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In an effort to keep from hurting some people’s feelings our nation has taken Jesus out of virtually everything including our children’s schools. Jesus is not the problem He is the only solution. Until we bring Jesus back... it only gets worse from here. How can it be that the only solution...love...is considered the problem. I think because we don’t know what “Love” really is... John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” The opposite of this is lay …

It takes two people to have a loving relationship, but it doesn’t take two perfectly loving people. It just takes two people willing to fight to love instead of fighting to be loved. Chapter 9 of “The Right Fight- How to Live a Loving Life” is all about my own failure to love my own wife. If you haven’t, please read it.....it’s available at shieldsofstrength.com or on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It’s “why” two people are in a relationship that determines if it will fail or succeed. If we are fi …

We should not go around making mountains out of mole hills, but when real trouble comes love runs towards it, not away from it. Run to trouble and ask the most important question....Why? Somewhere in the answer to “Why” is the answer to the trouble. We should be willing to repent if we are the problem. If we are not the problem, don’t respond in anger. Respond with the truth as kindly as you can deliver it. The truth doesn’t need our help or our anger to pack a punch. Then follow the truth where …

Just imagine the prodigal son coming home after wasting all his father’s wealth and saying...”Dad, I forgave myself. Would you go grab me your best jacket and slaughter a fat calf and help me celebrate.” I think the Father would have said with tears in his eyes, “Son, I don’t think it’s time for you to come home yet.” Don’t try to forgive yourself-it’s a trap. Drop to your knees and thank Jesus for forgiving you despite the fact you don’t deserve forgiveness. Love forgives, and Jesus is love. Wh …

Jesus is not a religion He is a Savior! Religion is manipulation. It's giving to get. Love gives expecting nothing in return. Jesus didn't go to the cross so we would love Him. He went because He loves us despite our sin, and He desires we love Him. He made a way but we must chose love. A loving church stands on the love of Jesus and preaches the cross! A religious church puts something or many things between us and the cross -keep these rules then you find the love of God. Jesus didn't give to …

God is never late or out of position. When we have no idea what to do next or what we should do next, we should stay where we are until we have clarity. That said, what we do while we wait is critical. If all we do is wait, we may be the problem. I believe what we do while we wait determines whether or not we find our destiny. Make sure that while you wait, you draw closer to Jesus. Lots about this in “The Right Fight: How to live a loving life.” Available at shieldsofstrength.com and amazon. Is …

Forever I struggled with this scripture....Matthew 7:22-23 ,”On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”Then one day I stumbled on this scripture, 1 John 4:7-8, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not l …

If you haven’t already....please read... “The Right Fight”! Available at shieldsofstrength.com and on amazon. I only have 60 seconds at a time to share the most important truths I have ever learned. In that book I share the truth behind every video I make. It’s insanely humbling to know you all care what I have to say but please know it’s not my truth. It’s just the truth of God’s Word and how it works. It will set you free. It’s all Jesus. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Three things will last forever—fait …

If we could only define one word it should be love, but sadly, it’s the one word few can define. “The Right Fight” was written to define love for my children and help them understand how to live it. Every video I ever create is rooted in what I share in that book. Next to God’s Word, it’s the most valuable thing I have to offer them or anyone else. The fruit of love is the feeling of love. Love is doing what is “truly” best for others without regard for ourself. John 15:13, “Greater love has no …

If we risk our life to rescue someone so we can be a hero, it’s selfish. If we risk our life so someone else may live, it’s love. If we demand our children respect us so we can be respected, it’s selfish. If we demand our children respect us so they will be respectful, it’s love. God sees us inside out, and He wants us to see each other the same way. He looks on the heart.....”why” we do what we do. I pray you will check yourself and that I will do the same. The best possible thing we can ever d …