Wisdom in our choices

February 23, 2026

To God be the Glory

You will always have control over what you say or do. You will always be in charge of your reactions and feelings. Only you decide the outcome of your situations.

You do not control what another person says or does.
You are not responsible for another persons reactions.
You are only responsible for what you say, do or think.
You are only responsible for you.

You have a choice. Your personal rival can defeat you on their terms or you can fight them on yours. Ultimately, you can rise above the situation and fight with the Holy Spirit on your side. When you handle situations in your own strength, it only brings discouragement, depression, and defeat. Listening to your rival can take you out of your calling and pull you out of your destiny. But, there is good news, in that you ultimately can decide how their words and actions will affect you. Will they best you or bring out the best in you.

You are filled with the Holy Spirit! He is your greatest Ali. That same Spirit, who rose Jesus from the grave, lives in you! Your rival wants you to fight them on their terms with their weapons. We have a better weapon, The Holy Spirit! We can rise above our enemy and fight with truth and love. You must remember to respond to what you can control, rather than what you can’t. Let the Holy Spirit show you how to react in these difficult situations. He will stand with you at all times.

You are a child of the Most High God! Rise above your situations and fight with the Holy Spirit. Develop the Fruit of His Spirit. Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self control. Remember He is for you and not against you. He knew you before you were created and He numbered all your days. Trust in Him, pray, and allow Him to guide you.

Fight evil, stand with God.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 “for I know the thoughts that I think towards you says the Lord. thoughts of peace and not evil to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to me, and I will listen to you and you will seek Me and find Me. When you search for me with your heart. I will br found by you says the Lord and I will bring you back from your captivity.”

November 11, 2025

A Willing Heart

Being willing to allow God’s Holy Spirit to direct and lead you is contrary to what we are taught. Growing up we are told we will need to take care of ourselves someday. That we need to take charge of what we do. No one else will if we don’t – but God. But God hovers close to us. He is only a whisper away. He waits for us to let Him gather us under His wings. He wants to comfort us, lead us, hold us close. Will you allow Him to do so or will you continue to hold Him at arms length. Repeating I got this Lord, continuing with your own attempts to do it yourself. Even as you help others. Will you be willing to listen to your Heavenly Father? Being intimate with Him is part of our need, our longing, yearning to be apart of something bigger than ourselves. Will you let the Holy Spirit in, let Him lead you?

We need to love and be loved. That’s what we were created for , we were created to love. We need to belong because we were created to belong. We were created for intimacy it is what we ultimately crave. With His fierce love He longs to satisfy our deepest longings.

2 Corinthians 6:18 I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.

October 13, 2025

Grown Children

Having grown children is harder than raising them as young children. When they are young, you are called to mold them in the ways of the Lord. As they grow up, they make their own choices, their own decisions and their own mistakes. You watch and sometimes think why? That is not what you were taught, the way you were raised. Then they get married. They introduce a whole new set of ideas. These ideas and beliefs focus on raising children and building a family. We as parents must pull back and allow them to make their own choices. They must learn to meld together as a unit, joined by God, their Father. Navigate the waters of a Christian family. Navigating the waters of parents, raising their own children. Trying to be the best versions of themselves. Trying to remember all they have learned from you and adding their spouses ideas. Then you add in the in-loves (in-laws) to the mix with their own ideas changing once again the family dynamics. Pulling back from the situation sometimes is the hardest thing we as parents will ever have to do.

Once again we must turn to our Heavenly Father and pray. Trust in Him, for He will guide you. He will direct you to navigate. These are new waters that we have never passed this way before, but He has.

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

August 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Taking it to God

Have you talked to God about it?

Before making any decisions about what to do with your life ,family, jobs and daily choices that confront you, do you stop to seek God’s wisdom? When we come to decisions about choices we have to make, it is important to stop and listen. Come into a quiet place and rest a minute to hear the counsel of your Heavenly Father. A lot of what we encounter is the mess we made for ourselves. We charge in and think we know what’s best without seeking wisdom or knowing all the facts. We look at our surroundings and do not consider the journey. In our self-sufficiency we cross lines that will cause great distress and issues that could be avoided. We sometimes compromise where we need to stand strong. We have tendency to rush in and do it in our own strength. Stop, wait, listen and sit in expectation for the answer you need or the direction you need to take. Your choices affect all those around you. Choose wisely!

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding: In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes. ” Proverbs 3:5-7 NKJV