When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may you safely enjoy this Halloween.
Pray for your children this Halloween. Ask God for his protective love, then follow along with them on their journey through goblins, monsters and jack-o-lanterns. Have a happy and safe Halloween – the TAGteam.
But you have given my heart more joy than they have when grain and wine abound.
Psalm 4:8
To keep the body in good health is a duty…Otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
When we are too busy to take care of our physical health, we can find ourselves distracted by sickness, poor energy, and aches & pains. Make a daily commitment to pursue a healthy lifestyle through nourishment, rest, physical activity, and prayer.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
Always travel through this world with Heaven in sight by strengthening your faith and living by the 10 commandments. You never know when God will make your final reservations for you.
But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:13
Faith does not change God, it changes us.
As you pray today, ask God to strengthen your faith through the power of the Holy Spirit. Let it change you into a more fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ.
And my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive [words of] wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power,
1 Corinthians 2:4
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For indeed, that's all who ever have.
Don't wait for someone else to change the world. Perform a random act of kindness today. You never know how it will change the world.
That in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:7
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Find a way this week to help out with something at your church. Next, find more time to volunteer. With God's help and inspiration you will discover you are doing things you never thought possible.
For nothing will be impossible for God.”
Luke 1:37
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
Keep up your efforts everyday in your faith, your marriage, your family, your friends, and yourself. Do this and you will find eternal success where it really matters.
Penalties of Disobedience. Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Remember those wise words from your parents, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Search for positive, constructive words of encouragement today. Your words could make someone's day.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
I cannot help believing the world would be a better and happier place if we'd learn to talk more about what's right than about what's wrong. We have so much to celebrate!
In today's world, we are bombarded with reports of all the bad things going on around us. The truth is there are unlimited examples of good in the world. Take a minute to focus on the good all around you, then thank God for your blessings.
Only admit your guilt: how you have rebelled against the LORD, your God, How you ran here and there to strangers under every green tree and would not listen to my voice—oracle of the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:13
One may walk over the highest mountain - one step at a time.
What mountains are you in your way today? Walk with God, one step at a time, and you will overcome any obstacle in your way.
Chapter 42 - Then Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.
Job 42:1-2
Faith and reason often become an inseparable team.
Faith may expand the boundaries of reason when it encourages you to try something new or brings hope to a disheartening moment. Reason sees the tangible fruit of faith and accepts it as real. Truly put your faith in God today and you will feel the way it changes your outlook.
Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
Encouragement and praise have the power to change a life. That life may in turn change another.
Change someone's life today with words of encouragement and praise. Repeat daily, and increase the chances that others will change yet another life for the better.
No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29
Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in wisdom superior to our own and it becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.
Sometimes we cannot understand why our lives go down certain paths presenting us with challenges decidedly beyond our control. Thank God today for His invisible hand and grace, and then find comfort knowing His wisdom is truly orchestrating your life.
The works of his hands are true and just, reliable all his decrees,
Psalm 111:7
Believing in Jesus will save your life, but following Him will change your life.
You can’t help but be changed when you follow in Jesus’ footsteps. Pray today that you will have the wisdom and courage to be changed by His loving example.
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps.
1 Peter 2:21
You give but little when you give of your material possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
In these economic times, we find it difficult to tithe our material possessions. Think how much more difficult it is to make a tithe of your time to serve others. Ten percent of your waking hours = 12 hours per week! Make a commitment this week to increase the time you spend serving the people of God.
Whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.
Matthew 20:27-28
Be a good listener, your ears will never get you into trouble.
Work hard at truly listening to others. Don’t prepare or worry about what you are going to say next for this may distract you from your understanding of what is being said. Do this as a sign of respect and love for your neighbor.
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:8
In God's Ocean of grace, are you just wading in ankle deep?
Emerse yourself in your faith and you will feel refreshed and invigorated as God's Amazing Grace flows over you.
Grace and Life Through Christ. But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person’s transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many.
Romans 5:15
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
In the midst of a busy day, aren't you surprised when someone steps aside and lets you go first? Kindness is a surprise that heightens your awareness and reminds us that we are all part of God's family. Surprise someone today.
In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.
When you are open to the idea that most people are trustworthy, you may discover something surprising: They are. Ask God to open your heart so that you may see the good character qualities in others.
Holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine and to refute opponents.
Titus 1:9
If you are reading the Bible and it doesn’t change you, then you are just reading the Bible.
As you read the Bible, use your eyes, your mind AND your heart. Let its message challenge you, then change you into a more fully devoted follower of Jesus.
All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18
Practice makes perfect so be careful what you practice.
Today, practice those things that are pleasing to your Lord; love, patience, kindness… Do this each day to improve your life and the lives of those around you.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Children of God Through Adoption.
Romans 8:13