Discipline Our Bodies

One of my newer students recently signed up for the six-week Summer Session of Total Body Challenge. When she returned for the second night she jokingly said, “I told my co-workers that since I have already paid for the sessions, OCC Recreation Center could keep the rest as a donation.” The generous benevolence translated means, “You can happily keep my money, I am not coming back, and the…

So Worth Loving: Purpose

Book Excerpt from So Worth Loving: How Discovering Your True Value Changes Everything by Eryn Eddy   What is the purpose of all this? Will you find meaning in this pain? Yes, of course, but here is the thing: you already had meaning before the pain. It is crazy to think about, but God had you in mind before you were born. Pain has purpose, but we had purpose before the pain. I…

Discovering God’s Plan for Your Life

Excerpt from Discovering God's Plan For Your Life by David Cerullo Will You Trust God or Circumstances? As you strive to find and fulfill God’s plan for your life, you’ll inevitably arrive at a crossroads at certain points, forcing you to make a critical choice: Will you trust the Lord or trust your circumstances? This issue arises when you face a medical crisis…a job loss…conflict in…

Maturity

"Reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind."— Philippians 3:13–15 Bruno Walter became a conductor beloved by orchestras worldwide. A musician once observed how Walter took away fear and gave each musician courage and self-confidence. Walter realized…

Becoming Battle Ready: An End-Times Model

Excerpt from The Military Guide to Armageddon: Battle-Tested Strategies to Prepare Your Life and Soul for the End Times by David Giammona & Troy Anderson Chapter 2 Battle Ready! Where Are the Bonhoeffers? Just as the world was not prepared for World War II less than a century ago, neither are we prepared for what the Bible warns is on the horizon. In the twentieth century, the Church…

School of Deliverance: Do You Need Deliverance?

Hi everybody, welcome to School of Deliverance! It is all about freedom in Jesus Christ! It is about your freedom, your success, your happiness! Based on my deliverance experience, my freedom journey, I wrote this book, Cast Out Demons and Slay Your Giants, because scripture is very clear. God is speaking to us and telling us in Luke 10:19, “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and…

The Father’s Love Met Every Need

Earthly fathers should care for and protect their children. Not all of them do. But there is One who always loves perfectly and meets every need. While Billy Wayne’s earthly father abused, reviled, and abandoned him, the Father's love met every need. God fulfilled the fatherly role in Billy’s life in a way that no biological father ever could. Miraculously, he never projected his earthly…

Mothering from an Empty Nest

Society would like parents to think their job is done when the children go off to college or begin living on their own. And, in some ways, it feels that way. With an empty nest, parents are on their own, free to choose their activities without consideration for children. The work load around the house definitely reflects a change. But are parents really finished with their job once their nest…

Choose Your Destiny: Fear or Faith

God’s plan for each of us is grand and glorious. Unfortunately, the devil has a plan too … fear and despair. Here’s how you can choose your God-given destiny by having a fearless faith.  The Bible is a book about your destiny – the great plan God has for each of us. As you continue trusting your Heavenly Father, you can rest assured His promises are yours … and so is His unshakable hope! “I…

Dr. Francisco Contreras: The Art & Science of Undermining Cancer (Part 1)

John Farrell: Could you please tell me a little bit about The Art and Science of Undermining Cancer? Dr. Francisco Contreras: The purpose of this book is to provide information, especially to cancer patients, but to the public in general, about what cancer is and how you can survive it and in fact reverse it. The image right now that people get in their minds when they hear the word “cancer”…