God promises blessings for those who diligently obey the voice of the LORD!
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.” (Deuteronomy 28:1)
What is the Holy Spirit telling you to do through your circumstances?
What’s keeping you from doing it?
When I tell people that my assignment (mission) is to power network the Judeo-Christian networks around the world …

If your vision and goals can be accomplished by yourself, your goals are too small.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. (Nehemiah 3:1)
Where and how is God using you and me to advance His Kingdom?
Nehemiah 3:1-32 gives a strategic example of teamwork that accomplishes an impossible task. The walls around Jerusalem were rebuilt in fifty-two days. If your vision and goals can be accomplished by yourself, your goals are too small. Approximately fifty …

Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
“from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (Ephesians 4:16a)
What is your role to help Virginia fulfill its destiny in 2007?
In yesterday’s devotional, we learned the Bible is clear that God considers 400 years a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare a nation for His purposes, …

Vision has been defined as a clear mental picture of what could be fueled by the conviction that it must be.
Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. (Genesis 15:13)
In the introduction to his book The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren discusses the spiritual significance of 40 days. “Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for His purposes, He took 40 days.” Rick uses the examples of …

What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you!
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)
Do you choose to see possibilities?
Do you really believe they are there?
Yesterday, Joseph Umidi and Dan Tingley came to Culpeper Virginia from Virginia Beach to bless our city. We had a total of 15 people for this very first “Healthy …

Healthy marriages are the building blocks of a healthy society.
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” (Matthew 19:5)
How can you bless The Family Foundation?
The Family Foundation (TFF) is Virginia’s largest pro-family organization. I first learned about TFF in early 2000 while searching the Focus on the Family website for good family links. TFF was the only family policy council in Virginia endorsed by Focus on the Family.
After visiting TFF website, I met with …

 Jesus was NEVER in a hurry! Not even one time.
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
Do you feel tired and worn out?
Have you ever taken a sabbatical? Even for a month or two?
Is 2007 a good year to do this?
Life is a journey, not a destination. Life is much more about who we become than what we do. Discipleship is the process of becoming more Christ-like. This is one of God’s top goals for His children. Yet, what …

“Knowing what to do must be translated into doing what you know.”
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:17)
In what areas of your life has God been teaching and testing you recently?
As I mentioned in my devotional two days ago, I participated in the outstanding seminar titled “Walk Thru the Old Testament” on April 30, 2006. After about two hours of teaching, Richard Whittington (our instructor) asked us to write down our thoughts concerning two questions in our …