Who's leading?

How can see God as a guide if he is not the head of your life? He wants to direct your paths. Many times we ask him to lead us, but do we really release the power to Him to do so. What part of you are you taking into a situation and leaving the rest to God instead of giving it ALL to Him.

Proverb 3:6 says that "in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Where are you going? Who is leading your there.

"Don't put Him in the background, when we serve a forefront God." - C. Holmes

Count it all JOY!

You often hear people say, "No matter what you go through, count it all joy."  What does that really mean? It means that although you go through tests, those tests are God's way of preparing you for what He has in store. So if the test is the will of God then you must assume that there will be glory at the end because He will not give a Season of Stress without producing a Season of Solution. Or a Season of Problems without a Season of Promotion. Or a Season of walking in Grief without a Season of walking in His Glory.

So sense you know how the season ends, you can count the test as joy, as This will be the final outcome for His namesake.
Reference-James 1:2

"Give God what He deserves because He does the same for you." - C. Holmes

Life is Good!

From the Etymology Dictionary, the definition for word good says "sense of 'kind, benevolent' is from late Old English in reference to persons or God, from mid-14c. of actions. 

Your dilemma does not change the description of God. He is still God and He is still good.

"So if life is about submitting to God and He is good, then by default a good God supplies you with a good life." - C. Holmes

Why Win to Lose Again?

There are many things that we desire in life and many of those things are in our reach. But what are those things that you once possessed that you desire again? Before you had it, you were persistent to get it. But once you obtained it you lost the consistency to keep it. Why put so much energy into winning to only lose again? If it was worth working to win, it is worth working to keep. 

In order to win again here are some reflective questions you must ask yourself, and in this order:

1. What is that one thing that you desire to have back? 
2. Why do you want it back?
3. How did it feel when you had it? 
4. What did you do to lose it? 
5. Can you get it back? 
6. Is it work getting back?
7. What changes do you have to make? 
8. What changes are you willing to make? 
9. When are you going to do it? 
10. How are you going to do it?

"Persistence is the door [it gets you there], but consistency is the key [it keep you there]"
- C. Holmes

Put Me in the Game!

Any great athlete realizes that the victory is not won on the bench but on the field or in the arena. But you can't have victory if you don't the follow the plays/plan that is prescribed in the play book. The is designed for you to WIN. Continuing to sit on the bench and studying the play book is pointless, unless you put the plays into action in the GAME. At some point you've got to say, "Put me in the game!"

So is this true in life. Christ has left us with a playbook in the form of the written Word, but some of us never put the plays into action. How can you win the game of life, if you never get in the game?

Stop being a bench warmer for faith and become a game changer. Get in the game!

And if you were in the game before but endured some bumps and bruises, GET BACK in the GAME!
There is a victory that awaits you EVERYDAY as HIS mercies are new every morning.

It's Game Time!

Word for reference: Ephesians 6:10-20

Rise Up!

Opportunities are like clouds floating in the sky. The misnomer is that, like clouds, opportunities don't come to you but you must be elevated in order to reach opportunities. Which means you may have to elevate your thoughts, behaviors, interactions, surrounding and relationships in order to find your opportunities.

"Rise up and meet the opportunities that await you." - C. Holmes

What's driving you?

"Life means nothing if we spend it trying to get the approval of man, but never receive the appointment from the Master."

- C. Holmes