You work hard for that big promotion and make some huge sacrifices to get it. The reward is huge, so you are willing to make some huge decisions and do without a lot of things to get your due reward. That is what you expect. You expect that life rewards you for the huge sacrifices… Read Article →
Posts By: Robin Brumfield
Often times we try to live the Christian life by sheer determination. We decide that we are going to live a holy Christian life, and dig our heels in to make it happen. We may even pray and decide we must try even harder. After all, everything we have ever gotten in this life required… Read Article →
We like to stay on the upswing of life, where we feel content and everything goes our way. That can happen to most of our daily grind. More often than we would like, though, our days are filled with difficulties. Just about the time our life is full of promises and positive events, life throws… Read Article →
No matter how old we are, we all have wants and desires. Age holds no barriers to what we want. We may be young or old, but we all have things we desire. The things you want may be something material. They can also be something immaterial. The range can go from a new car… Read Article →
So much of what we do on a daily basis is done half-heartedly. We do what is required and little more. Each day is approached only in light of how many more days to the weekend. When the weekend finally arrives, it is filled with one pleasure after another. This ho hum existence gives us… Read Article →
Too often we get in a situation surrounded by the people we love and do things we know we should not do because of peer pressure. If we look carefully at our lives, many of the times that we have compromised our faith is due to peer pressure. The peer pressure may have come from… Read Article →
A lion is a great hunter. It also makes a great roar before attacking its prey. Perhaps the best-known characteristic of the lion, though, is its courage. As in the Wizard of Oz, the characteristic most associated with the lion is its courage. In our lives there are many situations in which we need to… Read Article →
We can all look back in our lives and see a time when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. What a glorious time that was! We entered into the kingdom of God and our name was written in the Book of Life. This changed our eternal destiny. Can we remember, though, when… Read Article →
We all have had some unkind words said to us. Sorry to say, but children can be the unkindest. We well remember those childhood cutting remarks that brought tears to our eyes. Those who have little children or grandchildren, deal with this problem right now. What are we to do and what do we tell… Read Article →
Maybe you are thinking that you have lost your salvation, or that you never really accepted Jesus as your Savior to begin with. This thought may be on your mind a lot. No matter what you seem to do, you do not feel like you are saved. Let me start right out of the gate… Read Article →