Netflix is a pretty cool service for that you can have at home.  For around $6 a month you can have access to all kinds of movies and tv shows that will stream to your tv instantly via the internet!  We have it and we have really taken advantage of the convenience of having ready access 24/7!

Netflix is cool, but do you want to know something even better than Netflix?   Have you ever stopped to think that God provided us with 24/7 access to His Word?  Most of us have our own copy and now there are all kinds of tools via the internet that allow you to read, study and even get direction from others concerning God’s Word and how it applies to the living out of our lives.

One of my favorite tools is YouVersion!  This is a Bible Reader community that also has an assortment of reading plans that will help you to read daily and be accountable for making sure that you take the time to read what you are supposed to.  I use it everyday, multiple times during the day and the most exciting thing is that everyone can have 24/7 access from their computer, ipad, phone or other portable device for FREE!  Check it out and get the advantages that this tool, utilizing the most important tool of all can bring into your life!

Let me know what you think and remember to G3!

Anyone that has been a pastor for any amount of time can tell you that some Mondays are really tough, because often there is a big let down from Sunday to Monday.  On Sunday we often find ourselves on a spiritual high with the preaching, teaching, leading and encouraging of our congregation, but by Monday, we are physically, spiritually and mentally exhausted and the enemy knows this and so he begins his relentless attacks to tear us down and take us out.

Some Mondays are worse than others!  This is one of those Mondays!  I have spent a good part of the morning, just pouring my heart out to God and begging for His guidance, help and peace.  I have a headache, an impossible schedule, more needs than I have time to try to meet, work that has to be done, obligations that have to be kept and an ever-growing mountain of things to do that are become things that have to be done!

It gets overwhelming fast and it is really easy to feel like you are drowning.  This seems like a very bad place to be, but it really is a great place to be, because from this place, there is no where else to go, except straight into the arms of our loving Creator!

In His arms, I am reminded that He has this!  In His arms, I am reminded that He is with me and will not leave me.  In His arms, I am reminded that He will use all of this to grow me for His glory.  In His arms, I find the peace that I am longing for and in His arms, I find the victory that only He can give me!

God is faithful and even though I sometimes have to battle the demon called depression, ultimately I will come out on top and be better because of the struggle!  I hate the struggle, but the struggle helps me to be more dependent and trusting of my Savior.  The struggle grows and develops my faith and with my faith strengthened, I am ready to take on whatever else might be coming my way!

As children of the Most High God, we are blessed and highly favored.  The favor of God operates and functions in our lives in amazing ways.  His favor surrounds us as a shield.  His favor goes before us and prepares the way.  His favor opens doors of blessing and offer us incredible opportunity.

Wherever we go and whatever we do, God’s favor is with and on the child of God.  God’s favor is at work in every area of our lives.  We have favor with our family, on our job and in all of our relationships.  Whatever we do is blessed and experiences prosperity.

This blessing of favor is new every morning, so that whatever we set our hand to, we expect success.  God’s favor brings promotion and increase into our lives and fills us with the great gifts of God – blessing, peace, joy, fulfillment and abundance.

The best way to thank God is by living a life of faith which says “thank you!”  Claim His favor today and share the hope of a real and right relationship with Him everywhere you go!