Self-pity is sinful and self defeating. Self-pity offends God and harms you and the people around you. Self-pity shows a lack of gratitude and thanksgiving. It refuses to trust God, and it exalts self. How do we overcome our self-pity? First, take your honest feelings and thoughts to God. This is exactly what the prophet Jeremiah did with his complaints …
It’s Easy to Feel Sorry for Yourself
Self-pity may be the most natural of sins; it is also the most self-defeating. “Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world” (Ron Herrod). It’s easy to feel sorry for yourself. Just ask Jeremiah the prophet. Jeremiah lived in the most turbulent time in the …
What is the Worst Sin?
You may get asked the same questions I am asked. I sometimes get asked about sins and their order of magnitude. Which ones are worse than others? The question about which sins are worse implies an additional question. People want to know which sins are acceptable. Through the centuries, the church and Christians have had sins that seem to be …
Why I Believe
By: Waylon Bailey ~ We all suffer the pressure not to believe. Our world, our friends, and even family members often pressure us to forsake Christ. John wrote his gospel for a specific purpose. He wanted those who read to know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. He wanted them to believe in Him. He knew that …
My Easter Greeting
By: Waylon Bailey May God bless you and your family this Easter. I pray you would experience the Risen Lord as those first believers did. This couLd be the biggest day of your life. Easter is a really big deal. Here’s why. First, without the resurrection of Christ, the Christian faith is simply another empty religion. Sure, Christianity has distinct …
The Power of His Resurrection
“Let’s make no bones about it: If Easter isn’t good news, then there is no good news”–N.T. Wright. “And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, …
The Meaning of the Cross
I remember singing, “At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, and the burden of my heart rolled away, it was there by faith I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day!” (Isaac Watts). What makes the cross so meaningful? Why do believers use it as the symbol of their faith? And, …
It’s April Fools’ Day, But You Don’t Have to be One
Martha’s grandmother pulled off the greatest April Fools’ joke ever for me. When Martha and I dated, her grandmother lived with them. She was a somber woman who rarely spoke and didn’t seem remotely concerned about April Fools’ Day. I suppose that’s what made it work so well. On April Fools’ Day, I came by Martha’s house. We were on …
Slowness Rage
There’s a syndrome for everything. Amazingly, there seems to be a syndrome to cover every kind of fault or sin. For example, the latest syndrome I have heard about is called “Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome.” It makes us have ”slowness rage.” “Slowness rage” describes what happens when we get angry and upset when other people around us are not moving as …
Living in the Light
By: Waylon Bailey The raising of Lazarus from the dead was the climactic sign in the Gospel of John. Lazarus, alive and well, proved to be a sign that could not be disputed or refuted. For this reason, some of the Jewish leaders wanted to kill Lazarus as well as Jesus. The resurrection of Lazarus proved Jesus to be the …