Hotter than expected inflation forced the Federal Reserve (Fed) to raise interest rates more than planned. Initial plans were to raise the interest rate 0.5% at their June meeting, but when consumer inflation came in at a much higher 8.6% (the highest in 41 years),...
I do a lot of writing and teaching on the Bible. Many times I will see things and come to understand things that are beyond my experience. That doesn't change the fact that I've seen them and understood them; I just haven't fully seen them in my own life. Sometimes...
When we procrastinate, we are just make excuses for why we aren't doing what we know we should be doing. We are avoiding those tasks. To procrastinate is to delay or put off doing something. An excuse is coming up with a reason to put off doing something. Basically,...
Some time ago, I was in the process of selling my own home. Two realtors came by to show it to prospective buyers, and then they both left. One realtor called me back and said, "Bill, I have a full-price offer on your house, and it's for the terms we discussed. Will...
If you are emotionally and spiritually stuck, it is time to get unstuck and out of a rut. Getting unstuck is all about timing. Trusting in God's timing is everything. Getting unstuck is a process ... but also possible. The Lord gave me a vision of a clock. Imagine you...
"You have the DNA of city transformation!" That proclamation by Doug Stringer shocked Marlene Yeo, who had been serving as youth pastor at her church for several years.Everything she had been doing was to build up her local church, with no thought of what God might...
The beginning of a new season, especially a new sports season, brings an excitement that runs through us from head to toe. We don't know what will happen as we prepare for the start of a new season, but we have an eagerness to become the best we can and do everything...
Have you ever questioned the pain of your past? Are there moments in your life that you wish you'd never had to live through?Think about it this way: If Joseph's brothers had never thrown him into the pit, if they had never sold him into slavery and Potiphar had never...
I know that faith is a real place because I live there. God wants you to be located at the address of faith in Him.If you have chosen to live outside the parameters of glorious faith, it will be impossible to please Him."But without faith it is impossible to please...
So often we come to moments in our life where the scene in front of us looks like Ezekiel's valley of dry bones—bleak with a thick cloud of gloom. The deep crevice of the valley can leave you searching for an escape or for a stream of relief. Maybe you have...
"Surrender" is not a popular word in many Christian circles today, but it is necessary.If we as believers want to experience the abundant life that Jesus promised us, we should embrace the beauty and power of surrendering our lives and wills to Him. This is not a...
The Bible calls faith "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). Some think faith is a way to say they believe in something. Others believe it represents the religions of the world.Jesus himself spoke about faith many times. On...
Are you someone who can jump hurdles? For me, a hurdle is a legitimate tripping hazard!While I understand that there should be a way to get up and over, I never became adept at that feat. When I see a hurdle in the natural, I will look for a way around it.However, at...
I grew up in a very missions minded church. With this emphasis on missions and my desire to do something special in God's kingdom, it wasn't unusual I went forward in several services over the years to volunteer to be a foreign missionary.I had my heart set on helping...
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