Sometimes we over-complicate praying.  You don’t need a college degree to be able to pray to God!  Sometimes we don’t feel qualified to pray, or even worthy of praying.  Or, like I was before, maybe you simply don’t know how to pray or you don’t feel comfortable praying. Let me help you! Jesus talked a lot about praying while he was on earth.  Let me share this: In Matthew 6:6-7 Jesus said: “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.  Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.  And when you pray, do not…

I read a devotional today titled “Profitable Patience” that got me thinking.  The reading focused on waiting- specifically waiting for God and how we’re all waiting for something. It listed the following examples: “We wait in lines; a teenager waits for his or her next birthday; we wait for job promotions; we wait for news from the doctor; we wait for the next meal; we wait for our future spouse..” Life is all about waiting.  We’ll always be waiting for something, but this has me contemplating how we are waiting.  Are we angry, depressed, stressed, worried, or sad?  These natural feelings may occur, but it is definitely not healthy for…

Most of the time in our lives, we’re not where we want to be.  We look around and think that others are much further in life than we are.  They may have degrees, be married, have nicer cars, more money, and all that good stuff.  Often times we think that we are last.  We think that we could never be on top. Consider this for a moment… In the Bible, the disciples of Jesus were discussing who was the greatest.  Jesus questioned them about this and they all kept quiet, not wanting to tell Him about their discussion.  “And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them,…