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Stressed Out
Author and researcher Malcom Gladwell goes to great lengths to show how your greatest weakness could be your greatest advantage. In his book “David and Goliath”, he reasons that David’s small...
Heaven Bound
My blog this month is a tribute to my mom, Betty, who this month went home to be with the Lord. Although my heart is breaking in two, my mind is filled with memories I will always treasure. Memories...
Cross Training
The Apostle Paul gives us some amazing advice on how to fulfill our purpose and destiny as followers of Christ: Philippians 3:12–14 (ESV): “Not that I have already obtained this or am already...
WHEN A SONG IS NOT ENOUGH
By: Justin Gray of Every Nation Music It’s a dark day in American society, and I’m not talking about the solar eclipse. Ethnic tensions have risen to levels that we have not seen in several decades....
FLIP OR FLOP, YOU CHOOSE
Our cable TV provider gives us access to roughly 150 different channels. Why we have so many is beyond me, we only watch 2: HGTV and ESPN [don’t worry, the rest of my time is spent praying and...
BIGGEST LOSER
We live in a time where reality shows have flooded the airways -- everything from New Jersey Housewives to Dance Moms. So we shouldn’t be surprised when one was called The Biggest Loser. This show...
WHY I BELIEVE IN USING P.E.D.’s
I started using P.E.D’s about 2 yrs ago. The results have been astounding: I feel strength in areas that have historically been weak and I’ve made gains in areas I never dreamed possible. P.E.D.’s....
Painting or Palette? Thoughts on Suicide and the Meaning of Life
By: Pastor Steve Murrell of Every Nation Church A few years ago, when my youngest son Jonathan was in high school, I came home and found him painting in our garage. As usual, he was covered in...
WHAT GOOGLE, NETFLIX, AND SATAN KNOW THAT YOU DON’T
Do you remember Blockbuster Video? It’s hard to believe back in the early 2000’s it was averaging about 5.9 billion dollars in annual revenue! It was also presented with the option of purchasing a...
Power in the Pause
In this day and age we live busy lives and it is good to remember there is Power in the Pause. What I want to stress today is that if your life is not supernatural, it is superficial. The...
WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE BIBLE
I love it when our world inadvertently bumps into a biblical truth and they think they’ve discovered something new. Whether it’s a NY Times article I read recently hailing the benefits of taking a...
LOVING TO THE VERY END
By: Pastor Paolo Punzalan of Every Nation: Victory Fort Do you have people in your life that are easy to love – that you enjoy being with and have no problems helping if they need assistance? We all...
“WHY I HATE MY JOB…….”
“WHY I HATE MY JOB…….” That was a ‘click-bait’ title……..did I get ya?! For the record, I love doing what I do, but there have been seasons in my life when work was difficult and exhausting and I...
Fulfilling God’s Mission
By: Pastor Carlo Ratilla of Every Nation: Victory Church Being Called to the Mission Field It was around October of 1984 when I knew in my heart that God was calling me to be a missionary. I was a...
Victorious Living
Thoughts are powerful. They can work for us or against us!! You can’t live a victorious life if your thoughts are filled with negativity. Right thinking is vital to living a victorious life. Right...
FORREST GUMP AND THE BIBLE
FORREST GUMP AND THE BIBLE If you haven’t seen the Academy Award winning film “Forrest Gump”......SHAME ON YOU! If you’re 30 years of age or younger, you may not have even heard of the film. Just...
ARE YOU CLEAR ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL WITNESS?
By: Dr. Rice Broocks When it comes to communicating the gospel to others, clarity is critical. One of the biggest reasons fruitfulness in evangelism alludes so many is the simple fact that they...
The Original Avenger
“.....that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an Avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.” (1 Thessalonians 4:6) If we...
Live Courageously
Live Courageously I want to start with a quote from Mark Twain: “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” Courage is not the absence of fear but facing your fear and...
SMALL THINGS BIG DIFFERENCE
“For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice…….." Zechariah 4:10 "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man...
Of Discipleship and Destiny
By Paster Adam Mabry of Every Nation: Aletheia Church It was a fresh, autumn day. "Fresh" is that euphemism that Scots use to describe utterly terrible, grey, rainy weather that most other places in...