father. |
| Ps 5:2 | Prayer, Useless | 08.15.08 | You might as well take the escape plan you've considered in case God doesn't answer your prayer. |
| Prov 1:11b | Preparation | 06.23.08 | Is there anything worse than dying prematurely with eternal matters left undone? |
| Gen 37:21 | Pressure, Peer | 09.17.08 | Peer pressure stronger than conviction leads a person to compromise, then shared consequence. |
| Gen 34:30b | Pressure, Peer | 03.18.08 | When we care more about what people think than what God thinks, trouble is on the way. |
| Mt 16:19b | Privilege | 10.09.08 | I wonder what privilege we forfeit by not claiming God's promise? |
| Mt 14:32 | Problems | 03.11.08 | Problems become bearable when we believe God is in control of our situation. |
| Mt 16:21a | Procrastination | 10.16.08 | Procrastination accomplishes nothing except giving fear and dread time to grow. |
| Mt 16:16 | Profession | 09.18.08 | Savation = (Confession + Profession + Repentance) |
| Gen 33:1 | Promises | 01.24.08 | It's amazing that we will spend time numbering possible problems we may face today, but won't spend at least equal time memorizing God's promises that tell us every one of them is harmless. |
| Mt 14:9 |