Covenant Believers

A covenant is an agreement that establishes 3 important things: Boundaries of accountability, a circle of trust, and qualifies people for relationships. As a Christian, God is in covenant with you! Jesus Christ gave us tremendous access to God through His blood. His death on the cross paid the price and ramson for our sins. Now, we are reconciled as believers to God in Christ. Jesus gave us a "New Covenant" that qualifies us for relationship with God. This new covenant establishes a circle of trust with God that has no end date, and as long as we remain accountable to him for our actions, we can live in an atmosphere of favor! Therefore, exercise your divine authority to obtain the promise God made to you!

Feeling Guilty?

Guilt is a feeling that can follow us around like our shadow. Think about it? Guilt is emotional baggage that we can't simply wish away, cover up, or hide. It must be remedied, resolved, or reconciled. When our actions bring about damage or injury to others-guilt is the consequence. Jesus taught that there are different degrees of guilt. He taught his followers that the true measure of guilt is found in the heart. In other words, our motives determine the degree of guilt God assigns to our actions. Occasionally, we are guilty of something or for something, but our motives are pure, that is admirable with God. The next step is simple: may it right with the people who are victims of what we have done. And if you are the victim and the guilty party won't make amends, decide how important it is to you for the guilty party to make amends. If it's not that important, forgive it! Otherwise, determine your options-you do have rights you know.

Become The Biggest Loser

Have you ever watched that reality show called the Biggest Loser? Wow! The motivation of the contestants must be incredible; being willing to allow millions of viewers watch, judge, criticize their motives and actions is inspiring. Bottom line, they wanted to lose weight-a lot of weight. The pain and frustration of being overweight out weights the pain and frustration of judgemental people watching by television. They want to become the biggest loser of weight. We can learn a lot from those contestants. There could be things in your life that you need to lose quick! You have endured the pain and frustration long enough. You're no longer a spiritual rookie-it's time to move on! Become the biggest loser of the things in your life that are so horrific that it's embarrassing to even think about. God's on your side-go for it!

Adjust your focus

I recently bought a 35mm digital camera; it has an array of functionalities. I bought it for the ability to focus in on an object from a considerable distance to take a picture. Interestingly enough, we have the ability to focus in on situations just like that new camera I bought. Problem is that we can zoom in on life's problem, and make them larger than they really are. God's bigger and badder than any problem created or existed. Therefore, the next time you focus your attention on the problems in your life, remember not to focus your spiritual lens in away that blow the problem out of proportion. God is called, "The Almighty." The name implies absolute power over all things. The confidence for believers is faith in the testimony of the bible. God is a miracle worker, so don't adjust your spiritual lens to make your problems bigger than God!

It matters

Being a servant has incredible opportunities; you have the ability to add value to the lives of other people, and that value added manages to ripple back to you. Nevertheless, being a servant can be difficult at times, especially when you're opposed by the very people you are trying to help. From time to time, you may wonder if it's worth it! Yes, it is worth it. Everything we do for God matters. Because God sees it, it matters! You matter to God; your faithfulness matters; your spiritual gift matters. Nothing you do for God is in vain. So the next time you feel that your contribution to others is irrelevant, remember- God saw it, so it really matters!

Happy Father's Day

There are an exclusive group of men called Dad; they are to be recognized and honored for the significant role they play in the lives of so many children. God with His bare hands reached down from heaven into dirt and fashioned man, and he coded in man's DNA the ability to become Dads. Despite there masculinity and toughness, they have the ability to be kind and tender hearted. Being a good Dad isn't about being less of anything, it's about being more! Being more like Jesus and introducing the person of Jesus Christ to their families. There are all kinds of Dads, and to them all I say, "Happy Father's Day."

You can't fake this one!

Jesus taught his disciples a principle that can't be simulated or duplicated, it's the principle of humility. The only people who wish to possess this quality are the faithful. Want to test your level of humility? Answer these questions: Are you following Christ example of serving others? Are you serving others on a regular bases? On a personal level, do you really care? Jesus said that He didn't come to earth to be a celebrity, but to lift others up through servanthood! Jesus said that his followers are to follow His example. The command isn't optional; either we will or won't do it! If we do it-humility expresses itself in our deeds. If we won't do it- can't fake it. Then the answer to the test question is obvious. If we won't follow Christ example, how can we truly be Christian?