21 Ways to Improve Your Relationships from Proverbs 27- Part One
June 7, 2021Humans are attracted to love. We are hardwired for it because it is the nature of our Creator who designed us after himself. God’s plan for his children is to enjoy relationship with him and the rest of our kingdom family. God’s sacrificial love sets the standard for his people. Jesus said lost folk would know we belong to God because of the way we love each other. Our relationships are supposed to attract people to Jesus. Kingdom relationships should make lost people say, “I want that.” So, how important do you think our relationships in the body of Christ…
Wisdom Is The God-Follower’s Fuel for Success-Part Two
Wisdom Challenge #16 Imagine how different daily life might be if the world wasn’t dotted with so many meddlers, gossips, liars, and haters. And so many who are willing to listen to them. Or make excuses for them. TV shows,…
Wisdom is the God-Follower’s Fuel for Success
Wisdom Challenge #15 Do you ever feel like life is so jammed that most of your brain space is filled with the urgent here and now? Then, in the moments when you take a breath, is your mind too tired…
God-Followers CAN Be Purifying Agents in a Polluted Culture
Wisdom Challenge #14 Do you ever wish your children or grandchildren could grow up in the simpler days of your own childhood? Days when sexual immorality didn’t seem to pollute everything from tooth paste commercials to children’s cartoons? Dreamy days…
God Is Still in Control
Wisdom Challenge #13 2020 revealed my ignorance about the amount of power government officials hold over my life, for good or for evil. I learned it in spades over the last twelve months. You too? Powerless pawns in a 5D…
Pride Can Bring a Christian Low
Wisdom Challenge #12 If you’d like to go a little deeper with the topic in this article, I’ve placed some devotions on my website at sharonstults.com. Find them as downloadable files under “Wisdom Challenge Resources” entitled, “Climbing Back Up When…
How Wise Christians Process Criticism Successfully
Wisdom Challenge # 11 How do you handle criticism? No one escapes it. Jesus generated a lot of it. We should expect the same if we are walking close to him. So, I’m wondering how you handle it when people…
The Trap of False Humility
Wisdom Challenge #10 This post is also now available in video form! Come find me at “The Pastor’s Feisty Wife” on the social media app Telegram. Starting with this post, I’m also offering a new feature on my website…
Two Sad Tales of Pride and the Danger for Christians
One Year Wisdom Challenge #8 Can you think of a time when your pride caused you to tumble? I’ve got skads of personal stories on that topic, which I’ve shared in previous posts. Oh my goodness, the times I’ve fallen…
How Christians Lose Their Creds When They Fudge the Numbers
One Year Wisdom Challenge #8 Why do we all love an underdog-who-wins story? A David and Goliath story? We like to see the little guy win an uneven, usually unfair match up. Why? Because we are the little guy. Much…
Hope for A Culture in Chaos- When Wise God-Followers Keep Their Standards High.
One Year Wisdom Challenge #7 Does it seem like restraints and barriers have been removed from our culture? Politicians lying and breaking promises are considered normal. Cities and businesses are vandalized and destroyed, in the name of justice and equality.…
