Attitude – The Arnold Journey

Attitude – Luke 15:29

Luke 15:29 “But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.’” One of the greatest struggles of being a parent is having children with attitude. You know what IContinue reading “Attitude – Luke 15:29”

Praise in Despair

Psalm 22:16-31 I don’t know if you have ever visited someone in the hospital in order to cheer them up, and came away more encouraged than when you arrived, but I have. You enter the room expecting to find someone very ill. You find that, but you also find that they are filled withContinue reading “Praise in Despair”

Desperate Hope

Mark 5:21-22 The same physical gestures can be very different things to different people. We don’t realize this until we are dropped in the middle of another culture and try to communicate. I remember several years ago when the US took the battle against Islam’s militant ideology to their soil. One of the strangeContinue reading “Desperate Hope”

Evil Motives

Mark 3:1-3 Some people a just looking for an excuse to do something wrong. The recent flash mobs are a good example of this. These people know it is wrong to rush into a store, steal merchandise, destroy property and then run out. And yet, they do it anyway. They might blame it onContinue reading “Evil Motives”

Which Battles?

Proverbs 13:1 As a rebellious kid, listening to my parents was not optional. And if you are a good parent, it won’t be optional for your kids. About the only option was punished now, or punished now and later. I don’t want to give the impression that my parents were bad parents. I think theyContinue reading “Which Battles?”

Really!

Philippians 2:5-8 It’s hard to be a nothing! Everyone wants to feel important, like we matter to someone. It is wired into our brains by God to need other people, to be safely connected to others. We also want to feel like what we are doing matters, that we are making a positive difference inContinue reading “Really!”