Don’t live in your failures! That is the tendency for many people today. They can’t get past that moment or week or that major transgression against their family or friend. And the truth is, many don’t want to get past it, but would rather live out their days in the misery of that failure. IContinue reading ““F””
Author Archives: Joe D. Ballard
Doubles
I visited briefly with a man I knew at a local restaurant as he was getting his order and I was giving mine. It wasn’t long into our conversation that the man stopped me and said, “You must think I’m Wayne, my twin brother.” At first I thought he was joking, but come to findContinue reading “Doubles”
Never Saw it Coming!
“For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark” Matthew 24:38. This one verse describes the people living in the days of God’s judgement flood on the earth. They were busy with life, and there’s no word hereContinue reading “Never Saw it Coming!”
Declare God!
“One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. 5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works. 6 [Men] shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness.” Ps 145:4-6 I was listening to a manContinue reading “Declare God!”
Reactors
You should be fully aware of this and be disciplined in your responses. John 8:6 “This they said, testing Him, that they might have [something] of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with [His] finger, as though He did not hear.” Instead of reacting to the intense circumstanceContinue reading “Reactors”
Jesus our Shepherd
You cannot be led so long as you insist on leading. The Lord can never be the Shepherd of your life until you surrender that leading role to Him. Being led by God is the safest and wisest thing you can do. God can Shepherd and lead you in conversations. He can lead you inContinue reading “Jesus our Shepherd”
Signs You are Stuck
The scenery of your life never changes. You are busy, but you constantly complain. You have no joy and are seldom happy. You have stopped dreaming. You get annoyed by people who are not stuck. You want everyone else to be stuck with you. You have stopped asking God to change you. People get stuckContinue reading “Signs You are Stuck”
Make Some Room
Are you making enough room for Christ in your life? Years ago when our kids were young, we would gather with my brother and sister and their families and pile in at my parent’s house for the holidays. My mom’s policy was—and still is today—“we will make room.” What that looks like to me isContinue reading “Make Some Room”
Back Roads
When I arrived at the church this morning, I noticed the New Creation ladies were already there doing their Bible study. Instead of going in, I sat in the parking lot for a while and then decided to go for a ride on some back road in the country. In my younger days those ridesContinue reading “Back Roads”
