In the previous devotional I spoke about our spirit as our base, or core. What would the base look like on a balanced spiritual diet? What would be the most vital thing required for our intake? I believe at the base of the pyramid you would find Soul Food…

Our style of living reflects the events and patterns in our life. We each have a wide variety of factors and habits that play a vital role: what we eat, what we drink, our level of exercise, how well we sleep, how well we manage stress and adapt to stressful situations…

Do you find yourself tossing and turning in bed because you just can’t seem to go to sleep? Are you up surfing the web, on your phone, watching tv, or hitting the fridge all times of the night trying to position yourself to fall asleep? …

All around the world, wringing in a New Year comes with many traditions, ranging from fireworks to food to festivities. It is easy to find people everywhere making promises, pledges, and affirmations regarding relationships, their bodies, their faith, and their finances. One of the more common popular traditions you find is the playing of the song, Auld Lang Syne…

I have found that Squatters and Dwellers can also apply to our thought life. We should be mindful of the thoughts that are Squatters and stay long enough to become Dwellers in our minds…

Believing works better for those of us who concede we do not know everything, nor can we. Believing means you just came to a place of Trust. Trusting in the unseen and the unknown. A place where we say I don’t have to understand a thing to believe…

What first comes to mind when you hear the word obey?

Do you cringe? Are you indifferent?

Or does some form of defiance raise up in you?

Perhaps an image flashed in your mind of an instance when someone was attempting to control you, and thus they required you to obey them…

Worrying is when you feel uneasy or trouble by something that could happen.

No matter where we are in our faith, whether beginners or veterans, we still worry.

But does it help?

Let us examine the power of worrying and how it affects our situations…

The presence of Peace means there is no conflict occurring nor brewing.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but rather it is the force that has managed and subdued the conflict…

I like being comfortable just as much as the next person.

But what do we do when we encounter the uncomfortable? Those things that we cannot adjust or fit our own personal comfort level. How do we handle those things? …

Within each of us there is an Inward High Point, A Spire. A place in our being that doesn’t want to give up and quit. A place where we still believe and hope it can still happen. A place pointing upward…