Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” Keeping our emotions in check is a good way to show our faith…if we don’t, our circumstances can get worse than they need be…don’t trust your emotions and never be controlled by them…if there is a time when your feelings seem to get out of control, recognize it and then pray about it…remember the Lord God loves us and will help us over come … We walk by faith, not by our emotions…that means choosing an

Galatians 5:22-23: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. We all know and realize to at least some extent that we want and need these things but we must not overlook one word in this passage - produces. This means this is  naturally occurring when the Holy Spirit is given control in our lives. Think about a seed for a plant - if thrown on concrete it cannot and

Psalm 90:12    So teach us to number our days,                          That we may gain a heart of wisdom. Sitting in my office this morning, I looked over to my left on a wall where my mothers’ picture is hanging…the photo was taken at the beginning of the end of her journey… I shared with my oldest son about how he captured a lot in that picture, the fact that we all get older and life can be tough…as we run this race called life you can hear the heart beats, our breaths,