".and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us." Matthew 6:12 (NLT) A little less than two weeks ago I was in a serious car accident. By the grace of God both I and the driver of the other car were uninjured. The other driver had tried to make a left turn using an intersection I was about to pass through (one less than ¼ mile from my home)....

the following is a devotional thought from the founder of the Christian Missionary Alliance, A.B. Simpson. ---- I would rather play with the forked lightning than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ. I would rather take in my hands live wires with their fiery current than to idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling ...

I think often the world distracts us, and draws our branches outward and attacks us from beneath. Our roots and the soil around them can be so easily twisted and wrapped up in nutrients we have been told we need by the world...and the scary part is, if we're not careful to keep Jesus at the forefront of our hearts, we won't even notice. Social media. Television. Our peers...