• Awareness precedes maturity by Margo Woodward
    College,  Life

    Awareness Precedes Maturity

    Awareness precedes maturity, and maturity is a process.  Before we are able to mature in an area, we must be made aware that our current state is insufficient.  We have to know better before we can do better, and even when we know better it takes time to act on what we have learned. We have to be intentional to grow and change the way we’ve always done things.  In order to change, we have to make an intentional decision that we are no longer going to do things the way we’ve been doing them.  This in itself is tough.  It takes humility to say: I can do better.  It’s…

  • Reject the lies of Satan by Margo Woodward
    Family,  Life

    Reject the lies of Satan

    Have you ever dealt with someone who lied to you & lied so well that you didn’t even recognize it until after you’d already been deceived? Well, as good as that person was they have absolutely nothing on Satan.  Satan is a master deceiver; the father of lies; the truth is not in him (John 8:44).  In order for us to enjoy the abundant life that Christ died for us to live, it is imperative for us to be able to identify & reject the lies of Satan. Satan is a liar, deceiver, and destroyer of all that is of God.  He is a tempter and He longs to see us disobey God…